Orbits & Eyes Flashcards
What is a blow out fracture of orbit? How and what is fractured? what does patient report?
trauma
fracture to ethmoid or lacrimal bone with entrapment of ocular muscles = double vision
What bones make the medial wall of orbit?
Maxilla
lacrimal
ethmoid
body of sphenoid
What bones make the lateral wall of orbit?
zygomatic
greater wing sphenoid
What bones make the floor of orbit?
maxilla
zygomatic
What bones make the roof of orbit?
frontal
lesser wing sphenoid
what are 3 layers to eye?
- sclera/cornea
- vascular
- neural
sclera means? How?
tough
predominantly collagen laid down in concentric circles
What attaches to sclera?
extraoccular eye muscles
What does the Cornea do?
principal refractor ~60%
5 layers of cornea?
- Epithelium (mucus membrane)
- Bowman’s layer
- stroma (collagen)
- Descemet’s membrane
- endothelium (cells don’t divide)
describe cornea histologically?
avascular
transparent
How is the cornea transparent?
very organized parallel collagen fibrils creating destructive interference
is the sclera transparent or opaque? why?
opaque
non ordered/non-uniform size of collagen
where is the anterior chamber?
between iris and cornea
what is the anterior chamber angle for?
aqueous humour drains out