Orbit and Ocular Adnexa Flashcards
What is the Volume of each Eye?
30 cm Cubed
What is the shape of each orbit?
Pear-Shaped (ON represents the Stem)
What are the dimensions of the orbital Entrance? And where is the largest part of the orbit located?
Dimensions of entrance are 35 mm tall x 45 mm wide. Largest part of the orbit is located 1 cm posteriorly from entrance
What are the bones of the orbit?
Frontal, Palatine, Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Lacrimal, Maxillary, and zygomatic
What are the bones of the orbital roof?
Orbital Plate of the Frontal Bone and Lesser Wing of the Sphenoid
What are the bones of the medial orbital wall?
Frontal Process of the Maxillary Bone; lacrimal bone; orbital plate of ethmoid bone; lesser wing of sphenoid bone
What bone makes up the largest portion of the medial orbital wall?
Ethmoid bone
What are the bones that make up the orbital floor?
Maxillary bone; palatine bone; orbital plate of zygomatic bone
What bones make up the lateral wall of the orbit?
zygomatic bone; greater wing of sphenoid
What is the strongest wall of the orbit?
Lateral Wall
What is Whitnalls Tubercle? Where is it located? What attaches to the tubercle?
= small elevation on the orbital margin of the zygomatic bone.
Serves as site of attachment for:
- Lateral Rectus Muscle Ligament
- Lockwood Suspensory Ligament (aka suspensory ligament of the eyeball)
- lateral palpebral ligament
- levator aponeurosis
- whitnall ligament
What is transmitted through the Optic Foramen?
Leads from middle cranial fossa to apex of orbit, passing through lesser wing of sphenoid; transmitting ON, Ophthalmic artery, and sympathetic fibers from carotid plexus.
Superior Orbital Foramen
Located on medial 1/3 if superior margin of orbit
Transmits blood vessels and supraorbital nerve (branch of CN V1)
Anterior Ethmoid Foramen
located at frontoethmoidal suture.
Transmits Anterior Ethmoidal Vessels and nerve
Posteror Ethmoid Foramen
Located at junction of roof and medial orbital wall
Transmits Posterior Ethmoidal Vessels and nerves through the frontal bone
Zygomatic Foramen
Located in the lateral aspect of the zygomatic bone
Transmits zygomaticofacial and zygomaticotemporal branches of zygomatic nerve and artery
Where does the Nasolacrimal Duct travel?
Inferiorly from lacrimal fossa into the inferior meatus
Infraorbital Canal
Continues anteriorly from the infraorbital groove and exits 4 mm below inferior orbital margin
Transmits infraorbital nerve (branch of CN V2)
Superior Orbital Fissure
Located b/w wings of sphenoid bone, lateral to and partly above/below ON
is 22 mm long and spanned by tendinous annulus of Zinn
What structures are transmitted above the annulus of Zinn?
Lacrimal Branch of CN V1
Frontal Branch of CN V1
Trochlear Nerve (CN IV)
Superior Ophthalmic Vein
Mnemonic: LFTS
What structures are transmitted through the annulus of Zinn?
Superior and Inferior Divisions of CN III
Nasociliary Branch of CN V1
Sympathetic Roots of Ciliary Ganglion
Abducens Nerve (CN VI)
Path of the inferior ophthalmic vein?
Variable, may be transmitted either through or below annulus of Zinn, or through interior orbital fissure. Eventually connects with pterygoid plexus before draining into cavernous sinus.
Inferior Orbital Fissure
located below SOF b/c lateral wall and floor of orbit
Transmits infraorbital and zygomatic branches of CN V2, an orbital nerve from pterygopalatine ganglion, and possibly inferior ophthalmic vein
Significance of Peri-orbital sinuses?
provide a route for the spread of infection
How many cranial nerves directly innervate the eye and peri-ocular structures?
6 of the 12 cranial nerves
Ciliary Ganglion
Located 1 cm in front of the annulus of Zinn on the lateral side of the Ophthalmic artery (b/w ON and LR)
What are the roots of the Ciliary Ganglion?
Long Sensory Root: arises from nasociliary branch of CN V1 (contains sensory fibers of cornea, iris, and ciliary body)
Short Motor Root: arises from inferior division of CN III (fibers synapse on ganglion, and post-ganglionic fibers carry parasympathetics to iris)
Sympathetic Root: comes from plexus around ICA (innervates ocular blood vessels and dilator muscles of iris)
**Only parasympathetic fibers synapse
What do the roots of the ciliary ganglion combine to form?
the Short Ciliary Nerves
Short Ciliary Nerves
exist as 2 groups of 6-10 fibers arising from the ciliary ganglion, traveling on either side of the ON
Pierce sclera around the ON (along with long ciliary nerves)
pass anteriorly between the choroid and the sclera unit the ciliary muscle forming the plexus that supplies the cornea, ciliary body, and iris
Where do the 4 rectus muscles insert?
Into the globe
What is the spiral of Tillaux?
formed by the progressively lengthening insertions of the rectus muscles around the limbus
What are the distances from the limbus for the rectus muscles?
MR: 5.5 mm
IR: 6.5 mm
LR: 6.9 mm
SR: 7.7 mm
The Annulus of Zinn consists of what?
is made up of superior and inferior tendons, and serves as the origin of the 4 rectus muscles
What do the upper and lower tendons of the annulus of zinn form?
Superior tendon: the SR, and portions of the MR and LR
Inferior Tendon: the IR, and portions of the MR and LR
Origin of the Levator Palpebrae Superioris
the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone at the apex of the orbit (superior to the annulus of sinn)
Origin of the Superior Oblique muscle
originates from the periosteum of the sphenoid bone (above and medial to optic foramen)
Origin of inferior oblique muscle
originates from a shallow depression located anteriorly in the orbital part of the maxillary bone
Blood Supply of the Muscles
Superior and Inferior branches of ophthalmic artery, lacrimal artery, and infraorbital artery
Lateral Rectus: supplied by a single vessel from the lacrimal artery
Other Rectus Muscles: 2 anterior ciliary arteries (communicate with major arterial arcade of the ciliary body via perforating scleral vessels)
What muscles are innervated by CN III?
Superior Division- SR and LPS
Inferior Division- IR, IO, and MR
What does CN IV (trochlear) innervate?
Superior Oblique muscle
What does CN VI (abducens) innervate?
Lateral Rectus
What is the nerve:muscle fiber ratio of the eye muscles? And why is this significant?
Ratio is between 1:3-1:5
This is significant b/c it allows for the precise ocular movements