Memory Waves BreakoutVersión en línea Review waves vocabulary por Kimberly Scott electromagnetic wave the nerve that carries messages from the retina to the brain for interpretation S a wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion N repeated disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place T mechanical wave wave vibration a repeated back and forth or up and down motion R medium waves that require a medium through which to travel S cornea a form of energy that can move through the vacuum of space and travels in a transverse wave A wave in which the vibration is at right angles to the direction in which the wave is traveling V transverse wave material through which a wave travels R retina the light sensitive inner surface on the back of the eye, containing light sensitive cells E optic nerve longitudinal wave clear tissue that covers the front of the eye and refracts light the lens E