Anatomy Flashcards
OD
oculus dexter - right eye
OS
oculus sinister - left eye
optic fundus
- interior posterior surface of eyeball
- retina, optic disc, macula, posterior pole
- visible in ophthalmoscope
posterior pole
retina between optic nerve and macular area
sclera
- protective outer layer of eye; “white of the eye”
- continuous with cornea & sheath covering optic nerve
vitreous
- transparent, colourless mass b/w lens and retina
- maintains shape and intraocular pressure
aqueous
- clear, watery fluid that fills space b/w back of cornea and vitreous, bathing lens
- maintains intraocular pressure
- produced by ciliary processes
ciliary processes
- epithelial portion of the ciliary body
- secretes aqueous fluid
- attachment site for suspensory ligaments of the lens (zonules)
zonules
fibres that suspend lens from the ciliary body and hold it in position
ciliary body
- tissue inside eye composed of 1) ciliary muscle and 2) ciliary processes
- involved in lens accommodation and control of intraocular pressure (epithelial protion makes aqueous)
- target for cycloplegic drops
Iris sphincter
- makes pupil smaller
- parasympathetic NS
- near pupil margin
- stronger than dilator muscle
- cranial nerve III (oculomotor)
Iris dilator
- makes pupil larger
- sympathetic NS
- periphery of iris
alpha-1 receptors
- adrenergic (sympathetic)
- vasoconstriction of blood vessels
alpha-2 receptors
- adrenergic (sympathetic)
- decrease output of norepinephrine
beta-1 receptors
- adrenergic (sympathetic)
- increases heart rate
beta-2 receptors
- adrenergic (sympathetic)
- bronchial dilation
muscarinic receptors
- cholinergic (parasympathetic)
- decreases heart rate and constricts pupil (miosis)
nicotinic neuronal receptors
- cholinergic (EXCEPTION: sympathetic)
- autonomic ganglia releasing epinephrine
nicotinic muscular receptors
- cholinergic (parasympathetic)
- neuromuscular junction
- constriction of skeletal muscle
VEGF
- vascular endothelial growth factor
- protein for growth of new blood vessels
ora serrata
attachment of retina behind iris
miosis
- pupil constriction
- sphincter muscle contracts, dilator relaxes
mydriasis
- pupil dilates
- sphincter muscle relax, dilator contracts
4 Rectus EOMs
- straight muscles
1. superior rectus
2. inferior rectus
3. medial rectus (toward midline - adduction)
4. lateral rectus (away from midline - abduction) - cause slight pull inwards when contracted