Eye Anatomy Flashcards
Bones of the Orbit
- Frontal
- Lacrimal
- Ethmoid
- Palatine
- Maxilla
- Zygomatic
- Sphenoid
Walls of the Orbit
- Superior wall: Frontal, lesser wing of Sphenoid
- Medial wall: Ethmoid, Lacrimal, Maxilla, Sphenoid
- Inferior wall (weakest! “blowout fracture”): Zygomatic, Maxilla, Palatine
- Lateral wall (strongest!): Zygomatic, greater wing of Sphenoid
Optic Canal
Location ?
Transmits?
Location: apex of orbit
Transmits: Optic Nerve, Ophthalmic Artery
Superior Orbital Fissure
Location?
Transmits?
Location: between roof/lateral wall of orbit
between greater and lesser wing of the Sphenoid bone
Transmits: Superior and Inferior Ophthalmic Veins
CN III, IV, VI
Branches of CN V-1 (lacrimal, frontal, nasociliary nerves)
Inferior Orbital Fissure
Location?
Transmits?
Location: between floor and lateral wall of the orbit
formed by Sphenoid bone
Transmits: Infraorbital Artery
Infraorbital branch of Maxiallary Nerve (V-2)
Supraorbital Foramen/Notch
Location?
Transmits?
Location: In the frontal bone above orbit
Trasmits: Supraorbital Nerve and vessels
Infraorbital Foramen
Location?
Transmits?
Location: In Maxillary bone under orbit
Transmits: Infraorbital Nerve and vessels
Anterior/Posterior Ethmoidal Foramen
Location?
Transmits?
Location: In Ethmoid Bone
Transmits: Ethmoidal Arteries and Nerves
Two muscles of the Iris
- Sphincter Pupillae (constrictor) muscle
miosis (constriction of pupil)
- Dilator Pupillae muscle
mydriasis (dilation of pupil)
Sphincter Pupillae Muscle
- Function?
- Autonomic?
2a? What nerve?
2b? What ganglion?
- alters the size of the pupil in response to light–Constricts; controls the amounter of light entering the eye
- Parasympathetic
2a. Occulomotor Nerve (CN III)
2b? Ciliary Ganglion
Dilator Pupillae Muscle
- Autonomic?
1a? What nerve?
1b? What ganglion?
- Sympathetics
1a. Long ciliary nerves
1b. Superior Cervical Ganglion
Parts of the Outer Fibrous Tunic
- Sclera
- Cornea
- Limbus
Parts of the Uvea (vascular tunic)
- Choroid: vascular layer; provides the outer retina with nutrients
- Ciliary Body: complex and smooth muscles and vessels
- Iris
Ciliary Muscle
- Function?
- Autonomics?
2a. what nerve?
2b. Nucleus and ganglion? - Associated Clinical condition?
- accommodation of lens; works as a sphincter; when contracts, it lessens the tension of the suspensory ligament so the lens becomes more rounded–Accommodation reflex
- Parasympathetic
2a. Occulomotor Nerve (CN III)
2b. Edinger-Westphal (CN III) Nucleus and Ciliary ganglion - Presbyopia; By age 45, the ability of the lens to become more rounded is lost
Ciliary Body
- Function?
- Route of Aqueous Humor?
- Dysfunction?
- Secrete Aqueous humor
- Ciliary body –> Posterior chamber –> Anterior chamber –> drained at the Iridocorneal Angle –> Canal of Schlemm –> Venous system
- Rates of production and absorption out of balance –> Increased Intraoccular pressure –> Glaucoma –> severe blindness