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NCLE PRACTICAL EXAM
Question :adnexa
Correct answer:extraocular structures of the eye which
include the eyelids, the orbit, lacrimal glands
Question :anterior chamber
Correct answer:the area bounded in front by the cornea
and in the back by the lens and filled with aqueous
Question :aqueous
Correct answer:a clear, watery solution in the anterior and
posterior chambers
Question :artery
Correct answer:the vessel supplying blood to the eye
Question :canal of schlemm
Correct answer:the passageway for the aqueous fluid to
leave the eye
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Question :choroid
Correct answer:carries blood vessels and is the inner coat
between the sclera and the retina
Question :ciliary body
Correct answer:unseen part of the iris, together with the
ora serrata form the uveal tract
Question :conjunctiva
Correct answer:a clear membrane covering the white of
the eye
Question :cornea
Correct answer:a clear transparent portion of the outer
coat of the eyeball through which light passes to the lens
Question :iris
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Correct answer:provides eye colors and functions like the
aperture on a camera enlarging in dim light and contracting in bright light
Question :lens
Correct answer:helps to focus light on the retina
Question :macula
Correct answer:a small area on the retina provides our
most central acute vision
Question :optic nerve
Correct answer:conducts visual impulses to the brain from
the retina
Question :posterior chamber
Correct answer:located behind the iris and in front of the
lens filled with the aqueous
Question :pupil
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Correct answer:opening, aperture of the iris
Question :rectus medialis
Correct answer:one of the six extra ocular muscles of the
eye
Question :retina
Correct answer:the innermost coat of the back of the eye.
formed of the light sensitive nerve endings that carry the visual impulse to the optic nerve.
Question :sclera
Correct answer:white of the eye, hard protective part
Question :vein
Correct answer:the vessel that carries blood away from
the eye
