SPECIAL SENSES
THE EYE Properties of light External eye –Palpebra –Eyeball –Protection provided by – –Meibomian glands (eyelashes) –Conjunctiva –Lacrimal glands
EYE MOVEMENTS 3 pairs of muscles Medial rectus Lateral rectus Superior rectus Inferior rectus Superior oblique Inferior oblique
Internal Eye 3 tissue layers + 2 fluid filled cavities 1)Outer, fibrous tunic 1)Sclera “Canal of Schlemm” 2)Cornea 2)Middle vascular tunic 1)Choroid 2)Ciliary body (ciliary muscles + ciliary process) 3)Lens 4)Iris
3)Inner retina or nervous tunic 1)Photoreceptor cells 1)Rods (rhodopsin) 2)Cones (cyanolabe, erythrolabe, chlorolabe) 2)Fovea centralis (cones only) 3)Optic disk 4)Macula lutea
CAVITIES 1.Anterior 1.Aqueous humor 1.Ciliary process 2.Canal of Schlemm 2.Posterior 1.Vitreous humor
LENS Changes shape and focuses light onto retina Accommodation
DISORDERS Myopia
Hypermetropia Astigmatism
Cataract Glaucoma Presbyopia Color blindness online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx? ID=AP14304