Lecture 1: Anatomy Flashcards
What area lies between the cornea and iris?
Anterior chamber
What area lies between iris and vitreous chamber?
Posterior chamber
What forms the border between the anterior and posterior chambers?
iris
Where in the eye is there NO diffraction?
Pupil
What is the most posterior chamber in the eye?
Vitreous chamber
What does the vitreous chamber contain?
retina + vitreous gel
Optic disc is aka as the “blind spot”…why?
it does not contain rods/cones
What is at the center of the macula?
fovea
Where is the highest visual acuity located at?
fovea
What cells is the optic nerve derived from? And if diseased… it could lead to what demyelinating disorder?
Oligodendrocytes
MS
What cells make up the peripheral cranial nerves?
Schwann cells
What are the two layers of the retina?
Retinal pigmented epithelium
Neural retina
Which photoreceptors perceives BRIGHT light? and what colors?
Cons; blue, red green
Which photoreceptors perceives DIM light? and what colors?
Rods: grayish purple
Which nucleus serves as “master clock of brain”?
Suprachiasmic nucleus (hypothalamus)