Ch#17 Flashcards
what includes in fibrous layer of eye
cornea
sclera
key things about cornea
- Clear – avascular
- Collagen covered by stratified squamous
epithelium - Significant role in refraction (bending) of
light
why cornea requires transplant and not repair
it is avascular
key things related to sclera
- “white” of the eye
- Protects and shapes eye
- Attachment extrinsic eye muscles
- mainly composed of collagen and elastic fibers
why people have stigmatism
if their cornea is curved.
Second also called as vascular layer composed of
- Iris
- Ciliary body
- Choroid
define iris
iris controls the diameter of
the pupil
ciliary body
- it holds the lens in
- place controls lens shape,
- Produces aqueous
humor - release the tension from muscle to lens.
choroid
it contains blood
vessels and melanocytes
Structure of Iris
Iris has two types of muscles
- Sphincters pupillae
- Dilator pupillae
Sphincters Papillae
they form series of concentric circles around the pupil. When they contracts, the pupil constricts => diameter decrease
- it is activated during Parasympathetic system.
Dilator pupillae
It extends radially from the pupil edge. when these muscles contract, the pupil dilates => increase diameter.
what are the parts of eye cilicary body.
- cilairy muscle
- ciliary processes
- ciliary zonules =. suspensory ligaments
how the lense shape effect the light focus
- Muscles relaxed = flatter lens
- Muscles contracted = bulging/rounder lens
we talking about ciliary muscle
How aqueous humor made?
this forms by the filtration from the capillaries in the ciliary process.
flow of aqueous humor
it flows from the posterior chamber through the pupil into the anterior chamber. some also flows through the vitreous humor.
what are the important to know about vitreous humar
it is continuously remade and reabsorbed into the venous blood by scleral venous sinus.
Explan about vitrous humor
- vitreous humor is gel-like, forms during embryonic development, and is not replaced.
- Transmitting light
- Supporting the lens and retina
- Counteracting pulling forces
exerted by extrinsic eye muscles
Innermost layer of eye
- Retina
- Neural layer
- Pigmented layer
Specialty of photoreceptors
Rods and cones cells keep getting replaced. the older ones are phagocytosed and accumulated Vitamin A to make new cells.
what is pathway of flow of light in the eye musle
Light travels: cornea → aqueous humor → lens → vitreous humor → neural layer of
retina → reaches outer segments of rods and cones embedded in pigmented layer
How refraction happens
Cornea shape and size stay constant but it refracted the light as it enters. the shape of lense keep of changing to focus the object properly
how lens adjust for shortened focal distance
Far object → short focal distance → need to lengthen (increase) the focal distance to get
the light to strike the retina properly
explain Myopia
Eye too deep or lens curvature too great
(myopia):
* For near objects, the focal distance does not
need to be shortened as much → can see near
objects well
* For far objects, need to increase focal distance even further → limitation to how much can flatten the lens → far objects appear blurry
Solution of problem is using concave (diverging lens)