STRABISMUS Flashcards
Strabismus refers to ___________ of the ___________ of the two eyes
misalignment
visual axes
Visual axis is the line of vision which passes from the __________ , through the __________ of the eye to the __________ (object of regards)
fovea
nodal point
point of fixation
In normal_____________ (BSV), the two visual axes intersect at ___________________
binocular single vision
the point of fixation
BSV is the ability to _____________ with the two eyes, form ____________ images (one from each eye) & yet ________________ to create a ____________ with _______
view an object
two separate images
fuse these centrally
single perception ; depth
Strabismus can be broadly divided into _________ (_________) or _________ (_________)
latent ; heterophoria
manifest; heterotropia
Manifest squint can be subdivided into __________ or __________
concomitant
incomitant
Orthophoria refers to ____________ in the absence of ______________
perfect ocular alignment
any stimulus for fusion
Heterophoria refers to a condition in which the tendency of the eyes to deviate is kept _________ by _________ (_________, _________)
latent
fusion reflex
esophoria
exophoria
Heterotropia is a manifest deviation in which the visual axes ________________________________ (________ , ________, ________, ________)
do not intersect at the point of fixation
esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, hypotropia
Concomitant squint is a type of _________ squint in which the _________ in the squinting eye remains _________ in all _________ & there is no _________ of _________
manifest
amount of deviation ; constant
directions of gaze ;limitation
ocular movements
Incomitant squint is a type of ________ squint in which the ______________ ________ in different directions of gaze. Could be ________, ________ or ________
manifest
amount of deviation
varies ; paralytic
paretic ; restrictive
The actions of EOMs on the eyeball could be __________ or __________
primary or subsidiary
Primary action of a muscle is its major effect when the eye is in the _____________
Subsidiary actions are the additional effects which depends on the ____________
primary position
position of the eye
The medial & lateral recti have ________action
MR - ___________
LR - _______________
only primary
adduction
abduction
superior rectus (SR)
PA- _________, maximal at _________
SA- __________,__________
Inferior Rectus( IR)
PA- _________, maximal at _________
SA- __________,__________
elevation; abduction
Adduction; Intortion
Depression; abduction
Adduction; extortion