Ocular Embryology Flashcards
What is gastrulation
Change form bilayer to trilaminary disc on day 14
Ectoderm
esoderm
Andendoderm
Formerly epiblast and hypoblast
What is produced from neural ectoderm
Optic cup
Neural retina
RPE
Pupillary sphincter and dilator msucles
Posterior iris epithelium
Ciliary body epithelium
Optic nerve
What is produced from neural crest
(Connective tissue)
Corneal endothelium
Corneal stroma
Iris stroma
Ciliary body stroma
Trabecular meshwork
Ciliary muscles
Choroid
Sclera
Perivascular CT and SMCs
Meninges of ON
Orbital cartilage
Bones
CT of EOMs
Secondary vitreous
Zonules
What is produced from surface ectoderm
(Epithelium)
Corneal and conjunctival epithelium
Lens
Lacrimal gland
Eyelid epidermis
Eyelid cilia
Epithelium of adnexa glands
Epithelium of nasolacrimal duct
What is derived from mesoderm
(muscle and vascular endothelium)
EOMs
Vascular endothelium
Schlemm’s canal endothelium
Blood
When does melanization of the outer neuroectodermal layer of hte optic cup being? When is the RPE layer formed?
Week 6
Week 8
When is the RPE fully fucntional
Month 4
Where does retinal cell diferentiation start
Adjacent to optic nerve and spreads erpiherally
What is the ora serrata
Line posterior to ciliary body demarcating the neruosensory retina anteiror border
Inner and outer neuroectodermal layers of the optic cup anterior to the ora serrata extend forward on tot he ciliary body and posterior iris
When are the layers of the retina established
By 4.5 months
When does macular development occur
Late in gestation until 4 years post partum
When does the optic nerve begin formation
Week 6
When does myelination of the optic nerve begin? Where? When does it complete?
Month 7 at the optic chiasm
Finishes after birth
What is the origin of the central retinal artery
Regression of the distal hyaloid artery within the vitreous in month 4 leaving the proximal segment
When does the lens vescicle separate from the surface ectoderm?
Day 33