Neuro-opthalmic exam Flashcards
What is considered affarent?
- vision
- contrast sensitivity
- color vision
- VF
What is considered efferent?
- pupillary function
- ocular motility
- eyelids
- orbit
- facial nerve function
entrance tests look at which nerves?
2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
What does contrast sensitivity test measure
measures residual function loss if patient does well with high contrast targets. Esp in patients who have pale nerves or optic neuritis
what kind of lesions can lead to achromatopsia (absent color vision)
retinal lesion, optic nerve lesion, or cortical lesion
Acquired optic nerve disease usually produces red/green deficiency. What do acquired color perception defects arise from
- macular lesion
- retinal lesion
- optic nerve insult
- chiasmal lesion
- retrochiasmal lesion
Which atrophy causes blue yellow deficits
dominant optic atrophy
____% of optic nerve fibers are macular in origin and represent central 20 degrees.
80
which cortex deals with VA? ventral stream is responsible for what? dorsal stream is responsible for what?
- striate cortex
- occipito- temporal (what)
- occipito- parietal (where)
which three things deal with the ventral stream
- object identification and recognition
- alexia - inability to read
- achromatopsia - color vision loss
which four things deal with the dorsal stream
- visuospatial processing and localization
- akinetopsia - impaired motion processing
- astereopsis - stereo problems
- visual neglect of left hemifield due to right parietal lobe lesion
Anisicoria is always due to what type of defect?
efferent
When do you have to check near response?
If you’re doing pupils and there is no light reaction. (There are more near fibers than light fibers).
If pupil size is greater in light then which system is defected
parasympathetic –> lesion in dorsal midbrain
what is dilation lag usually due to
sympathetic denervation (Horner’s syndrome)
If you think your patient has an APD what should you go back and check
color vision, contrast, VA’s
The marcus gunn swinging flashlight test evaluates optic nerve function and requires only ___ functioning pupil.
one
What can an APD be caused by
- unilateral optic nerve/retinal disease
- asymmetric chiasmal disorders
- optic tract lesions