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76 Cards in this Set
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linning of the eyelid
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conjunctiva
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secrete tears
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lacrimal glands
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name for the eyeball
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globe
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protective shield, keeps shape & white of the eye
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sclera
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covering in front of sclera
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cornea-transparent
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2nd layer of the eye, provides blood supply to the eye
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choroid-opaque
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colored circle
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iris
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light enters
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pupil
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bending the light rays
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lens-refraction
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changes the shape of the lens
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ciliary muscles
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inner layer of the eye, has never endings
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retina
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carries impulses to brain
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optic nerve
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area where optic nerve enters the eyeball - no rods or cones in that area
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optic disc-blind spot
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center of retina
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macula lutea
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behind cornea & in front of the iris
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anterior chamber
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behind iris & infromt of lens
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posterior chamber
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watery substance that our body constantly produces
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aqueous humor
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gelly substance, thicker-one supply
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vitreous humor
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see things up close & far away
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accommodation
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normal vision
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emmetropia
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power of our lens
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diopter
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near sighted
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myopia
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far sighted
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hyperopia
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old age vision
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presbyopia
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lens or cornea is not shapped right
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astigmatism
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intraocular pressure IOP, fluid is building up it takes up your side vision
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glaucoma
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eyes not in the correct position
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strabismus
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to turn eye in
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estropia
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to turn eye out
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exotropia
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macular lutea falls apart, affects center vision
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macular degeneration
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inflammation of the conjunctiva
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conjunctivitis
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cist on eyelid, bacterial
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hordeolum/sty
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night vision
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nyctalopia
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fear of light
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photophobia
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removing the eyeball
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enucleation
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lens gets cloudy
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cataract
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busting up the lens
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phacoemulsification
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doctor of optometry, not a medical doctor, does eye exams
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optometrist
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went to medical, surgery
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ophthalmologist
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make incisions in cornea w/a knife
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RK
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laser to make incision in cornea
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PRK
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flap
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Lasik
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rings on cornea to reshape it
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Intacs
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put in new lens
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PRELEX
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intraocular pressure
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IOP
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right eye
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OD
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left eye
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OS
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each eye
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OU
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pupils, equal, round, react to light & accommodation
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PERRLA
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outer
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external ear
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middle ear
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tympanic
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inner ear
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labyrinth
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part of the ear you actually see
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pinna/auricle
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secrete cerumen
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external auditory canal/meatus
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ear wax
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cerumen
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tympanic membrane
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eardrum
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separates outer ear from middle ear
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auditory ossicles
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malleus
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hammer
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incus
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anvil
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stapes
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stirrups
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relieves the pressure in your ear
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eustachain tube
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ear drum, separates middle from inner
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oval window
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snail
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cochlea
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equilibrium-balance
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semicircular canals
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inflammation of the middle
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otitis media
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cure for otitis media
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pressure-equalizing tubes
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ringing/roaring nose
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tinnitus
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dizzy
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vertigo
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to look at
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-scopy
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process of recording
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-graphy
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measruing
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-metry
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right ear
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ad
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left ear
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AS
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both ears
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AU
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head, eyes, ears, nose, throat
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HEENT
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eyes, ears, nose & throat specialist
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EENT
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