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Anatomy of the eye Flashcards

1
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Name of the area where the cornea and sclera meet

A

Cornoscleral junction aka the limbus

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2
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What lines the 4 walls of the orbit?

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Periosteum

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3
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What are the layers of the eyelids?

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1 Skin
2 Subcutaneous tissue
3 Obicularis oculi
4 Orbital Septum and tarsal plates
5 Smooth muscle
6 Conjunctiva
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4
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What are the tarsal plates made of?

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Dense connective tissue

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5
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What is contained in the tarsal plates?

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The meibomian glands

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What are the layers of the sclera?

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1 Episclera
2 Stroma
3 Lamina fusca

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7
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What’s the function of the sclera?

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The sclera is a site of attachment for the extra-ocular muscles of the eye

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8
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What are the ‘parts’of the conjunctiva?

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  1. The palpebral conjunctiva which lines the cornea

2. The bulbar conjunctiva which lines the sclera

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9
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What are the layers of the cornea?

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1 Epithelium
2 Bowmans layer
3 Stroma
4 Descemets membrane
5 The endothelium
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10
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What is the function of the cornea?

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To refract light entering the eye

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11
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What does the spiral of tilaux do?

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Describes how far from the limbus each muscle from the rectus inserts on the sclera

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12
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Where is the anterior chamber?

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Its in the Space between the cornea and the iris

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13
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Where is the posterior chamber?

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Its in the space between the posterior surface of the iris and the retina

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14
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What are the parts of the lens?

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1 Elastic capsule
2 Lens epithelium
3 Lens fibres

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15
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What keeps the lens suspended?

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the zonules

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16
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Function of the lens?

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Takes part in refracting mechanism of the eye

17
Q

What is the cliliary body made of?

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Ciliary epithelium and ciliary muscle

18
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What does the ciliary epithelium do?

A

Produces aques humor

19
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What does the ciliary body do?

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Plays a role in accomodation

20
Q

What is the function of the choroid?

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It transmits arteries from the back of the eye to the front

21
Q

What is the nervous layer of the eye?

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The retina

22
Q

Whats the dual blood supply of the retina?

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Centra retinal artery and the choroidal circulation

23
Q

Where is the highest concentration of cones?

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The fovea

24
Q

Where is the ‘blind spot’?

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Its at the optic disk where there are no rods and cones

25
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How many extra-ocular muscles do we have

A

6

Medial rectus,lateral rectus, superior oblique, inferior oblique,superior rectus and inferior rectus

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