Structure of the Eye
Across
- 4. change their membrane potential when stimulated by light energy
- 6. accounts for five sixths of the surface of the eye
- 8. the special sense of sight
- 10. a "blind spot" in the retina (two words)
- 13. the space between the cornea and lens (two words)
- 14. the colorful part of the eye
- 16. a watery fluid that fills the anterior cavity (two words)
- 17. neurons in the retina that transmit visual information (two words)
- 18. layer of highly vascular connective tissue that provides blood supply to the eyeball
Down
- 1. second cranial nerve responsible for transmitting visual information CNII (two words)
- 2. the clear dome-shaped outer layer of the eye that allows light to enter the eye
- 3. the space behind the lens that extends to the posterior side of the interior eyeball (two words no spaces)
- 5. the innermost layer of the eye known as the sensory tunic(two words)
- 7. middle layer of eye (two words)
- 9. a muscular structure that is attached to the lens by suspensory ligaments (two words)
- 11. outermost layer of the eye (two words)
- 12. viscious fluid that fills the posterior cavity (two words)
- 15. the hole at the center of the eye that allows light to enter