Eye Flashcards
Where do tears accumulate?
lacrimal caruncle
Lacrimal gland is mainly controlled by parasympathetics from
CN VII (facial)
Eyelashes have two glands
sebaceous (of Zeis) apocrine sweat (of Moll)
The …. forms each eyelid
tarsal plate
Tarsal plate glands
tarsal glands or Meibomian
Tears consist of 3 layers
lipid layer from Meibomian
aqueous layer from lacrimal glands
mucous layer from conjunctival goblet cells
Sty
sebaceous glands are blocked
Chalazion
blockage of tarsal glands
2 major eyelid muscles and 1 minor
levator palpebrae superioris
superior tarsal
frontalis
Levator palpbrae superioris function
main elevator of eyelid
Superior tarsal function
sympathetic innervation to upper eyelide
Frontalis muscle function
minor in a raising eyelid
One muscle closes the eyelids
orbicularis oculi muscle
At the apex of the orbit is the …
superior orbital fissure
The superior orbital fissure transmits the following structures into the orbit
oculomotor trochlear ophthalmic division of CN V1 abducens superior ophthalmic vein