Practice 2: Anatomy

What is the reflexive movement of both eyes medially to view objects close to us?

Convergence

Following the visual pathway into the brain, where does the nerve impulse travel upon leaving the optic tracts?

Thalamus

The normal resting eye is generally "set" for distant vision. True or False

True

What is the ability of the eye to focus on close objects?

accommodation

Which one of the following correctly lists the order of the parts through which light passes as it enters the eye

cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor

Mr. Green has been prescribed a pair of convex corrective lens; this outcome leads you to conclude he was diagnosed with ________.

hyperopia

The inability to see distant objects is termed "nearsighted" or ________.

myopia

Fibers from the medial side of each eye cross over to the opposite side of the brain at the ________.

optic chiasma

Part complete When Brock walked out of the dark movie theater into the bright, mid-day sun, he experienced ________.

the photopupillary reflex

Select the pathway along which images received by the retina of the eye will travel into the brain.

Optic nerve, optic chiasma, optic tracts, thalamus, optic radiation, occipital lobe

The ability of the eye to focus on objects closer than 20 feet away is known as accommodation. True or False

True