Hint
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Answer
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Closes the eye
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Eyelid
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Hair growing at the edge of the eyelid
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Eyelashes
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Transparent outermost layer
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Cornea
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Lines the eyelids and whites of the eye
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Conjunctiva
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White of the eye
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Sclera
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Defines eye colour
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Iris
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Opening in the above
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Pupil
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Contracts and relaxes to change focus
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Ciliary Body
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Pigmented vascular layer
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Choroid
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Vascular middle layer, collectively
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Uvea
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Removed in cataract surgery
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Lens
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Fibrous ring that holds the above in place
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Zonule of Zinn
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Fluid-filled chamber in front of the coloured part
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Anterior Chamber
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Fluid-filled chamber behind the coloured part
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Posterior Chamber
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Muscle that elevates the eye
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Superior Rectus
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Muscle that depresses the eye
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Inferior Rectus
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Muscle that moves the eye away from the nose
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Lateral Rectus
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Muscle that moves the eye towards the nose
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Medial Rectus
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Muscle that turns the eye inwards
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Superior Oblique
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Muscle that turns the eye outwards
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Inferior Oblique
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Muscle that closes the eyelids
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Orbicularis Oculi
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"Humour" (fluid) in the front of the eye
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Aqueous Humour
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"Humour" (fluid) in the back of the eye
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Vitreous Humour
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Light-sensitive layer
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Retina
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Yellow area at the back of eye that commonly degenerates
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Macula
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Small pit responsible for central vision
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Fovea
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Optic ___: exit point for nerve cells that corresponds to the 'blind spot'
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Optic Disc
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Photoreceptor cell sensitive to light and dark
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Rods
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Photoreceptor cell sensitive to colour
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Cones
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Muscle that allows for more light to pass into the eye
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Iris Dilator
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Muscle that allows for less light to pass into the eye
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Iris Sphincter
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Lymphatic-like vessel that drains the front of the eye
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Canal of Schlemm
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Artery supplying the extraocular muscles
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Ophthalmic Artery
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Cranial nerve that transmits visual information to the brain
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Optic Nerve
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Cranial nerve that transmits most movements of the eye
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Oculomotor Nerve
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Cranial nerve that turns the eye inwards
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Trochlear Nerve
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Cranial nerve that moves the eye away from the nose
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Abducens Nerve
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Bone forming the orbit of the eye
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Ethmoid
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Bone forming the orbit of the eye
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Frontal
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Bone forming the orbit of the eye
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Lacrimal
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Bone forming the orbit of the eye
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Maxillary
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Bone forming the orbit of the eye
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Palatine
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Bone forming the orbit of the eye
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Sphenoid
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Bone forming the orbit of the eye
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Zygomatic
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