Eye And Orbit Flashcards
Cornea
Transparent anterior 1/6 of outer coat of eyeball
Iris
Colored diaphragm seen cornea
Pupil
Aperture at center of iris
Sclera
Whitish opaque 5/6 of the outer coat of eyeball
Lavator palpebrae
Action and innervation
Elevates upper eyelid, CN III
Which nerve opens eye and which close it
3 opens 7 closes
Lacrimal glands
Innervated by which system and nerve
PNS- 7
SNS from superior cervical ganglion
Nasolacrimal duct
Does what
Conveys lacrimal fluid to nasal cavity
What covers sclera and anterior palpebral surface and keeps contacts from going back into orbit
Conjunctiva
Sphincter pupillae
Action
Stimulated by what
Role in which syndrome
Constricts or contracts pupil- miosis
PNS
Horners
Dilator pupillae
Stimulated by what
Action
SNS
Dilates pupil
Retina
Role in what
Light reception
Optic disc
What it transmits
Sensory fibers and vessels conveyed by CN II enter and radiate to eyeball
Macula
Role and what it has
Area of retina with specialized photoreceptor cone cells
Acuity of vision
Rod cells
Cone cells
Transmit light to brain
Visual acuity
Most refraction produced by what
Cornea
What fine tunes the focus of near or far objects on the retina
Convexity of the lens
___ muscle changes the shape of the lens (___)
Ciliary, shape
Ciliary is ___ in absence of nerve stim. ___ fibers under tension. Lens is ___ ___ to refract light for __ vision
Relaxed, zonular
Stretched thin, distant
PNS Stim causes ciliary muscle to ___. Zonular fibers ___. Lens becomes ___ to refract light for ___ vision.
Contract, relax
Thicker, near
All 3 extraocular muscles of orbit exit skull via
Superior orbital fissure
Nerve associated with lateral rectus
Abducens VI
Nerve assoc with superior oblique
Trochlear IV
Nerve assoc with superior rectus, medial rectus, inferior rectus, and inferior oblique
III oculomotor