Ocular Motility/Binocular Vision Flashcards
Listing Plane
- X = Horizontal, elevate/depress
- Y = thru line of sight/torsional,
- Z plane = Vertical, abduct/adduct
- X,Y,Z plane (similar to airplane mvmts)
- eye mvmts must fall within listing planes
- secondary position of gaze = rotations about these axes
- Tertiary positions of gaze = looking in oblique directions
Muscle Plane
- describes the direction of pull and individual EOM can make
- plane passes thru the center of rotation and is determined by the origin and insertion sites of EOM
Axis of rotation
- perpendicular to the muscle plane around which the eye rotates when acted on by an EOM
Tangential point
point where muscle tendon first makes contact with globe of the eye
Arc of contact
area btw tangential pt and pt of insertion of muscle on the globe of the eye, this is the area where muscle exerts its action on the eye
Duction
monocular rotation
Abduction
rotation about z-axis, away from midline
Adduction
rotation about z-axis, towards midline
Elevation
upward rotation about the x-axis
Depression
downward rotation about the x-axis
Incycloduction
rotation about the y-axis such that the upper portion of the eye tilts inward
Excycloduction
rotation about the y-axis such that the upper portion of the eye tilts outwards
Versions
Binocular eye mvmts that results in the visual axes of both eyes moving at the same direction (conjugate mvmts)
- purpose is to enlarge FOV and move fovea of each eye to an object for fixation
Dextroversion
both eyes rotate about the z-axis to the right
Levoversion
Both eyes rotate about the z-axis to the left
Dextrocycloversion
Rotations about the y-axis such that the upper portion of both eyes tilts to the pts right
Levocycloversion
Rotations about the y-axis such that the upper portion of both eyes tilt to the pts left
Vergences
align the visual axes of both eyes to obtain binocular fixation and fusion
- disconjugate eye mvmts, eyes move in opposite directions
Convergence
rotate on z-axis towards midline
Divergence
rotate on z-axis away from the midline
Incyclovergence
rotate on y-axis such that the upper portion of each eye rotates towards the midline
Excyclovergence
rotate on y-axis such that the upper portion of they eye rotates away from the midline
Primary, secondary and tertiary actions of EOMS
“SIN RAD”
SR and IR (how many degrees)?
23 degrees
SO and IO, how many degrees?
54 degrees SO, 51 degrees IO
Spiral of Tillaux
MILS
- Medial rectus inserts closest to the limbus (strongest effect when it contracts)
- Superior rectus inserts furthest away from the limbus
Donder’s Law
- Starting location of the eye and path taken to a unique position of gaze does not influence the orientation of the eye at the final position gaze
- The orientation of the eye for a particular gaze is always the same, regardless of where the eye was initially positioned before moving at the final position of gaze
Listing’s Law
- eye must rotate around an axes to achieve a given direction of gaze
Hering’s Law of equal innervation
aka yoked muscles (one from each eye)
- LR and MR
- SR and IO
- SO and IR
Sherrington’s Law
- agonist and antagonist EOMs of the SAME eye are reciprocally innervated
- SR and IR
- IO and SO
- MR and LR
Eye mvmt serves 2 primary purpose
- Move eye so that fovea aligns with object of interest (saccade, smooth pursuit, vergence)
- Hold images in place on the retina (fixation, VOR, optokinetic system)
Why does the eye constantly move during fixation?
involuntary eye mvmts help continuously shift an img onto neighboring PR, preventing bleaching of the retina, fatigue, subsequent fading or smearing of an img
- minimize troxler effect
Troxler effect
fading of peripheral img when eye is fixated on a central object
- small involuntary mvmts occur to help minimize this effect
Microsaccades
- intentional conjugate mvmts w/ moderate-high velocity (2-10 degrees/ second) and amp (6 arc mins)
- move fovea back on area of interest after microdrift and microtremors have caused the fovea to shift from the target
- counteract errors from microdrifts and microtremors
Microtremors
- Unintentional disconjugate eye mvmts with high frequency (65-75 Hz) and amplitudes of about 10 arc mins
- fastest of the 3 types of mvmts associated with fixation (microsaccades, microdrift)
- disconjugate, neural noise within the brainstem
Microdrifts
- disconjugate, unintentional eye mvmts that are larger and slower than microtremors
- velocity of 1 arc min per second and amplitude of 6 arc min
Eye mvmts associated with fixation
- microsaccades
- microdrift
- microtremors
Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
- stabilize img on fovea during brief head mvmts by producing eye mvmts of equal magnitude to the head mvmt, but in opposite direction
- occurs rapidly 300 degree/sec and very small latency (15 msec)
- stimulated by enolymph within the semicircular canal
- does not require visual stimulus - will occur even if eyes are closed
- VOR compensates well for fast eye mvmts, reflex begins to fade with uststained head mvms over 30 sec in duration, optokinetic system takes over
Damage to the vestibular system can cause what?
horizontal nystagmus (damage to vestibular nuclei in brain or vestibular connection to the brainstem/cerebellum or peripheral damage - labyrinth or vestibular nerve of inner ear)
acute vestibular lesions typically cause nystagmus, while slow-growing lesions do not
Oscillopisa
sensation of objects moving up and down in the VF
Vertigo
sensation of the body moving around in the environment even though it is still
If vestibular dysfunction is suspected, what testing should be done
caloric testing, oculocephalic testing, and/or rotation testing
Oculocephalic testing
dolls head mvmt
Caloric testing
- Intact vestibular system = COWS (fast phase)
Rotational testing
- rotate pt around in a chair
- slow movement same direction
- fast mvmt opposite direction
Jerk nystagmus
- slow and fast phase
- slow phase (drift) = abnormality in fixation
- fast phase = correcting saccade, brings fovea back onto target
- nystagmus named in direction of fast phase
Pendular nystagmus
even back and forth mvmt of eyes
Null point
direct gaze that nystagmus decr
Neutral point
direction of gaze where nystagmus changes direction
Physiologic vs pathologic nystagmus
Physiologic = conjugate jerk nystagmus w/o assoc. sx or decr vision
Pathologic = dissociated (disconjugate) eye mvmts with excessive drift, causing decr VA and oscillopsia
Ex of physiologic nystagmus
- End pt nystagmus: small intermittent, apparent in extreme horizontal gaze
- Optokinetic nystagmus
- Caloric nystagmus
- Rotation nystagmus
all conjugate nystagmus
Congenital (infantile) nystagmus
- birth or <6 months
- affects males 2X more than F
- 60% efferent defect
- 40% afferent defect
- horizontal and conjugate, may be pendular or jerk waveform
What ocular conditions can cause nystagmus
- aniridia
- albinism
- achromatopsia
- optic nerve hypoplasia
- optic atrophy
- congenital cataracts
all lead to poor image formation the fovea with subsequent nystagmus
Latent nystagmus
- congenital, conjugate jerk nystagmus that incr in velocity and amp when one eye is occluded (ex. during CT)
- horizontal, fast phase towards the fixating eye
- associated with essential infantile esotropia and amblyopia
Spasmus nutans
- develops around 8 months after birth
- resolves at 5 yo
- Associated w/ head nodding, head tilt
- asymmetric, unilateral nystagmus
Convergence retraction syndrome
- dorsal MIDBRAIN lesion
- convergence and retraction (all CN 3 EOMS firing)
- LR (CN6) still intact causing convergence
- Occurs when pt is looking upgaze
Gaze-evoked nystagmus
- jerk nystagmus evoked at extreme gazes
-2’ to drug use or posterior fossa dz
see-saw nystagmus
elevation and intort in one eye
depression and extort in other eye
Optokinetic nystagmus (OKN)
maintains stable image of a moving object while img is still
Optokinetic reflex vs OKN
Optokinetic reflexes occur after prolonged head mvmts/ VOR response has faded
OKN occurs to maintain a stable img while head is still
At what age does the nasal to temporal optokinetic response occur?
3-4 months
OKN drum, slow phase occurs
slow phase = same direction as the drum
longer latency than VOR
What should be considered if OKN response is inconclusive?
parietal lobe lesion or decr VA
Does VOR require visual stimuli?
No
Saccades are initiated by
contralateral FEF
occipitalparietal junction
Damage to this portion of the brain can cause decr accuracy and velocity
superior colliculus
Velocity and latency of saccades
1000 deg/sec, 200 ms
Saccades
very rapid, yoked eye mvmts that move the fovea object of interest in the VF
- most are voluntary, sudden visual, auditory, or peripheral stimuli may elicit involuntary saccades
- voluntary and involuntary
Damage to FEF will cause what?
impair saccades to the left
most common saccadic error?
undershooting
microsaccades
smaller, amplitude and velocity used for reading, occur ~5X per min
During saccades, vision is suppressed by which system? (saccadic impression)
cortical
Test for saccadic dysfunction
- NSUCO
- DEM
- Readalyzer
NSUCO
- perform 5 rounds of saccades
- check head/body mvmts, ability and accuracy of saccades at near and rate 1-5
Developmental eye movement test (DEM)
Pt reads a series of numbers vertically and horizontally
Vertical = test for automaticity
Horizontal = test for saccades and automaticity
- similar to King Devick and Pierce saccade test
Readalyzer
- test comprehension and reading ability
- 15th percentile is considered evidence of saccadic dysfunction
- similar to Visagraph
ex. of saccadic dysfunction
square-wave jerk
- rare, uncontrollable saccades that occur randomly and interfere with fixation
- macrosquare waves if amp is larger than 10 degrees
Ocular flutter
- “spring like”
- multiple, spontaneous, conjugate horizontal saccades that decr in amp over time and occur after series of small saccades or during fixation
Opsoclonus
- advanced form of ocular flutter
- constant series of involuntary conjugate saccades, in multiple direction that occurs only while awake
Symptoms of abnormal saccades
- reading issues
- skipping lines, losing place, excessive head mvmts, slow reader, poor comprehension, short attention span
- saccadic dysfunction = trouble copying board and math problems
What causes ocular flutter and opsoclonus
cerebellar dz
- MG, parkinsons, alzheimer’s, ocular motor apraxia, progressive supranuclear palsy, and internuclear ophthalmoplegia
Pursuits are controlled by which part of the brain?
parietal lobe
Velocity and latency of pursuits?
50 degrees/sec and 125 msec
Test for pursuits
NSUCO = follow clockwise/counterc clockwise rotation (ability, accuracy, head/body mvmts)
Groffman tracing
- trace lines without using guides
Oculomotor dysfunction
abnormality in fixation, saccadies, and pursuits
Pursuits
slow tracking mvmts that allow continuous fixation of a moving object on the fovea
- voluntary eye mvmts
An object moving greater than __ deg/second is no longer able to maintain smooth tracking mvmt
50
- will require pursuit-saccade-pursuit process until target slows down to pursuit threshold velocity
A parietal lobe will cause impaired pursuit lesion toward the ___ side
IPSILATERAL
- clinically seen with OKN drum rotating towards side of lesion
Abnormality in pursuits can lead to?
poor performance in sports, excessive head mvmts w/ tracking
Damage to which part of the brain can cause abnormal smooth tracking eye mvmts?
occipitoparietal junction, brainstem, cerebellum
Most common pursuit abnormality
cogwheeling = “step-like” eye mvmts
Vergence
- disconjugate mvmts, eyes move in OPPOSITE direction
- allows fusion and binocular vision
latency and velocity of vergence mvmts
160msec, slow velocity of 10 deg/sec
Different type of vergence mvmts
Tonic
Proximal
Fusional
Accommodative
Tonic
- position at rest at distance without a stimulus to convergence or accommodation
- BCVA at distance phoria
Proximal
a person’s awareness of a near target
Fusional
initiated by retinal image disparity and helps eyes compensate to obtain foveal fixation and BV
- analogous to motor fusion
Accommodation
convergence initiated by blur and occurs with changes in accommodation
- characterized by AC/A ratio
near triad reflex
convergence, accommodation, miosis