Exam 29: Anatomy of the Eye

All of the following are muscles that control movements of the eyeball EXCEPT ________.

The tarsal plate of the eye ________.

What is the blind spot in the eye?

What part of the eye changes shape to regulate the amount of light entering the lens?

What part of the eye prevents the eyeball from collapsing?

What structure drains tears into the nasal cavity?

What structure distributes tears across the surface of the eye?

There are three layers of nerve cells in the retina. Which cells in those layers form the optic nerve?

The fibrous tunic consists of all of the following EXCEPT ________.

Which structure CANNOT be seen by looking at someone's eye with an ophthalmoscope?

What is the function of rods?

Which cells of the retina form a network that either inhibits or facilitates communication between the photoreceptors and the bipolar cells?

The oily substance found in tears to prevent the eyelids from sticking together is produced by the ________.

Which part of the eye is highly vascularized and contains melanin that absorbs light to prevent reflection?

Which part of the retina has an area of high cone density?

Which muscles close the eyelids?

What is the main function of the cones of the eye?

An ophthalmoscope is used to observe what part of the eye?