Extra-Ocular Movements and Pupillary Reflexes Flashcards
In bright environments, constricts the pupil
Pupillary sphincter muscle
In dim environments, dilates the pupil
Pupillary dilator muscle
The lense is thinner and flatter when objects are
Further away (unaccomidation)
The lense thickens to focus light on retina when objects are closer. This is called
Accomodation
Which 4 extraocular muscles does CN III control?
Medial, inferior, and superior rectus and inferior oblique
The biggest complaint of people with extraoccular muscle weakness is
Diplopia (double vision)
Caused by the inability to position the image on the macula of both eyes
Diplopia
Provides somatic motor (GSE) to 4 extraocular muscles and the levtor palpebrae superioris
Oculomotor nucleus and nerve
Provides parasympthetic (GVR) innervation from Edinger-Westphal and preganglionic to pupillary constrictoy and ciliary muscles of lens
Occulomotor nucleus and nerve
What are the 4 eye movements that result from CN III innervation?
Move eye up and down, towards the nose, and rotate externally
Drooping of the upper eyelid (ptosis) occurs with
CN III Palsy, Horner’s syndrome, and Myasthenia gravis
When the ipsilateral eye deviates down and out when patient looks straight ahead
-Due to CN III lesion
Exotropia
With a CN III lesion, patient will complain of
Diplopia
The most dorsal and medial part of the oculomotor nucleus
Edinger-Westphal nucleus
The pupillary dilator muscle receives
Sympathetic innervation
Lesions to the sympathetic fibers controlling the dilator muscle cause
Miosis (constricted pupil) with Horner’s syndrome
Innervates the ciliart and constrictor muscles
-parasympathetic
Edinger-Westphal (GVE) nucleus
Lesions to the Edinger-Westphal nucleus cause
Mydriasis (dilated pupil) and loss of pupillary constriction and accommodation
Pupil constricts to light in normal eye, but when light is moved quickly to defective eye, it will dilate in response to it (because the input is “less”). This is called the
Swinging flashlight test for afferent pupillary defec
It is best to diagnose Horner’s syndrome in
Dark light
It is best to diagnose CN III damage in
Light
Characterized by ptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis (decreased sweating)
Horner’s Syndrome
Lesions may be in brainstem, hypothalamus, spinal cord (cervical and upper thoracic),T1-T2 spinal nerves, carotid plexus, or orbit for
Horner’s syndrome
What is the near response triad in response to an object coming closer to the face?
- ) Convergence (CN III)
- ) Accomodation (Ciliary muscle CN III)
- ) Pupillary constriction (Constrictor, CN III)
Increases depth of field
Pupillary constriction
Convergence and divergence are controlled by neurons in the midbrain near the oculomotor n.called the
Vergence center
During accomodation, the ciliary muscle contracts. This releases zonule fibers allowing the lense to
Thicken
For blurred images, we use
Accomodation
For retinal disparity, we use
Vergence
Causes mydriasis, loss of pupillary constriction (ipsilateral), and loss of accomodation
CN III E-W damage
Ipsilateral lens will not change curve to adjust to view near objects with a deficit due to
E-W (CN III) damage
The deficits seen in E-W damage of CN III are all
Ipsilateral
Pupils are small bilaterally and irregular with
Light-near dissociation (Argyll-Robertson Pupil)
Pupils constrict to accommodation,but are not reactive to light
Argyll-Robertson Pupil