Orbit Flashcards
Where is the orbit located?
Inferior to frontal sinus
Lateral to ethmoid air cells
Superior to maxillary sinus
What happens if bony sinuses continue to become inflammed?
Erosion into the orbit can occur causing visual disturbances (dipoplia)
What are the bones of the orbit?
Margin: frontal, zygomatic, and maxillary
Medial: lacrimal, ethmoid, frontal and sphenoid (lesser wing)
Lateral: Zygomatic, zygomatic process, and sphenoid (greater wing)
Floor: Maxilla, zygomatic, and palatine
Roof: orbital plate of frontal bone
Superior Orbital Fissure separates what bone?
Greater and Lesser wings of the sphenoid bone
The inferior orbital fissure communicates with what?
Infratemporal fossa
What shape is the orbit in?
Cone shaped with apex pointing posterior
What degree are the eyes on the long (visual) axis of the eyeball to the long axis of the oribit (orbital axis) when looking anterior?
23 degrees
What is position of rest (in reation to the eye)?
All extraocular muscles are relaxed
Divergent with visual axis in line with orbital
Attachment, function, and innervation of Levator Palpebrae Superioris
Attachment: Lesser wing of Sphenoid to upper eyelid
Function: opens the eyelid
Innervation: Superior division of oculomotor nerve (CNIII)
*the small tarsal muscle on the superior eyelid is innervated by sympathetic of carotid plexus
What does the tendinous ring contain?
Optic canal and lower part of inferior orbital fissure
What is the fibrous sheath continuous around the muscles of the eye called?
Fibromuscular cone
The fibromuscular cone is filled with what?
Fat and optic nerve
All muscles of the eye (except inferior oblique) attach where?
Near the common tendinous ring and the scleral coat of the eye
What are the movements of the eye?
Elevation
Depression
Adduction
Abduction
Incyclotorsion
Excyclotorsion
What are the extraocular mucles?
Lateral Rectus
Medial Rectus
Superior Rectus
Inferior Rectus
Superior Oblique
Inferior Oblique
What is the function(s) of the Lateral Rectus?
Purely abducts
What is the function(s) of the Medial Rectus?
Purely Adducts
What allows for focusing on a near object?
Convergence of the gaze where eyes adduct
What is the function(s) of the Superior Rectus?
Elevation, Incyclotorsion, and adduction
What is the function(s) of the Inferior Rectus?
Depression, Excyclotorsion, and Adduction
What is the function(s) of the Superior Oblique?
Incyclotorsion, depression, and abduction
Where does the superior oblique msucle sit?
Along medial wall and through the trochlea where the tendon then sits posterior to equator and later to axis of rotation
What is the function(s) of the Inferior Oblique?
Excyclotorsion, elevation, abduction
If I wanted to look straight up, what muscle would I be using?
Superior Rectus and inferior oblique
If I wanted to look straight down, what muscle would I be using?
Inferior rectus and Superior Oblique
If I wanted to look left, what muscle would I be using?
Left lateral rectus and right medial rectus
If I wanted to look right, what muscle would I be using?
Right lateral rectus and left medial rectus