Eye Junk Flashcards
What is the name given to the medial wall of the orbit?
Lamina papyracea
What openings are located along the lateral wall of the orbit?
Superior orbital fissure
Identify the openings found along the superior wall of the orbit:
optic canal
Identify the openings found along the medial wall of the orbit:
anterior ethmoid and posterior ethmoid foramina
Identify the openings found along the lateral wall of the orbit:
Superior orbital fissure
Identify the openings found along the inferior wall of the orbit:
Inferior orbital fissure
What are the layers of the orbit?
skin, orbicularis oculi muscle, tarsal plate/tarsus & Palpebral conjunctiva
What are the names given to the modified sebaceous gland in the tarsus of the eyelid?
Tarsal or Meibomian gland
Eyelashes represent a modification of what cell extension?
Cilia
What is the name of the gland located at the base of the eyelash?
Ciliary gland
What is the ciliary gland?
The modified sebaceous gland at the base of the eyelash
What are the names f the modified sebaceous glands of the palpebra?
Tarsal gland or Meibomian gland and ciliary gland
The lacrimal gland is an example of what classification of gland?
Exocrine gland
What is the single common characteristic of exocrine glands?
ducts drain product from the secretory units of the gland
Into what location will lacrimal glands open?
superior fornix
Which visceral efferent pathway is conveyed in the seventh cranial nerve?
parasympathetic motor pathway
Parasympathetic stimulation of blood vessels in the lacrimal gland will result in what events?
Vasodilation of blood vessels, increased availability of water to secretory units, thinner or more watery product in lumen
The sympathetic pathway t the lacrimal gland will involve what neural components?
spinal nerves and a neurovascular plexus around blood vessels
What is the origin for the sympathetic pathway to the lacrimal gland?
Lateral horn/ intermediolateral cell column T1, T2
Sympathetic stimulation of the lacrimal gland will result in what events?
vasoconstriction of blood vessels, limited availability of water to secretory units, more viscous or thicker product formed in glandular lumen