Across
- 2. Secrete tears onto the anterior surface of the eyeball
- 5. A gel-like substance that is posterior to the lens
- 6. Clear membrane that allows light to enter the eye
- 10. Clear watery fluid that is anterior to the lens
- 11. Structures that respond to light
- 12. The area that’s near the optic disk that contains only cones
- 15. The white portion of the eye
- 20. Black structure of the eye that contracts and dilates
- 21. Allows light to reach the retina to focus an image
- 22. Part of the eye where it does not have any photoreceptors
- 23. The inner coat that has rods and cones
- 24. Sends information from the eyes to the brain
Down
- 1. A membrane that lines eyelids and covers part of the outer surface of the eyeball
- 3. Term for coat
- 4. Structures that hold the lens in place
- 7. When drainage of aqueous humor is blocked, pressure within the eye increases
- 8. Detect black and white
- 9. Detect color
- 13. The lens becomes hard and cloudy as one ages
- 14. Colored portion of the eye
- 16. Has a dark pigment that prevents light from escaping the eye
- 17. A bacterial or viral infection causes this condition
- 18. An optic disk is also known as this
- 19. The most exterior structures that protect the eyes