Orbit and Eyeball Flashcards
what makes up the fibrous coat of the eyeball?
> cornea
> sclera
name three components of the vascular part of the eyeball
> ciliary body
choroid
iris
what produces aqueous humour?
the ciliary body
describe the lens
> transparent
crystalline
biconvex
from what is the lens suspended by?
zonules, suspensory ligaments from the ciliary body
where is the anterior segment?
in front of the lens
true or false:
the aqueous humour flows to the anterior segment and drains out of the eye at the posterior angle
false
its at the anterior angle it drains
through what does the aqueous humour drains?
trabecular meshwork to the shlemms canal
what bones form the bony orbit?
> frontal > sphenoid > lacrimal > maxillary > zygomatic > ethmoid
what muscle elevates the upper eyelid?
levator palpibrea superiorus
what does the lacrimal duct drain into?
inferior meatus
what nerve controls the ciliaris muscle?
oculomotor nerve
what muscle controls pupil dilation?
dilator pupillae
what muscle controls pupillary constriction?
constrictor pupillae
accommodation occurs due to parasympathetic or sympathetic innervation?
parasympathetic