Ophthalmology Flashcards
What part of the orbit is most suseptable to blow out fractures?
Medial wall
and
Floor
What are the two parts of the orbicularis oculi

Orbital and palpebral parts
What muscles moves the eye lid?
Levator paplebrae superioris
What are the glands under the eyelid called and what do they secrete?
Tarsal glands
Secrete lipids
What is the junction betweent the cornea and sclera called?
The limbus
What is the outermost layer of the eye?
Conjunctiva
What supplies the lacrimal gland?
Facial nerve
What is the tear drainage hole called?
Canaliculi
What are the three layers of the eye?
Fibrous outer layer
Uvea
Retina
What makes up the fibrous layer of the eye?
Sclera and Cornea
What makes up the uvea ?
Iris
Ciliar body
Choroid
What are the segments and chambers of the eye?
Anterior segment
Anterior chamber between cornea and iris
Posterior chamber beween iris and suspensory ligaments
Posterior segment
What type of humour is in the anterior segment and what type is i the posterior segment?
Aqueous humour anteriorly
Vitreous humour posteriorly
What is the blind spot?
The optic disc
What are the layers of the retina?
Axons of ganglion cells
Ganglion cells
Photoreceptors
What is the arterial supply to the fundus?
Ophthalmic artery
(branch of the internal carotid artery)
What are the vessles in the optic nerve called?
Central artery/vein of the retina
What are the extraocular muscles?
Superior, medial, inferior rectus
Lateral rectus
superior oblique
Inferior oblique
Levator palpebrae superioris
Where do the extraocular muscles origonate from?
Common tendinous ring
What is the H for testing eye movements?

What nerve supplies the cornea, conjunctiva and upper lid
What nerve supplies the lower eyelid
V1 upper eye
V2 lower eye
What is the afferent part of the corneal reflex and what is the efferent part?
Afferent part - tigeminal nerve V1
Efferent part - Facial nerve
How do sympathetics reach the levator palpebrae superioris?
Internal carotid plexus
What is the name for a non-physiologically constricted pupil?
Miotic pupil