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