Exam 1/Quiz 3- Physiology of the Eye/Physiology of the Ear Flashcards
What are the special senses?
- Vision
- Hearing
- Smell
- Taste
- Balance/Equilibrium
What are the names of the extrinsic muscles of the eye?
- Superior oblique
- Inferior oblique
- Superior rectus
- Inferior rectus
- Lateral rectus
- Medial rectus
Lateral Rectus:
- Innervation (number and name)
- Action
- CN VI: Abducens
2. Moves eye laterally
Medial Rectus:
- Innervation (number and name)
- Action
- CN III: Oculomotor
2. Moves eye medially
Superior Rectus:
- Innervation (number and name)
- Action
- CN III: Oculomotor
2. Elevates eye/Rolls eye superiorly
Inferior Rectus:
- Innervation (number and name)
- Action
- CN III: Oculomotor
2. Depresses eye/Rolls eye inferiorly
Inferior Oblique:
- Innervation (number and name)
- Action
- CN III: Oculomotor
2. Elevates eye/ Turns eye laterally
Superior Oblique:
- Innervation (number and name)
- Action
- CN IV: Trochlear
2. Depresses eye/Turns eye laterally
What extrinsic eye muscles does CN VI (abducens nerve) innervate?
Lateral Rectus
What extrinsic eye muscles does CN III (oculomotor ) innervate?
- Medial Rectus
- Superior Rectus
- Inferior Rectus
- Inferior Oblique
What extrinsic eye muscles does CN IV (trochlear) innervate?
Superior Oblique
The optic disc is also known as what?
Blind spot
What is different about the optic disc? (what is it missing)
Has no rod or cone cells
What part of the eye has the highest visual acuity?
Fovea centralis
The fovea centralis has a high concentration of what?
Cone cells
What is located within the anterior chamber of the eye?
Aqueous Humour
What is located within the posterior chamber of the eye?
Vitreous Humour
What does the optic nerve run through?
Optic disc
Define visual acuity.
Sharpness of vision
Normal vision (20/20) is known as __________.
Emmetropic Eye
Explain what it means to have 20/30 vision.
You can see at 20 feet what an emmetropic eye can see at 30 feet.
Myopia is also known as _______.
Nearsightedness
Hyperopia is also known as ______.
Farsightedness
What does it mean to have nearsightedness (myopia)?
Able to see close objects clearly but not distant ones
What does it mean to have farsightedness (hyperopia)?
Able to see distant objects clearly but not close ones
Define Astigmatism.
Blurred vision due to irregularities in the curvatures of the lens (or cornea-book)
Define Blind Spot.
An area of the retina lacking photoreceptors (rod and cone cells)
Define Accommodation.
The ability of the eye to focus specifically for close objects (eye lens changes shape to focus light on retina)
How many reflexes are involved in accommodation?
3
When the ciliary body muscles contract the lens becomes ______.
Round
When the ciliary body muscles are relaxed the lens is ______.
Flat
The ciliary body muscles contract (becomes round) to see closer or farther objects?
Closer
The ciliary body muscles relax (becomes flat) to see closer or farther objects?
Farther
Define Presbyopia.
Difficulty in focusing due to aging.
Why does presbyopia occur?
Elasticity of the lens decreases dramatically with age
What muscles are involved in the Eye Convergence Reflex? What muscle mainly?
- Extrinsic Eye Muscles
2. Medial rectus muscles
What does the Eye Convergence Reflex do?
Crosses both eyes to look straight at the object.
Describe what happens to these following structures when using close vision:
- Ciliary Body Muscles
- Suspensory Ligaments
- Lens
- Contracts the ciliary body
- Relaxes the suspensory ligaments holding the lens
- Lens more rounded in shape
Describe what happens to these following structures when using distant vision:
- Ciliary Body Muscles
- Suspensory Ligaments
- Lens
- Ciliary body relaxes
- Contracts the suspensory ligaments holding the lens
- Stretches the lens and flattens it
Define Saccades. Give examples.
Jumping eye motions that occur when a person is reading or looking out the window of a moving car
What is the point of saccades?
Involuntary larger movements to fix on a series of points in rapid succession
What does a Electrooculogram (EOG) do?
Measures neuromuscular signals by recording the voltage changes that occur as eye position changes
What can a Electrooculogram (EOG) be used for?
- Detect an eye movement impairment
- Measuring sleep patterns (This is a set up to record
Rapid Eye Movement [REM] during sleep) - Measuring retinal dysfunction
What is contained within the outer ear?
- Pinna
2. External Acoustic Meatus (Ear canal)
What is contained within the middle ear?
- Tympanic Membrane (ear drum)
- Auditory ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes)
- Eustachian Tube