The anterior chamber is the area bounded in front by the cornea and
in back by the lens, and filled with aqueous.
The aqueous humor is a clear, watery solution in the anterior
chamber.
The artery is the vessel supplying blood to the eye.
The canal of Schlemm is the passageway for the aqueous fluid to
leave the eye.
The choroid, which carries blood vessels, is the inner coat between
the sclera and the retina.
The ciliary body is an unseen part of the iris, and these together
with the ora serrata form the uveal tract.
The ciliary muscles help to change the
shape of the lens to focus images on the retina.
The conjunctiva is a clear membrane covering the white of the eye
(sclera).
The cornea is a clear, transparent portion of the outer coat of the
eyeball through which light passes to the lens.
The iris gives our eyes color and it functions like the aperture on
a camera, enlarging in dim light and contracting in bright light. The
aperture itself is known as the pupil.
The lens helps to focus light on the retina.
The macula is a small area in the retina that provides our most
central, acute vision.
The optic nerve conducts visual impulses to the brain from the
retina.
The ora serrata and the ciliary body form the uveal tract, an
unseen part of the iris.
The posterior chamber is the area behind the iris, but in front of
the lens, that is filled with aqueous.
The pupil is the opening, or aperture, of the iris.
The rectus medialis is one of the six muscles of the eye.
The retina is the innermost coat of the back of the eye, formed of
light-sensitive nerve endings that carry the visual impulse to the optic
nerve. The retina may be compared to the film of a camera.
The sclera is the white of the eye.
The vein is the vessel that carries blood away from the eye.
The vitreous humor is a transparent, colorless mass of soft, gelatinous
material filling the eyeball behind the lens.
The Human Eye
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