Corneal anatomy Flashcards
Quels sont les différentes layers de la cornées
Épithélium
Bowman’s membrane
Stroma
Descemet’s membrane
Endothélium
Quels sont les dimensions de la cornée?
Elliptical anterior surface : 11 x 12 mm
Quelle est l’épaisseur de la cornée?
Central thickness : 520 microns (moyenne)
Peripheral thickness : 1000 microns
Lequel est FAUX concernant la cornée.
1. Transparente
2. Avasculaire
3. Thickness diminue avec l’âge
Réponse : 3
Thickness INCREASES with age
Lequels sont FAUX concernant la cornée.
1. Central cornea is steeper (plus courbée) than periphery
2. After MYOPIC refractive surgery (PRK, LASIK), the central cornea becomes steeper
3. After HYPEROPIC refractive surgery the central cornea becomes flatter
4. Keratometer measures the central 3.6 mm of the cornea
5. Computerized topography measures thousands of curvature points on the cornea
- VRAI : Central cornea is steeper (plus courbée) than periphery
- FAUX : After MYOPIC refractive surgery (PRK, LASIK), the central cornea becomes FLATTER
- FAUX : After HYPEROPIC refractive surgery the central cornea becomes STEEPER
- VRAI : Keratometer measures the central 3.6 mm of the cornea
- VRAI : Computerized topography measures thousands of curvature points on the cornea
Évolution de la courbature avec l’âge?
Infancy versus Middle age
Curvature changes with aging
More spherical in infancy
With-the rule astigmatism in chilhood and adolescence
More spherical in middle age
Against-the-rule astigmatism in the elderly
Tissue Removal dans le LASIK et PRK
Human hair : 50 um
-1D = 16 um
-3D = 46 um
-8D = 113 um
+1D = 16 um
+3D = 46 um
Fonctions de l’épithélium cornéale (x3)
Mechanical barrier to microorganisms
Maintenance of barrier to diffusion of water & solutes
Creation of a smooth, transparent optical surface
Vrai ou Faux : continuous migration of epithelial cells from basal surface toward the tear film where they slough (muent).
VRAI
Quel est le turn over de l’épithélium cornéen?
Corneal epithelium turns over about ONCE A WEEK
- Nombre de cell layers a/n épithélium cornéen
- Les ¢ de l’épithélium cornéen sont-elle kératinisées?
5-7 cell layers
3 cell types
NOT keratinized
Strong barrier
Zonale occludens permettant tight junctions
Vrai ou Faux : les inner cell membranes of epithelial cells show microvilli
FAUX : OUTER cell membrane of epithelial cells show fingerlike projections known as microvilli
À quoi servent les microvilli a/n de l’épithélium cornéen?
Microvilli trap tear fluid and prevent drying of the epithelial cells
La membrane basale est-elle dans l’épithélium cornéen ou a/n de la Bowmans Layer?
Corneal epithelium
Basal cells are attached to underlying basement membrane (BM)
If BM is damaged, it can be regenerated by the epithelium
Exemples d’anomalies de la membrane basale de l’épithélium cornéen (x3)
Recurrent corneal erosions
Epithelial BM dystrophy (EBDM)
Db
2 exemples de pseudokératocone à la kératométrie
Epithelial BM dystrophy (EBDM)
SPK
2 principaux métabolismes de l’épithélium cornéen
Store large quantities of glycogen
Glycogen can be converted to glucose
Glucose can be metabolized through KREB CYCLE or HEXOMONOPHOSPHATE SHUNT to provide energy for metabolic functions