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Accommodation
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Normal adjustment of the eye to focus on objects from far to near.
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Anterior chamber
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Area behind the cornea and in front of the lens and iris.
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Aqueous humor
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Fluid produced by the cilary body and found in the anterior chamber.
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Biconvex
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Having two sides that are rounded, elevated and curved evenly, like part of a sphere.
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Choriod
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Middle, vascular layer of the eye, between the retina and the sclera.
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Ciliary body
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Structure on each side the lens that connects the choroid and iris.
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Cone
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Photoreceptor cell in the retina that transforms light energy into a nerve impulse.
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Conjunctiva
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Delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball.
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Cornea
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Fibrous transparent layer of clear tissue that extends over the anterior portion of the eyeball.
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Fovea centralis
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Tiny pit or depression in the retina that is the region of clearest vision.
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Fundus of the eye
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Posterior, inner part of the eye.
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Iris
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Colored pigmented membrane surrounding the pupil of the eye.
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Lens
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Transparent, biconvex body behind the pupil of the eye.
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Macula
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Yellowish region on the retina laterial to and slightly below the optic disc; contains the fovea centralis, which is the area of clearest vision.
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Optic chiasm
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Point at which optic nerve fibers cross in the brain.
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