Lecture 24 - Orbit I Flashcards
What is the ligament that forms the lateral portion of the oribit?
Postorbital ligament
What are the four regions of the orbit?
Roof, lateral wall, medial wall, and floor
What are the components of the orbit??
Zygomatic, lacrimial, frontal, maxilla, and palatine
What is the floor of the orbit made of?
Zygomatic, maxilla, and palatine
What are the supportive connective tissues of the eyelids?
Orbital septum and Tarsus
What is the orbital septum?
Connective tissue sheet
What is the tarsus?
A Fibrous structure
What are embedded into the tarsal plates?
Tarsal glands
What are tarsal glands?
Modified sebaceous glands that secrete only oily substance that increase the viscosity of tears and decrease tear evaporation
What is a chalazion?
Inflammation/blockage of the tarsal/meibomian gland
What is conjunctiva?
Non-keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium with goblet cells
What is within the conjunctival sac?
Bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva
What is the palpebral conjunctiva made of?
Superior and inferior fornices
What is conjuncitivitis?
Common, Primarily infectious conjunctivitis caused by different bacteria, viruses, mycoplasma, fungi, and parasites
What is the canthi?
Meeting sits of the upper and lower eyelids
What are the palpebral commissures?
CT of the corner of the eyes
What are the muscles involved in moving the eyelids?
Orbicularis oculi and levator palebrae superioris m.
What nerve innervates the orbicularis oculi?
CN VII
What nerve innervates the levator palebrae superioris m.?
CN III