Adnexa Flashcards
CT related to the eye muscles:
adnexa
What are the 2 organs of vision?
adnexa; eyeball (bulbus oculi)
The _____ ligament joins the frontal process of the zygomatic bone and closes the orbit laterally.
orbital
The orbicularis oculi muscle is controlled by which cranial nerve?
facial nerve (CN VII)
The levator palpebrae superioris muscle does not move the eye, but gives rise to the:
superior eyelid
Which muscle is being described by the following:
-only in superior eyelid
-inside of the orbit, covered by periorbital fascia
-one of the most dorsal mm. of orbit
-doesn’t move eye, but gives rise to the superior eyelid
levator palpebrae superioris muscle
Which nerve innervates the levator palpebrae superioris muscle?
oculomotor nerve (CN III)
What is being described below?
-live in walls of eyelids
-have multiple openings on border that secrete oily product that lubricate eyelids when they come together
tarsal/ meibomian glands
True or false?
Tarsal glands are sebaceous.
true
Type of mucosa that covers the deep surface (inside) of the eyelids:
palpebral conjunctiva
Blind sac between the palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva:
fornix
What is being described below?
-ventrally & from median cantus
-formed by conjunctive, CT, and even cartilage
-lacrimal glands
third eyelid/ nictitating membrane
Covers the surface of the sclera:
bulbar conjunctiva
Covers the inside of the orbit and CT around the muscles:
periorbit
Fascia that encapsulates the muscles that move the eye:
orbital fascia