Week 1 Flashcards
What are the 3 reasons why we need eye movements?
- To change the angle of gaze
- To keep visual images stable on retina
- To prevent fading of visual images
What 3 major eye movements hold images steady on the retina, preventing motion smear?
- Fixation
- VOR
- OKN
What 3 major eye movements change the angle of gaze by directing the fovea?
- Saccades
- Pursuits
- Vergence
WIT: Eyes continue to fixate on target as head moves.
Vestibular Ocular Reflex
WIT: Eyes fixate on a moving target while head is still
Optokinetic Nystagmus
Stabilization of the angle of gaze is accomplished by what 2 eye movements?
VOR and OKN
What are the 3 mini movements prevent fading of visual images??
- drifts
- tremors
- saccades
- velocity is less than 1 degree per sec
Explain the Troxler Effect
Fading of stabilized retinal image
What 3 things are required for eye movements?
- The orbital plant
- EOMs
- Neural Network
What 2 forces must the eye overcome to move?
- Viscous drag of orbit
2. Elastic restoring forces of orbital tissues
WIT: Burst in neural activity to allow the EOM to move quickly, saccade
Pulse
WIT: Keeps the eye in position and holds it against elastic restoring forces
Step
What happens in a faulty pulse?
Eye movement is too slow; looks more like pursuit
What happens ina faulty step?
Eccentric eye position cannot be maintained
At what age does VOR develop?
6 months in utero (first one to develop)
When does OKN develop?
at birth
When does Saccades develop?
newborn
When will pursuits develop?
6-8 weeks
When does vergence,,
accommodation and binocularity develop?
at 3 months
WIT: The brain needs information about where the eye is located w/ respect to the head/orbit?
Afferent System - sends sensory information to the brain
WIT: The brain needs information regarding where and by how much to move the eye?
Efferent System - outgoing information from the brain to the eyes
What are the 2 sources of afferent information?
Proprioception
Efferency copy/Corollary discharge
What 2 things does proprioception include to aid in the afferent system?
- Muscle spindles - in EOMs, respond to stress
Palisade Tendon Organ - in EOMs, responds to tension
WIT: A copy of the efferent response to move the eyes is sent back to a different part of the brain for instant knowledge of eye location
Efference Copy
Pulse and step signals are apart of what system?
Efferent System - tells the eyes where and how much to move
WIT: global fibers, good for rapidly moving the eye to a new position?
Twitch fibers (burst)
WIT: orbital fibers, good for maintaining new eye position
Non-twitch fibers (tonic/step)
WIT: elevation and depression axis
X-axis