Review questions Flashcards
Is the cornea vascular?
No devascularized
Esotropia
Cross-eyed
Presbyopia
far sightedness due to loss of elasticity-usually a result of nuclear sclerosis
What happens if CN5 and CN7 are not working properly?
no blinking leads to dry eye
What should you do in a case of facial nerve paralysis?
suture eye shut so eye doesn’t dry out
What color eyes have no pigment?
blue
Define: Heterochromasia
eyes of different colors
Define: Symblepharon
Adhesion and fibrosis of conjunctival ulcerations. Most common cause is neonatal conjunctivitis in kittens
What does a blue cornea mean?
edema
Why is the limbus a common site for rupture?
it is a transition area which makes it an area of weakness
How many cones do animals tend to have? how about humans?
Animals tend to have 2 types blue and yellow-green or purple-blue and green (dichromatic), Humans have Blue yellow-green and red cones (trichromatic)
What is the role of the limbus in corneal healing?
contains stem cells that aid healing
What structure takes up the majority of the eye?
vitreous
Define: Pannus
CMI attack on cornea and uveal antigens. Plasma cells infiltrate cornea
Define: Endothelial dystrophy
Caused by abnormal nutrition, cornea not metabolizing normally becomes sick
What are the 4 layers of the cornea?
Epithelium, stroma, descemet’s membrane, endothelium
What determines visual field?
locationof the eyes, size and shape of the pupil
What is the main nerve going to the cornea?
CN5
What will you find at the healing site of a corneal ulcer?
limbal stem cells
How do you diagnose corneal ulcers?
Flourescein stain. Won’t stain normal retina
What does red in the cornea mean?
vessels
Yellow cornea means:
accumulation of cells
Dark cornea means:
it is ruptured
Shiny cornea means:
it is thin
What happens to the blood vessels of atrophic retinas
They disappear retina reverts to avascular tissue
What layer is responsible for most of the corneal thickness?
Stoma-90% of thickness
What does white in the retina mean?
abscess or neutrophils
Define: Bullous Keratopathy
severe generalized corneal edema. Can triple corneal thickness
Where do electrical signals of the eye go to?
Visual cortex-80% of fibers
Midbrain-20% of fibers
What part of the eye receives the most blood flow?
Choroid 85%
What forms the diaphragm in front of the lens?
Iris
What do animals see when they look at a tv screen. Why?
Bars moving up and down. They have better vision detection
Why do predators have more cones?
to have better visual acuity finding prey
What determines visual acuity?
number of ganglion cells
Define: Limbus
Cornea, conjunctiva and sclera meet at the limbus
What part of the eyes are vascular?
choroid, ciliary muscle, iris
Corneal Epithelium
outermost layer of the cornea
Define: Deep Corneal Ulcers
Exposes the decemas membrane
Define: Descemetocele Ulcer
Happens once decemas membrane is exposed
Define: Iris Prolapse
Occurs once descemas membrane is broken through. Then the iris comes up to try to plug the hole
What causes edema?
a failure in the corneal epithelium pump
Define: Sclera
Part of the outer fibrous tunic, supportive structure
Does the sclera have vascularization?
Yes
Is the Sclera hydrated or dehydrated?
hydrated
Define: Glare
condition in which blood vessels in iris start to leak when inflamed. Leak into anterior chamber and vitreous. Cloudiness in aqueous humor.
Visual Pathway
axons that form the optic nerve from the right eye go to the left side of the brain and vice versus
Reason dog orbit is incomplete?
Allows more jaw opening orbital ligament holds part of the eye. Important during enucleation
What kind of animals have complete orbits?
Herbivores
What kind of animals have incomplete orbits?
Carnivores
What is the inner tunic made of?
Retina
Corneal Epithelium Pump
An energy dependent pump whose purpose is to keep the cornea dehydrated
Define: Superficial corneal ulcers
affect epithelium only
Why would you want to keep the cornea dehydrated?
To keep it clear. Water does not allow it to be clear
What is the difference between the collagen patterns of the cornea and the sclera?
In the cornea collagen fibers are organized, in the sclera collagen fibers are disorganized
What two structures make up the middle tunic?
Iris and Uvea
Define: Retina
Part of the inner tunic. Converts photons to electrical energy. Starts the information processing
What is the purpose of the uvea?
acts as a shutter to control light entering the eye
What is the Uvea composed of?
Iris, ciliary body, choroid
What do zonules do?
They attach to ciliary bodies to help keep the lens in proper position. They are essentially little ligaments that are attached 360 degrees around the eye
Are ciliary bodies vascular?
Yes very vascular
Which enzyme is inhibited to treat glaucoma?
carbonic anhydrase
What enzyme is involved with the production of aqueous humor?
carbonic anhydrase
What produces aqueous humor?
cilliary process of the cilliary body
Define: Iris
Colored part of the eye
Define: Choroid
provides nutrients to the retina. High flow and low oxygen extraction
What kind of retinal vascular patterns do dogs and cats have?
Holangiotic
Define: Retinal detachment
Occurs between the pigmented layer and the photoreceptor layer
What is the most metabolically active tissue in the body?
Retina
Define: Fovea
avascular and pigmented
Where are the retinal capillaries most dense?
central retina
What are rods responsible for?
night vision and motion detection
What are cones responsible for?
Day and color vision, visual acuity. Most mammals are dichromatic
What are ganglion cells?
axons into the optic nerve
What kind of retinal vascular patterns do horses have?
Paurangiotic-very small blood vessesls that are hard to see.
Define: Lens
large structure behind the cornea for seeing up close and focusing light rays
How does the lens change shape?
through the constriction of ciliary muscles
What keeps lens clear?
dehydration
What happens when the lens experiences too much dehydration?
The lens can turn opaque
What can cause lens luxation?
If the zonules are weak/rupture the lens will shift. Terriers are at risk
Define: Glaucoma
Aqueous humor can’t leave through the angle, pressure builds up and angle collapses. Persistent pressure can lead to blindness and causes retinal and optic nerve disease
What muscles are involved in constricting the pupil?
ciliary muscles
Define: Pupil
Hole in the iris that regulates the amount of light getting inside
Define: Angle
Where the aqueous humor leaves the eye. Boundary between cornea and iris
What is a cataract?
Opacity of the lens or capsule, light is reflected back instead of passing through
Define: Nuclear Sclerosis
Age changing in the lens. Animals get it at about 6-7 years of age
Accommodation refers to:
the constricting/dilating of ciliary muscles depending on how close/far you need to see.
Define: Vitreous
Big space behind lens, in front of the retina
Define: Tapetum
Is used for seeing in the dark. Located in the choroid. Not present in all animals
Define: Tri-layered Tear film
Lipid-eyelids
aqueous- lacrimal gland and the third eyelid
Mucin-conjunctiva(extremely thin lymph-node)
Define: Tear function
Optically smooth surface, provide nutrients for the cornea, corneal immunity
What does the Nasal Lacrimal Duct do?
drains tears
Define: Epiphora
tears are draining down the face instead of the duct
Define: Decussation
Optic Nerve Fibers from right meet left, cross over chiasm
menace response
making a motion in front of the eye and having the animal blink
What is the purpose of the menace response?
testing vision, learned response
Cranial nerve II Optic purpose
for seeing the motion
Define: Deturgescence
dehydrate
Define: Horner’s syndrome
Loss of sympathetic innervation to the eye from otitis chest, neck disease. TE protrusion
Define: Haws syndrome
Nictitans protrusion, idiopathic, must rule out the presence of any underlying systemic/ocular disease
Define: Miosis
Means pupil is small
Reading PLRS
Visual with normal PLR: ok
Visual with absent PLR: efferent problem or pharmacological interference
Blind with normal PLR: something obstructing vision such as cataract
Blind with absent PLR: Problem with retina or optic nerve
Cranial nerve VII Facial
In order to blink in the reaction to it
Define: Pupillary Light Reflex (PLR)
Shine light at eye and pupil gets smaller (direct), evaluates the peripheral vision, tests retina and oculomotor nerves
Palpebral Reflex involves what nerves?
involves cranial nerve 5 and 7