Eye and Orbit Flashcards
What are the 7 bones of orbit?
- Frontal
- Zygomatic
- Maxillary
- Lacrimal
- Sphenoid
- Ethmoid (orbital bone)
- Palatine bone
What are the openings of the orbit? (9)
- Superior orbital fissure
- Inferior orbital fissure
- Infraorbital groove and foramen
- Optic foramen
- Lacrimal canal
- Anterior and posterior ethmoid foramina
- Zygomatico orbital foramina
- Supraorbital foramen
- Trochleal fovea or spine - half way between supraorbital notch/foramen and frontolacrimal suture
What is the superior orbital fissure crossed by?
- Oculomotor
- Branches of CNV/1 (lacrimal, frontal, nasociliary),
- Trochlear (CNIV)
- Abducens (CNVI)
What is the infraorbital groove and foramen crossed by?
Maxillary/infraorbital nerve CNV/2
What is the trochleal fovea or spine for?
Superior oblique muscle
What is the orbit lined with?
Orbital periosteum
- What are the spaces between the eye, nerve muscles and blood vessels filled with?
- What is a feature of orbital fascia?
- Orbital fascia
2. Coarsely loculated fat
What are the extrinsic muscles of the orbit?
- Levator palpebrae superioris
- Rectus muscles
- Obliques (superior and inferior)
Where does the levator palpebrae superioris arise? What is its function? What passes superior to it?
Lesser wing sphenoid, above rectus superiors and optic canal.
Raises upper eyelid
Frontal nerve
Where do the rectus muscles originate? Where do the rectus muscles insert?
Originate in part from tendinous ring around optic nerve.
They insert anterior to equator of eyeball.
Where do the superior, inferior and medial recti arise?
Tendinous ring around optic nerve
How many heads does the lateral rectus have? Where do they come from?
Two.
From lateral part of tendinous ring and from lateral margin of orbital fissure.
Where do the obliques insert?
Further back, posterior to equator of eyeball.
Where does the superior oblique insert?
Between superior and lateral rectus
Where does the inferior oblique insert?
Between inferior and lateral rectus
What movement are the medial and lateral recti responsible for?
Side to side
What movement are the superior and inferior recti responsible for?
Elevation and depression
What movement is the superior oblique responsible for?
Down and out
What movement is the inferior oblique responsible for?
Turns eye up and out.
What is the palpebral area comprised of? (7)
- Tarsal plates/tarsus (eyelids)
- Tendon of levator palpebrae superioris
- Lateral and medial palprebral ligaments
- Orbital septum is a fascial sheet attached to periosteum of orbital rim and levator tendon
- Eyelids are lined with conjunctiva which is continuous with cornea
- Sebaceous tarsal glands empty into the free margin of the eyelid. The oily secretion spreads out over the tear film and contributes to its stability.
- Cilia (eyelashes) also have small sebaceous glands
Where are the lacrimal glands located?
- Mostly in superolateral orbit
2. Some in eyelid lateral to tarsal plate between conjunctiva and pelpebral fascia
What are tears a mix of? (3) What gland is responsible for producing each one?
- Serous (Lacrimal gland and accessory serous glands in conjunctiva)
- Mucus (Conjunctival glands)
- Sebaceous (Sebaceous tarsal glands - eyelids)
Where do tears drain?
Into the medial corner of the eye and from there into the nasolacrimal duct via lacrimal canaliculi ( one per eyelid, above and below plica semilunaris) and lacrimal sac.
What are the wall of the eyeball?
- Fibrous outer coat (sclera/cornea)
- Vascular intermediate coat - uvea –> includes choroid and anterior parts of ciliary body and iris
- Retina
What is the main refractive apparatus of the eye?
Cornea
What are the two parts of the retina?
- Sensory retina
2. Non-sensory retina
What does the sensory retina consist of?
Thick inner layer consisting of photoreceptors (rods and cones) and other layers of neurons.
Where is the pigment epithelium and what is its function?
Behind the rods and cones and phagocytoses worn out parts of photoreceptors