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ESA 4 - Head and Neck > Anatomy of the Orbit, Eye, and Lacrimal Apparatus > Flashcards

Anatomy of the Orbit, Eye, and Lacrimal Apparatus Flashcards

1
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What is the orbit?

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A pyramidal shaped bony cavity within the facial skeleton

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What does the orbit contain and protect?

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  • The eyeball
  • Its muscles
  • Nerves
  • Vessels
  • Most of the lacrimal apparatus
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What nerve does the orbit contain?

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The optic nerve

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How does the optic nerve enter the eye?

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It enters the back of the eye via the optic canal at the apex of the pyramid

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What are the layers of the optic nerve?

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  • Pia mata
  • Arachnoid mata
  • Dura mata
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6
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Why does brain inflammation lead to photophobia?

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Because the layers of the optic nerve also become inflamed

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Which walls of the orbit are thin and vulnerable to injuries to the face or eye?

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Inferior and medial walls

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What is the apex of the orbit?

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The optic canal

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9
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What makes up the superior boundary of the orbit?

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The frontal and sphenoid bone

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What makes up the lateral boundary of the orbit?

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Zygomatic and sphenoid

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What makes up the medial boundary of the orbit?

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Ethmoid, maxillary, lacrimal. sphenoid

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What makes up the inferior boundary of the orbit?

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Maxillary, zygomatic

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What holes does the orbit have?

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  • Optic canal
  • Superior orbital fissure
  • Inferior orbital fissure
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What does the optic canal transmit?

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  • Optic nerve
  • Opthalmic artery
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What does the superior orbital fissure transmit?

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  • Trochlear nerve
  • Frontal branch of opthalmic nerve
  • Lacrimal branch of opthalmic nerve
  • Abducent nerve
  • Superior branch of oculomotor nerve
  • Nasociliary branch of opthalmic nerve
  • Inferior branch of oculomotor nerve
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16
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What does the inferior orbital fissure transmit?

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Inferior opthalmic vein

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17
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What are the different parts of the eyeball?

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18
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What holds the lens in place?

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Suspensory ligaments

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19
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What does the lens act to do?

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Focus light onto the back of the retina

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20
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What is the area of the most accurate vision?

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Macula/fovea

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Why is the macula/fovea the site of the most accurate vision?

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Because it has the most amount of cells, so convert most light energy to nerve signals

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22
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What is the optic disc?

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The location at which the optic nerve enters the retina, and thus the blind spot

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23
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What are the layers of the eyeball?

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  • Outer fibrous layer
  • Middle vascular layer
  • Inner layer
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What does the outer fibrous layer of the eyeball comprise of?

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Tough, fibrous sclera

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How is the outer fibrous layer of the eyeball continuous anteriorly?

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As the transparent cornea

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What is the function of the outer fibrous layer of the eyeball?

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  • Provides attachment for the extra-ocular muscle
  • Gives shape to the eyeball
  • Protective
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What is the outer fibrous layer of the eyeball continuous with posteriorly?

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The dural sheath covering the optic nerve at the back of the eye

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28
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What covers the sclera of the eyeball?

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A thin, transparent layer of cells called the conjunctivae

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Where does the conjunctivae extend?

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Up to the edge of the cornea (the limbus), and is reflected onto the inner surface of the upper and lower eyelids

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30
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What runs through the conjunctivae?

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Blood vessels

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31
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What does the middle vascular layer of the eyeball consist of?

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  • Choroid
  • Ciliary body
  • Iris
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What is the function of the ciliary body?

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Connects the choroid with the iris

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What are the properties of the ciliary body?

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  • Vascular
  • Muscular
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34
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Where does the iris lie?

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Just anteriorly to the lens

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35
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What is the iris?

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A thin contractile diaphragm with a central aperture, the lens

36
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What is the purpose of the central aperture of the iris?

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Allows for transmission of light

37
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What forms the iris?

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  • Sphincter muscle
  • Dilator pupillae muscle
38
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What are the muscles forming the iris under the control of?

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The autonomic nervous system

39
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Why does the middle vascular layer of the eyeball need a rich network of blood vessels?

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To help supply nutrients to avascular area of eyeball

40
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What does the inner layer of the eyeball consist of?

41
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What does the retina consist of?

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  • Optic parts
  • Non-visual parts
42
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What are the chambers of the eyeball?

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  • Anterior
  • Posterior
  • Vitreous
43
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What is the anterior chamber of the eyeball filled with?

A

Transparent liquid aqueous humour

44
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Where is the anterior chamber of the eyeball found?

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Between the cornea and the iris

45
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How does the anterior chamber of the eyeball communicate with the posterior chamber?

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Through the pupil

46
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What is the posterior chamber of the eyeball filled with?

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Transparent liquid aqueous humour

47
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Where is the posterior chamber of the eye found?

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Between the iris and the lens

48
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What does the posterior chamber of the eye contain?

A

The ciliary body and processes

49
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What is the function of the ciliary body and processes?

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Secretes aqueous humour

50
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What is the aqueous humour of the eye important for?

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  • Supporting the shape of the eyeball (along with vitreous humour)
    Providing nourishment to the lens and cornea
51
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How does the aqueous humour support the shape of the eyeball?

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Because of the pressure it exerts

52
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Why is the aqueous humour required to provide nourishment to the lens and cornea?

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Because they do not have their own blood supply

53
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Where does the aqueous humour of the eye drain through?

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The irido-corneal angle, into the canal of Schlemm

54
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What is the irido-corneal angle?

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The space between the anterior surface of the iris and the posterior extremity of the cornea

55
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Where does the aqueous humour drain from the canal of Schlemm?

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Via a trabecular meshwork, back into the venous circulation

56
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What is the vitreous chamber filled with?

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Transparent, jelly-like vitreous humour

57
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What is the lens?

A

Transparent biconvex structure

58
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Where does the lens lie?

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Posterior to the iris

59
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What is the lens enclosed in?

60
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What is the lens attached to?

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Ciliary body

61
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How is the lens attached to the ciliary body?

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By the circular suspensory ligament

62
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What is the nerve and blood supply to the lens?

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It does not have any

63
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How does the lens recieve its nutrients?

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Entirely from the aqueous humour that surrounds and bathes it

64
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What is the effect of contraction of the ciliary msucle fibres?

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It alters the tension of the suspensory ligaments, and so allows for a change in the shape of the lens

65
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What does a change in the shape of the lens do?

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Changes its refractive power

66
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What is the front of the eye exposed to?

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The eyelids and the lacrimal glands

67
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What kind of role to the eyelids and the lacrimal glands have?

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Have an important protective role

68
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How to the eyelids and the lacrimal glands protect the eye?

A

They prevent the surface of the eye from drying out, or being injured by small particles

69
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What happens when the cornea becomes dry?

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The eye blinks reflexively, and the eyelids carry a film of fluid over the cornea while also sweeping any dust and foreign material across the medial angle of the eye to be removed

70
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How are the eyelids strengthened and given their shape?

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By tarsal playes

71
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What are tarsal plates?

A

Dense bands of connective tissue

72
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What do tarsal plates contain?

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Tarsal glands (Meibomian glands)

73
Q

What is the purpose of the Meibomian glands?

A

They secrete an oily substance

74
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What is the purpose of the oily secretion of the Meibomian glands?

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  • Lubricate the edge of eyelids
  • Mix with the tear film over the surface of the eye
75
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Why do the oily secretions from the Meibomian glands mix with the tear film over the surface of the eye?

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To prevent tears from evaporating too quickly

76
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What does the lacrimal apparatus consist of?

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  • Lacrimal glands
  • Lactimal ducts
  • Lacrimal canaliculi
77
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What do the lacrimal glands do?

A

Secrete the lacrimal fluid (tears)

78
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Where do the lacrimal glands lie?

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In a fossa on the superolateral part of the orbit

79
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What happens to the lacrimal fluid after it has been secreted by the lacrimal glands?

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It enters the conjuctival sac through the lacrimal ducts, and from the ducts pass into the lacrimal lake at the medial angle of the eye

80
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Where does the lacrimal fluid go from the lacrimal lake?

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Fluid drains into the lacrimal sac before passing into inferior meatus of the nasal cavity via the nasolacrimal duct

81
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What is the passage of the lacrimal fluid into the inferior meatus of the nasal cavity the reason for?

A

You getting a runny nose when you cry

82
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What innervates the structures of the orbit?

A

The optic nerve and several branches of the opthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve

83
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What supplies blood to the muscles and tissues of the orbit?

A

Branches of the opthalmic artery

84
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What supplies blood to the retina?

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The central retinal artery, a branch of the opthalmic artery

85
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How is the orbit and related structures drained of blood?

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Venous drainage is via tributaries into the opthlamic veins

ESA 4 - Head and Neck (30 decks)

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