DISEASES OF THE CONJUNCTIVA Flashcards
BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA-
COVERS the ……..
SCLERA
What are the three parts of CONJUNCTIVA?
1.BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA-
COVERS SCLERA
2.PALPEBRAL
CONJUNCTIVA-LINES THE
LIDS
3.FORNIX
FOLLICLES ARE PUNCTATE MASSES OF LYMPHATIC CELLS is …….
CONJUNCTIVAL FOLLICLES
What are the characters of
1- PUNCTATE
2- MASSES OF LYMPHATIC
CELLS
What are the causes of CONJUNCTIVAL FOLLICLES ?
1.TRACHOMA
2.VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
3.DRUG INDUCED
CONJUNCTIVAL PROJECTIONS WITH A CENTRAL NETWORK OF
BLOOD VESSELS
CONJUNCTIVAL papillae
What is the cause of CONJUNCTIVAL PAPILLAE ?
ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS
Conjunctivitis can be:
- Infectious
- Allergic
- toxic
When a patient complains from red itchy eyes with no pain, it’s not bleeding we call it ……
conjunctivitis
When a patient complains from red itchy eyes with no pain, it’s not bleeding we call it ……
conjunctivitis
CONJUNCTIVITIS- SYMPTOMS :
RED EYES
DISCHARGE
SWOLLEN EYELIDS
FOREIGN BODY SENSATION
ITCHY EYES
Follicles
occur typically in……….. and …….
in viral and chlamydial infections