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