Eye Flashcards
Palatine, lacrimal, and ethmoid bones (3)
Make up VERY thin medial wall of eye socket, lining ethmoid air sinus, and can be broken very easily
Maxilla bone
Bottom-middle portion of eye socket, sits on top of maxillary sinus, fracture can allow contents to fall into this sinus
5/7 Openings for Structures to Get to Eye
Optic canal Superior orbital fissure Supraorbital foramen Inferior orbital fissure Infraorbital groove, canal, and foramen
Optic Canal Location/2 Contents
Most superomedial
Optic n.
Ophthalmic a.
Superior Orbital Fissure Location/5 Conents
Large fissure just lateral to optic canal
Oculomotor (III), Trochlear (IV), Abducens (VI) n.s
Opthalmic division of Trigeminal (V1) n.
Venous drainage
Inferior Orbital Fissure Location
Teardrop shaped more inferior to superior orbital fissure
Infraorbital groove (3)
Groove coming down from inferior orbital fissure
Goes into canal and foramen
Maxillary division of trigeminal (V2) travels through it as infraorbital n. and comes out foramen onto cheek for subcutaneous innervation of cheek
Trauma to Orbit
Can blowout thin medial/inferior walls of optic cavity
Conjunctiva
Smooth serosa lining of interior eyelid and eye itself
Conjunctiva, palpebral portion
Smooth serosa on lining interior eyelid
Lacrimal caruncle
Little hill in middle of lacus lacrimalis
Lacus lacrimalis
Lake of fluid that connects at medial edge of eye
Lacrimal punctum and papillae
Drainage sites superior and inferior for lacus lacrimalis (punctum is little hole on papilla hill) to drain into nasal cavity
Plica semilunaris
Line at lateral edge of lacus lacrimalis
Orbital septum
DIRCT that holds eyelid to bony wall and surrounds eye
Medial and Lateral Palpebral Ligaments/Raphes
Hold edges of eyelids to bony wall
Tarsal plates
Cartilaginous plate in eyelid to give it a little bit of structure
3 Muscles of Eyelid
Palpebral portion of orbicularis oculi m.
Levator palpebrae superioris m.
Superior tarsal m.
Levator palebrae superioris m. (2)
lifts superior palpebrum (upper eyelid)
voluntary skeletal by Oculomotor n. (III)
Superior tarsal m.
Smooth muscle innervated by sympathetics
Lifts superior tarsal plate to open eyes more
Sclera (2)
White part of eye that’s really just continuation of dura mater
Iris (2)
Colored part of the eye that acts as diaphragm, expanding and contracting to allow more and less light in
Blood Supply to Eye from Internal Carotid
Via ophthalmic a. - first branch off internal carotid
Cornea (2)
Clear structure on outside of eye that allows light to get through
Avascular so easy to transplant
4 External Eye Branches of Ophthalmic A.
Supraorbital, supratrochlear, infratrochlear, and lacrimal a.s
Blood Supply to External Eye from External Carotid (4 branches)
Superficial temporal a.
Transverse facial a.
Infraorbital a.
Facial a.s
Interal-External Carotid Anastomosis Around Eye
Superficial temporal a. (from ext) and supraorbital a. (from int)
Venous Drainage of Eyes (4)
Primarily ophthalmic v.s to cavernous sinus
Also facial, superficial temporal, and pterygoid plexus v.s
Motor Innervation of External Eye
Zygomatic branch of Facial n. (VII)
Sensory Innervation of External Eye (2)
Ophthalmic and Maxillary Branches of Trigeminal n.s (V1/2)
6 Eye Movement Muscles
Superior rectus m. Medial rectus m. Inferior rectus m. Lateral rectus m. Superior oblique m. Inferior oblique m.
Rectus m.s of Eye
4 “straight” muscles (sup/med/inf/lat). Just pull in direction they’re coming from
2 Exceptions to Oculomotor n. (III) Innervation of Eye Movement Muscles
Lateral rectus m. - abducens n. VI
Superior oblique m. - trochlear n. IV
Purpose of Eye Oblique Muscles
Counteract the angled torque from rectus muscles
Superior oblique m.
Comes from medial side, then kind of goes around pulley and pulls eye from bottom, tilting pupil down
2 Muscles to Tilt Eye Down
Superior oblique m. and inferior rectus m.