Exam2Lec4Eye Flashcards
What is the function of the eye?
- Regulation of the amount of light entering the eye
- Focusing of light to form an iamge
- Conversion of light into neural activity
- Analysis of the visual image before relaying information to the brain
Whate are the chambers of the Eye?
- Anterior chamber
- Posterior chamber
- Vitreous chamber
What is the ant. chamber defined by and what is it filled with?
- space defined by the cornea, iris and lens (post. to cornea and ant. to iris +lens)
- Filled with aqueous humor
What is the post. chamber defined by and what is it filled with?
- Spaced defined by the iris, lens, zonule fibers and cilary body (post to iris, anterior to lens+ ciliary body)
- Filled with aqueous humor
What is the vitreous chamber defined by and what is it filled with?
- Space defined by the lens, zonule fibers and retina (post. to lens+ciliary body, ant to retina)
- Filled with gelatinous vitreous humo (separate from aqueous by density)
What are the layers of the eye?
- Outer layer: corneo-scleral layer (fibrous)
- Middle: Choroid layer (vascular and pigmented)
- Inner: retinal layer (neural)
What is contained within the outer layer of the eye?
- Cornea-> covers outer anterior surface
- Sclera-> covers the outer post. surface
Corneo-scleral layer
What is contained in the middle layer of the eye? Fxn?
- Iris-> gives the eye its color
- Ciliary body-> connects to the lens for fine focusing
- Choroid-> loose CT lining the inside (beneath sclera)
What is the purpose of pigment in the middle layer of the eye?
to absorb light, if there is no pig. then the light will be reflected
What is contained in the inner layer of the eye? fxn?
- Retinal pigment epithelium-> outer layer of retina
- Neural retina-> inner layer containing nerve cells
- Fovea (macula)-> area of greatest visual acuity⭐️
- Optic disk-> bind spot; where optic n exits the eye⭐️
What is the area of greatest visual acuity?
What is the bind spot?
- Fovea (macula)-> area of greatest visual acuity⭐️
- Optic disk-> bind spot; where optic n exits the eye⭐️
What are the 5 layers of the cornea from superficial to deep?
- epithelium
- Bowman’s membrane
- Stroma
- Descernet’s membrane
- endothelium
What is the type of epithelium in the cornea
stratified squamous epithelium (non-keratinized)
What is the basement membrane of the epithelium in the cornea
Bowman’s (membrane) layer
What is the stroma layer of the cornea?
Dense Reg. CT underlying the basement membrane
What is the basement membrane of the of endothelium?
Descemet’s (membrane) layer)
What is the type of endothelium of the cornea
simple squamous epithelium
What is the fxn of the cornea?
does 75% of the light focusing onto the retina
- vitreous body
- inner retinal layer
- middle choroid
- Corneo-scleral (outer) layer
aqueous humor is produced by what?
ciliary body
Cornea-> _ -> _ -> Brain
Cornea-> lens -> retina->optic n. -> Brain
What are the middle eye structures?
- choroid
- cilary body
- iris
- lens
What is the choroid?
Vascularized and pigmented loose CT
- What is the ciliary body made of?
- What does cilary processes produce?
- what is the fxn?
- Made of smooth muscle cells
- produces aq. humor for ant and post chambers
- fxn: regulates fine focus of lens by adjusting shape via parasympatheitc inn.
- What attached the ciliary body to the lens?
- What happens when the ciliary muscle contracts?
- zonule fibers
- Ciliary muscle contracts-> zonule fibers relax->lens thickens (allows for near-sightedness)