The Orbit Flashcards
What bones make up the outer rim of the orbit?
Zygomatic
Frontal
Maxilla
What bones help to form the inside of the orbit?
Lacrimal
Ethmoid
Sphenoid
Frontal
What shape is the orbit?
Pyramidal
What makes up the lateral wall of the orbit?
Zygomatic
Sphenoid
Frontal
What makes up the medial wall of the orbit?
Ethmoid
Frontal
Lacrimal
Sphenoid
What makes up the roof of the orbit?
Frontal
Sphenoid
What makes up the floor of the orbit?
Maxilla
Zygomatic
Palatine
What is at the apex of the orbit?
Optic Canal
What is the palpebral fissure?
The space between the upper and lower eyelids
What are the seven layers of the palpebrae (eyelids) from most to least external?
Skin Subcutaneous Connective Tissue Muscular Layer Submuscular Layer Tarsal Plate Tarsal Glands Palpebral Conjunctiva
Describe the symptoms of Horner’s Syndrome.
Ptosis
Miosis
Anhydrosis
Describe the flow of tears from the lacrimal gland.
Tears flow from the lacrimal gland to the medial canthus and where it can drain in the nasolacrimal duct into the nasal sinus
Which ganglion controls the lacrimal gland?
Pterygopalatine Ganglion
What nerves travel through the pterygopalatine ganglion?
Greater Petrosal and Deep Petrosal
What nerve synapses in the pterygopalatine ganglion?
Greater Petrosal.
Only the parasympathetic fibers synapse here.
What is the nerve pathway following the pterygopalatine ganglion?
The nerves join with the maxillary nerve (V2) and branch off of the zygomatic nerve and branch off again onto the lacrimal nerve (branch of V1)
What muscles of the eye are inserted anteriorly to the equator of the eye?
All of the Rectus muscles
What muscles of the eye are inserted posterior to the equator of the eye?
Superior and Inferior Obliques
What muscles give the eyes a medial pull?
Superior and Inferior Rectus
What muscles originate from the annulus tendineus?
All of the Rectus muscles
What is the origin of the superior oblique?
Sphenoid
What is the origin of the inferior oblique?
Maxilla
What is the origin of the levator palpebrae superioris?
Sphenoid
What is the action of the superior rectus?
Elevates and adducts the eye
What is the action of the inferior rectus?
Depresses and adducts the eye
What is the action of the lateral rectus?
Abducts the eye
What is the action of the medial rectus?
Adducts the eye
What is the action of the superior oblique?
Depresses and abducts the eye