examinable Flashcards
Structures in blood aqueous barrier:
Ciliary NPE facing posterior chamber with tight junctions
2 layers of ciliary epithelium
Iris vessel endothelium have tight junctions
Purpose of blood aqueous barrier
Prevents passive transport of blood material to aqueous.
Barrier between BV in iris and blood in ciliary stroma
Aqueous humor flow
Formed in posterior chamber by ciliary body, flows through iris, exits at anterior chamber drainage angle (iris-cornea junction)
Higher pressure in pos. chamber, also warmer near iris
Aqueous humor formation
Active transport via ciliary stromal BVs and pigment epith.
Water passes with gradient of ions.
Blood aqueous barrier during infection
Uvitis causes vessels in iris to allow inflammatory cells into vitreous
Aqueous humor outflow
Trabeculo-canalicular: trabecular meshwork -> schlemms canal -> collector channel -> episcleral veins
Uveoscleral: ciliary BV’s -> suprachoroid space -> vortex veins
Trabicular meshwork cells
Trabicular cells: phagocytoses debris
Cribriform cells: forms compounds to help flow
Anterior chamber drainage angle structures
Iris Ciliary body band Scleral spur Trabecular meshwork Schwalbe's line cornea
Eyelid layers
Skin Subcutaneous areolar layer Striated muscle Submuscular areolar layer Orbital septum / tarsal plate Smooth mullers muscle Conjunctiva
Eyelid innervation
Sensory: CN V
Muscle:
Orbicularis oculi: temporal / zygomatic branches of CN VII
Muller: Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion
LPS: sup. Division of CN III
Levator palpebrae superioris issues
Full ptosis in CN III lesions.
Muller issues
Partial ptosis (horners syndrome)
Binocular motions of the eyes
Dextroversion: Right Laevoversion: left Supraversion: up Infraversion: down Cycloversion: around Y axis
Ophthalmic Artery branches to EOMS
Lateral branch: LR, SR, SO
Medial branch: IR, MR, IO
Lacrimal artery: LR
Infraorbital artery: IO
Muscle designation
Agonist: primary driver
Synergist: agonist assistor
Antagonist: agonist opposer
Yoke muscles: agonist of both eyes for binocular focus
Medial rectus innervation and use
innervated by Inf. Div. VN III (oculomotor)
Only used for adduction
Lateral rectus innervation and use
Only muscle innervated by CN VI (abducens)
Only used for abduction
Superior rectus innervation and use
Innervated by Sup. Div. CN III (oculomotor)
Primary elevation, secondary intorsion, tertiary adduction (as it attaches at an angle to optic axis)
Inferior oblique innervation and use
Innervated by Inf. Div. CN III (oculomotor)
Primary extorsion, secondary elevation, tertiary abduction.
Cornea layers
Epithelium, bowmans membrane, stroma, descements membrane, endothelium
Cornea epithelium
Superficial layer: squamous
Middle: wing cells, replace superficial
Basal: columnar, stem cells form new cells
Cornea stroma
Passes non mylenated nerves
Regular diameter / spacing for collagen fibrils
Contains glycoaminoglycans GAGs
Ciliary stroma
Superciliaris layer connects to sclera
Highly vascularised, myelated nerves
Contains the ciliary muscle.
Sclera layers
Episclera: seperates from tenon’s capsule
Stroma
lamina fusca
Paranasal sinuses and their innervation
Frontal: supraorbital nerve of CN V Ethmoidal: Ethmoidal nerves of CN V Sphenoidal Ethmoidal nerves of CN V Maxillary: Maxillary branch of CN V All join nasal cavity