exam 1 Flashcards
what is the average horizontal visible iris diameter
11.8 mm
cornea is 11 high and 12 mm across
contacts sizes
soft
large scleral
RGP
soft - 13 -14
large scleral 17 mm
RGP 9 mm
what does prolate mean
what does hyperprolate mean
what causes it
steeper in the center and flatter in the periphery
hyperprolate= ketaconus
what does oblate mean
what causes it
flatter in the center and steeper in the periphery
caused by lasik prk coldera shape
what is coldera shape
caused by lasik
steeper on the peripher and flatter in the center
average thickness of cornea
center
near limbus
center - 530 microns or 0.530 mm
near limbus - 710 microns
cornea is steeper in the ________ and thicker in the _________
it is more curved anterior or posterior?
steeper in the center and thicker in the periphery
more curved posterior
what are the curvatures of the anterior and posterior
postiero 6.5 mm More curved
anterior 7.8 mm less curved
refracting power of eye
- cornea
- lens
-eye as a whole
- cornea - 45 D
- lens - 20
-eye as a whole - 65
chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate are examples of what
where are they located
ground substance of stroma layer
what is fleischer ring
iron deposit at base of cone for keratoconus
name the layers of cornea
and thicknes
epithelium
-50 microns (10%)
bowmens layer
-10 microns
stroma
-500 microns (90%)
endothelial
-5 microns thick
-single cell layer (cell are 5 microns thick and 20 microns long)
what is macular dystrophy
results of too many GAGs (keratan sulfate- the most abundant gag usually)
autosomal recessive
name the three layers of cells of K epithelium
what is the percent of the cornea doe the epithelium make and thickness
1.superficial
2. wing
3. basal
what does basal cells secrete
Basement membrane
where are the fibroblasts of the cornea found and what is it called
where are they found
decrease in number as you move where
kerotinocytes
make collagen proteoglycan
inbetween lamallae of stroma
decrease in number as you move more posterior to the stroma
surface cells replaced by what cell
basal cells, wing cells, and peripheral and limbal cells
vitamin A deficiency causes what
keratinized epithelium of cornea
what has more microvilli the cornea or conjunctivi
cornea
where are microvili and microplicae located
epithelium Superficial
microvili is fingerlike microplicae is ridgelike
glycococalyx
what secretes it
what does it confer
what does it join
what secretes it
-superficial cells plasma membrain
what does it confer
-hydrophilic prop on anterior surface of euperficial epithelial cells
what does it join
-mucous layer of tears
nothing can go inbetween what cells
it instead goes where
which cell has responsibility of proper fluid exchange
superficial cells for both answers
it goes between them
tear film works with what to make a smooth optical surface
superficial surface layer
what cells of the epithelium are joined together with desmosomes gap junctions and adherens
what about tight junction
what cells are joined together with desmosomes gap junctions and adherens
-basal
what about tight junction
-superficial
describe the size and layers of the different cells of the k epithelium
Basement membrane
- layer of what cells
single layer basal cells
flat posteriorly
ground substance
where is it found?
what is it?
where is it found?
stroma
what is it?
amorphous gel
composed of GAGS, proteins, collagen
what cells of epithelium have the ability to divide
basal cells on the basement membrane
how does basal cells attatch to basement membrane or basal lamina
what cells secretes
basement membrane
glycocalyx
BM - basal cells
glycocalyx - plasma membrane of superficial cells
where are cornela stem cells
1 m around limbus
what is the corneal epithelium turn over
keratocytes turn over
cornea epithlium - 7 days
keratocytes turn over - 2 - 3 years
bowmans layer
- how thick
-describe what it consists of
-does it regenerate
10 microns thick
- how thick
10 microns
-describe what it consists of
random collagen fibrils and proteoglycans
-does it regenerate
no
what is kerotacan
where is it found
protein in stroma associated with kerton sulfate
what layer is not needed in the cornea
bowmans
the alger brush makes sure you do not penetrate what layer
bowmans
what does the stoma contain
what part of the sclera does it attach to
collagen keratocyes
and ground substance
attaches to anterior sclera
which layer has fibrils and which has bundles
bowmans and stroma
stoma has the bundles = lamellae
what is corneal plana
flat cornea caused by mutated keratocan protein (stroma)
stromal collagen
what percent constitutes DRY weight of cornea
size and arangement of fibrils
total lamellae
what percent constitutes DRY weight of cornea
- 70%
size and arangement of fibrils
-25-30 nanometeres
-parallel to corneal surface
amount of lamellae
-lamellae are bundles of fibrils
-200-300
keratocyte
what are they
% of the cell layer it resides in
turn over?
where are they found?
where are they found in highest frequency?
what are they
-fibroblasts that make collagen and proteoglycan in stroma
% of the cell layer it resides in
-2-3% of stoma
turn over?
-2 - 3 years
where are they found?
-inbetween lamellae
where are they found in highest frequency?
anterior stroma
what is the difference between Stromal Lamellae for ….
anterior
posterior
anterior (1/3)
-lamellae are thin
-branch interweave (crosslink - more rigid)
posterior (2/3)
-lamellae are thicker moving more posteriorly
-form thin layer that binds to decements
what is sclerocornea
scleralization of cornea caused by mutated keretocan protein in stroma
what is the basement membrane of the corneal endothelium
how often does it get produced
does it regenerate
descemet membrane
it is always being produced and increases in thickness as you get older
it regenerates
what is the main purpose of proteins in the stroma
bind with water to space fibrils exactly
what is Lumican and where is it found
what happens if your deficient
protein in stroma
important for collagen spacing, and collagen sizing
no lumican = cloudy, 3 X increase in light scatter maximal increase to posterior stroma , thick fibrils in posterior stroma
does it regenerate?……..
descemet membrane
bowmans
endothelial
DEScemet membrane
-DOES regenerate
bowmans
-no regeneration
endothelial
-no regenation
what is bullous keratopathy
decrease in cell density of endothelial
whose job is to pump
endothelium
what happens as endothelial cells die
neighboring cells change shape and increase in size
what are guttae and what are the different classifications for it
protusions of the descemets membrane
- fuchs
- surrounding epithelial cells are abn
-central
causes swelling - hassall henle bodies
-surrounding epithelial cells are norm
-periphery
-normal to have
-identical to fuchs histopathologically
cornea strives to be what % water
if it changes by ____ % edema will occur or light scatter
78
5% or more will cause edema or light scatter
what is deturgescence
process the stroma does to dehydrate to kept it transparent
turgid vs turbid
turgid = swollen
turbid = opaque
turgid leads to turbid
what two layers function as diffusion barriers to tears and aqueous
how do they do this
endo and epithelium
sites of active ion transport inducing osmotic water movement out of stroma
what produces swelling pressure that pulls water in stroma
proteoglycan