Sievert: Orbit Flashcards
Discuss the orientation of the medial walls of the orbit vs the lateral walls
Medial walls of the orbit are parallel to the each other, while the lateral walls are at orthogonal (at a 90 degree angle to one another).
What induces the formation of the lens placode or optic vesicle?
an outpocketing of the forebrain (diencephalic part)
The forebrain outpocketing continues to grow and forms the optic cup which forms all layers of the (blank) as well as the (blank) and parts of the (blank) and (blank)
retina; RPE; iris; ciliary body
Muscle of the ciliary body is formed by (blank) that invades the optic cup. This (blank) also forms the sclera and choroid
mesenchyme
(blank) comes from surface ectoderm and the underlying inflitrating mesenchyme. Not the lens placode or optic cup!
cornea
Lens arises from the (blank)
(blank) gives rise to most of the rest of the eye; retina, iris, etc
(blank) invading the area of the optic cup forms smooth muscle, sclera and choroid
Cornea comes from (blank)
lens placode; optic cup; mesenchyme; surface ectoderm
Are cranial nerves I and II “true” cranial nerves? Why?
No; because there are no columns up in the forebrain - columns stop in the midbrain **these nerves come from an outpocketing of forebrain
The eye has 3 embryonic derivatives.
What makes the lens?
What makes the cornea?
What makes the retina, iris, and ciliary body?
neural ectoderm
surface ectoderm
outpocketing of brain tissue
This is an important part of the retina, which absorbs light and reduces the amount of bouncing around of light at your retina. This allows for visual acuity.
RPE
What forms the muscle of the ciliary body?
surrounding mesenchyme that invades the optic cup
Do the lens placode and optic cup give rise to the cornea?
No; cornea is from surface ectoderm
T/F: Severe eye defects usually accompanied by severe brain deformities, because the optic cup is an outpocketing of the brain.
True
A relatively common defect associated with incomplete closure of the choroid fissure, a groove that develops for the invaginating hyaloid artery which later regresses and only remains in the optic nerve as the central artery.
Coloboma
What is the shape of each orbit?
Where is the apex?
How are the medial walls oriented?
How are the lateral walls oriented?
pyramidal
at the optic canal
parallel to one another
at right angles to one another
What is the distance between the two medial walls of the orbits?
25mm
List the bones of the orbit.
frontal zygomatic maxillary lacrimal ethmoid sphenoid palatine
What are the openings in the orbit? What bone are they located in? What passes through each opening?
- optic canal; sphenoid bone; opthalmic artery and optic nerve
- superior orbital fissure; sphenoid bone; CN 3, 4, 6, and nasociliary, frontal, and lacrimal branches of V1
List a few of the sinuses that can be seen in a sagittal view of the orbit.
maxillary sinus (inferior to orbit) frontal sinus (above orbit)
What happens to the dura when it reaches the optic canal?
the two layers of the dura will split, and the meningeal layer will stay with the optic nerve, while the periosteal layer will attach to the bone
What are the three layers of the eyeball?
- outer layer: sclera (opaque) and cornea (translucent)
- middle layer or pigmented layer: choroid, ciliary body, iris
- inner layer: retina with visual and non-visual parts
What are the components of the outer layer of the eyeball?
sclera and cornea
What are the components of the middle layer of the eyeball?
choroid
ciliary body
iris
What are the components of the retina (inner layer of the eyeball)?
visual layer
non-visual layer
(blank) are for high visual acuity. (blank) are more for large receptive fields and night vision
cones; rods
Eyeball:
What separates the anterior and posterior chambers of the eyeball?
What suspends the lens?
iris
zonular fibers
Which chamber of the eyeball is in front of the iris? Which chamber is behind the iris, but in front of the zonular fibers that attach the lens to the ciliary body?
anterior chamber; posterior chamber
What’s this?
colorless, transparent gel, 99% water, contains hyaloid canal (a remnant of the regressed hyaloid artery which was a central artery to the lens)
vitreous body
What’s this?
entry of optic nerve with central retinal vessels; blind spot
optic disc
What’s this?
point of highest visual acuity
location where light rays focus when light enters the eyeball
fovea centralis
There is a subarachnoid space which goes all the way out to the place where the optic nerve meets the back of the eye. Why is this significant?
When the CSF pressure rises due to a tumor or vascular accident, etc, this can result in an elevated ring around the optic disc.
In addition to the rods and cones of the retina, there are about 10 different layers of cells associated with the retina. Which cells have axons which pass over the surface of the retina, accumulate at the optic disc, and enter the optic nerve? What is significant about these cells and the fovea centralis?
ganglion cells
**because they pass along the retina, this makes the retina less able to pick up light in all areas except the fovea centralis. At the fovea centralis, optic ganglion cells do not pass, which makes the retina appear thinner at this location
What 3 things determine the refractive power of the eye?
- shape of the cornea
- roundness of the lens **can be adjusted
- air/water interface at the surface of the cornea **greatest refractive ability
What is the natural shape of the lens? What must be attached to the lens in order to put it in the eyeball?
round; zonule fibers must be attached to peripheral rim to provide tension and flatten out the lens
When the lens is resting in the eye, it is flat. What vision, near or far, is this optimal for? To look at things up close, what must occur?
far vision; lens must round up in order to look at something close up
Which pts, near-sighted or far-sighted, are more susceptible to retinal detachment?
near-sighted pts, because the pole between the lens and the fovea is “too long”
The flow of aqueous humor is from (blank) to (blank)
ciliary process; Canal of Schlemm
Where is the aqueous humor found? Where is it produced?
anterior and posterior chamber;
produced in the posterior chamber by the ciliary process
Fluid from the ciliary process flows freely through the posterior chamber and sneaks between the iris and the lens to the anterior chamber. From there, it is resorbed by the (blank). Failure to absorb aqueous humor will elevate the pressure of aqueous humor in the chambers.
Canal of Schlemm
The iris has two layers. What are they?
pigmented layer
muscle layer **sphincter of pupil and dilator of pupil
Increased intraocular pressure (greater than 20-22 mm)
glaucoma
The sphincter of the pupil and the dilator of the pupil are both (blank) muscle. The (blank) is circular, while the dilator is radially arranged. What innervates the sphincter of the pupil? What innervates the dilator of the pupil?
smooth; sphincter of pupil; parasympathetics; sympathetics
In the eye, (blank) are fast, while (blank) are slow.
parasympathetics; sympathetics **may take 20 minutes to dilate the eye
Muscles of the ciliary body have both radial and circular fibers. What are both of these muscle fibers innervated by? What do these muscles do?
parasympathetics; ultimately these fibers round up the lens and create less tension on the zonular fibers
**The circular fibers will contract like a sphincter. When they contract, they relax the zonule fibers. Radial fibers pull the whole ciliary process toward the sclero-corneal junction which moves the lens somewhat forward, and decreases the tension on the zonular fibers
What meningeal layers cover the optic nerve as it enters the optic canal?
meningeal layer of the dura, the pia and the arachnoid
Muscles of eyeball have an investing fascia, and they form the (blank), which is a continuation of this fascia onto the sclera of the eyeball.
bulbar sheath
The tiny muscle that comes off of the levator papebrae superioris, which attaches to the tarsal plate. What is unique about this muscle?
superior tarsis muscles; it is a smooth muscle
Where is the point where the optic nerve arises from back of eyeball? What enters the retina at this point? What surrounds the optic nerve?
optic disc; central artery of the retina; CSF, arachnoid, and dura (meningeal layer)
What’s this?
Can be seen by looking through the pupil at the optic disc with an opthalmoscope.
Usually occurs bilaterally, but can be seen unilaterally in cases of orbital pathology like a tumor.
Venous congestion, raised disc.
papilledema
What are the two blood supplies to the eye?
choroid artery
central artery
This artery gets its supply from the ciliary vessels, and supplies the iris, the ciliary muscle, sclera and rods and cones of retina
choroid artery
This artery supplies the rest of the retina. Blockage of this artery results in immediate irreversible blindness.
central artery of the retina
When looking through an opthalmoscope, what vessels are you looking at?
central arteries
In the light reflex, when you shine light on the eye, light travels IN on which nerve and OUT on which nerve? In the dark, light travels in on which nerve and out on what?
in on CN 2 and out on CN 3; in on CN 2 and out on sympathetics
When you shine light in one eye, both pupils constrict. There is a direct and a consensual response to light. What is happening?
the afferent limb branches to both efferent outputs
What has happened if you shine a light in someone’s left eye and see neither of their pupils constrict, but when you shine it in their right eye, both constrict?
there is a break in the afferent limb
In the visual blink reflex, info comes IN on which nerve and OUT on which nerve?
in on CN 2 and out on CN 7 **orbicularis occuli causes you to blink
In the accommodation reflex, when you are looking at something up close, info comes IN on which nerve and OUT on which nerve?
in on CN 2 and out on CN 3**parasympathetics