Exam 7 - Second Set (Eye slide 14 - Image slide 50) Flashcards
Six extrinsic muscles move each eye:
Superior rectus Inferior rectus Lateral rectus Medial rectus Superior oblique Inferior oblique
The extrinsic muscles of the eye are innervated by some combination of cranial nerves
III, IV, or VI
The ___ eye muscles move the eyeball laterally, medially, superiorly, and inferiorly
extrinsic
___ muscles move the eye in a plane (for the most part, anyway—the superior and inferior rectus are not on the exact midline)
Rectus
The ____ muscles preserve rotational stability of the eyeball
oblique
There are eight cardinal directions of eye movement. What are they?
superior, inferior, nasal, temporal, up & in, up & out, down & in, and down & out, shown here for the right eye
slide 17
Six of the eight cardinal directions of eye movement are associated with a single extrinsic muscle. These six are termed ____. Only the two remaining directions of eye movement (ie. the non-cardinal directions) are caused by two muscles acting in concert.
cardinal directions of gaze
The six directions that involve a single muscle are circled (the cardinal directions of gaze), along with the muscle that moves the eye in that direction from the starting point of looking straight ahead. (Right eye illustrated)
Slide 19
Cranial nerve __ is associated with multiple directions
III
Slide 20
The following “formula” may be useful…
for eye muscle innervation
LR6 (SO4) 3
LR6 = lateral rectus is innervated by?
SO4 = superior oblique is innervated by?
Subscript 3 = all other muscles are innervated by?
cranial nerve 6 (CN VI)
cranial nerve 4 (CN IV)
cranial nerve 3 (CN III)
Smoothly and uniformly moving the eye from the starting position of looking straight ahead to the final position of one of the cardinal directions of gaze is not an easy achievement. In practice, moving the eye generally involves more than one extrinsic muscle, and therefore frequently, more than one nerve. These combined actions need to be negated in order to properly assess the function of individual muscles and nerves.
Ok cool
In order to eliminate the effects of combined action on the eye by two extrinsic muscles, and their associated cranial nerves, the action of muscles (and associated nerves) must be isolated.
Alright we get it
When the eye is fully abducted (away from the nose), only the ____ muscles can elevate and depress the eye, respectively.
superior and inferior rectus.
This is purely a mechanical property caused by the axis of the eye lining up perpendicular to the superior/inferior rectus muscles.
When the eye is fully adducted (toward the nose), only the superior and inferior oblique muscles can ____.
depress and elevate the eye.
In this case, the superior oblique depresses the eye, and the inferior oblique elevates the eye
In this course whenever you see an “H” superimposed over the eye, the situation refers to a patient exam.
The directional arrows may still be retained in illustrations that have the “H”
Slide 24
During a patient exam, these isolating effects are applied by having the patient fully ___ the eye then look up and down. Next, fully adduct the eye and look up and down. This results in an “H” shaped pattern of eye movement. The six directions encompass the cardinal directions of gaze.
abduct
Eliminating combined action… But there is a slight complication resulting from this isolation mechanism. Recall that starting from the position of looking straight ahead, the inferior oblique is responsible for moving the eye up and out. Eye placement is then in the “up & out” quadrant due to action of the ____ (innervated by cranial nerve III).
inferior oblique
Eliminating combined action… But during a patient exam when the eye is fully abducted (by the lateral rectus), the mechanics of the situation are such that the ____ now elevates the eye. Eye placement is then in the “up & out” quadrant due to action of the superior rectus (still innervated by cranial nerve III).
superior rectus
Eliminating combined action… Starting with the eye looking straight ahead, the ___ is responsible for moving the eye down and out. At the end of the action, the eye is in the “down & out” quadrant due to action of the ____
superior oblique
(innervated by CN IV).
Eliminating combined action…
With the eye fully abducted (the bar of the “H”) during an exam, the ____ depresses the eye. At the end of this action, the eye is in the “down & out” quadrant due to action of the ___
inferior rectus (innervated by CN III).
Eliminating combined action… None of this changes the formula ___, which relates to the cranial nerves that supply particular extrinsic eye muscles. That relationship does not change
LR6 (SO4) 3
Eliminating combined action… What does change in some instances is the muscle that achieves the final result of moving the eye up or down when comparing the cardinal directions of gaze versus the cardinal directions of eye movement. And since that muscle may have changed, the ___ associated with that resultant action may also have changed.
nerve
Brace yourself and look at slide 28
What’s even going on there?
Much of the time, the concern is not so much with the muscles involved in moving the eye, but rather with the ___ involved. For that reason, we will spend some time on the __.
nerves
The cranial nerve associated with each of the cardinal directions of gaze is shown for the right eye. Cardinal directions of gaze ___ actions of individual extrinsic muscles of the eye, and their cranial nerves, enabling a determination of damage to the muscle or cranial nerve.
isolate
slide 30, 31
Although CN III (oculomotor) innervates the inferior rectus which causes movement in this direction from the starting point of looking straight ahead, with the eye fully adducted the only muscle that can depress the eye is the
superior oblique, which is innervated by CN IV (trochlear)
Although CN IV (trochlear) innervates the superior oblique which causes movement in this direction from the starting point of looking straight ahead, with the eye fully ___ the only muscle that can depress the eye is the inferior rectus, which is innervated by CN III (oculomotor)
abducted
The details of why a given muscle exhibits the particular action it has, or why a certain eye movement is associated with a specified cranial nerve are frequently of no concern in a clinical setting, as illustrated by this extract from Bates
Slide 34
An imbalance in the extrinsic eye muscles resulting in the misalignment of one eye so that its line of vision is not parallel with that of the other eye (cross-eyes).
Strabismus
Both eyes are not pointed at the same object at the same time
Strabismus
In strabismus, to compensate, the normal and deviant eyes may alternate in focusing on objects. In other cases, only the controllable eye is used, and the brain begins to disregard inputs from the ___, which then becomes functionally blind
deviant eye
Can strabismus be outgrown?
No
Strabismus treatment?
Less severe cases may be treated with eye exercises to strengthen the weak muscles, or by temporarily placing a patch on the stronger eye thereby forcing the child to use the weaker eye
When the above do not correct the situation, surgery on the eye muscles is needed
Layman’s term for strabismus?
Lazy eye
rapid involuntary movement of the eyeballs
May be inherited, idiopathic, or caused by a disease of the central nervous system
Nystagmus
a sign, not a disease
There are a number of types of nystagmus, and a number of causes
occurs much less frequently than horizontal nystagmus
Vertical nystagmus
complex of eye movements that occurs during and immediately after rotational motion
Vestibular nystagmus
In police work, testing for ___ is one of a battery of field sobriety tests used by officers in the field to determine whether a suspect is driving under the influence of alcohol
horizontal gaze nystagmus
The eye consists
of three layers:
Fibrous tunic
Vascular tunic
Retina
Is the superficia coat of the eyeball
Is avascular
Fibrous tunic
Fibrous tunic consists of?
Cornea
Sclera
Transparent coat that covers the iris
Cornea