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Week 4 Flashcards

Oculomotor system

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what is the purpose of the oculomotor system?

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to position the eyes so that targets of interest fall on the fovea. The foveal region of the eye provides high-resolution vision

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what is the fovea?

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a small pit in the retina that allows for high resolution vision

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what are the three movements holding images steady on the retina?

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  • visual fixation
  • vestibular
  • optokinetic
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what are the four movements directing the fovea to

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  • saccades
  • nystagmus quick phase
  • smooth pursuit
  • vergence
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visual fixation

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holds the image of a stationary object when the head is still

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vestibular eye movement

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holds images steady on the retina during brief head rotations or translations

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optokinetic

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holds images steady on the retina during sustained head rotation

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optokinetic

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holds images steady on the retina during sustained head rotation

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saccades

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bring images of objects of interest rapidly onto the fovea

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nystagmus quick phases

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reset the eyes during prolonged rotation and direct gaze toward the oncoming visual scene

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smooth pursuit

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hold the image of a small moving target on the fovea; aids optokinetic responses to stabilize gaze during sustained head rotation

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vergence

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move both eyes in opposite direction so that images of a single object are simultaneously placed on the fovea of each eye

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level 1 of the oculomotor system (low level)

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  • orbit and globe
  • extraocular muscles
  • cranial nerve nuclei
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level II of the oculomotor system (middle level)

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  • version circuits
  • vergence circuits
  • neural integrator
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level III of oculomotor system (high level)

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  • sacaddes
  • pursuit and OKN
  • fixation
  • vestibular
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level IV of oculomotor system (repair)

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cerebellum

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17
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what is the pair of muscles for horizontal eye movements?

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medial recti

lateral recti

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what is the pair of muscles for vertical eye movements?

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superior recti

inferior recto

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what is the pair of muscles for vertical and torsional eye movements?

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superior oblique

inferior oblique

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20
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what eye muscles go with the horizontal (lateral) canals

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  • ipsilateral medial recto (excited)
  • contralateral lateral recti (excited)
  • contralateral medial recti (inhibited)
  • ipsilateral lateral recti (inhibited)
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what eye muscles go with the posterior (inferior) canals

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  • ipsilateral superior oblique (excited)
  • contralateral inferior recti (excited)
  • ipsilateral inferior oblique (inhibited)
  • contralateral superior rectus (inhibited)
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what eye muscles go with the anterior (superior) canals

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  • ipsilateral superior rectus (excited)
  • contralateral inferior oblique (excited)
  • ipsilateral inferior recti (inhibited)
  • contralateral superior oblique (inhibited)
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cranial nerve III name and what it does

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  • oculomoter nerve
  • innervates the superior and inferior recti, medial rectus, and inferior oblique
  • responsible for pupilomotor and eyelid muscles
24
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what happens with complete III nerve palsy

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the eye is unable to move with the other eye, basically it has very little movement and the eyelid cannot function as it should

25
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cranial nerve IV name and what it does

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  • trochlear nerve

* innervates only the superior oblique muscle

26
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what happens with IV nerve palsy

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vertical diplopia (usually the result of head trauma)

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cranial nerve VI name and what it does

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  • abducens nerve

* innervates only the lateral rectus

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what happens with VI nerve palsy

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*horizontal diplopia that occurs when the pt looks in the direction that requires the lateral muscles to be contracted (toward the affected side) (usually from head injury, diabetes, or idiopathic)

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version

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the eyes moving together (where the right eye is looking, so is the left)

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Hering’s law

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(of equal innervation)

*each eye must undergo the same amount and direction of movement

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vergence

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the ability to move both eyes inward or outward at the same time

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divergence

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eyes move outward (looking from near to far)

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convergence

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eyes move inward (looking from far to near)

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what type of issue would abnormal vergence indicate

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a midbrain issue (central)

35
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what do you need to have when testing vergence?

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  • you need a two channel recording system

- –if you can only view one eye you cannot tell if there is abnormal vergence

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gaze holding

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  • the ability to keep the eye centered in the orbit which allows us to keep focus on an object
  • –neural integrator is essential for this
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what will happen if there is a problem with gaze holding?

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the eye will drift off and then a snapping back bringing the eye back to center

38
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nystagmus

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the action of the eye drifting off and then snapping back to center

39
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saccades

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high level oculomotor control

*are rapid eye movements meant to bring a point of focus onto the fovea (very fast movements)

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where in the brain are saccades produced and controlled

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the occipitoparietal cortex, the frontal lobes, the basal ganglia, the superior colliculus, the cerebellum, and the brainstem

41
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if saccades are abnormal, where is the lesion

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  • usually a brainstem or cerebellar lesion so central

- –but are not the only reason they could be abnormal (poor vision)

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dysmetria

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saccadic inaccuracu

43
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hypermetria

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overshoot (hallmark of cerebellar disease)

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hypometria

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undershoot

45
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opsoclonus

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  • ocular flutter
  • eyes jump wildly or flutter
  • –some people (a/b 8% normal pop) can cause this to happen and is called voluntary nystagmus
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pursuit eye movements

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the ability to have the eyes follow a target at the same speed at which the target is traveling, keeping the image steady on the retina

47
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what controls the pursuit eye movements

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central pathway

  • pursuit is not robust like saccade system however
  • pursuits can easily be disturbed and therefore abnormalities on pursuit are generally not considered clinically significant
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optokinetic nystagmus

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a tracking response, closely related to the smooth pursuit system, however is tracking a field not an object

  • the purpose is the stabilize an entire visual field
  • OKN does not require good vision and it is much more robust than smooth pursuit but they are produced by similar cortical and brainstem structures
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fixation

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fixation is the process by which the brain suppresses internally generated eye movements
—during testing with or without a target available, unintended saccadic eye movement can occur called “square jerk waves” this is generally not clinically sig, but can make it hard to have a clear VNG tracing to analyze

50
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what is the sight of lesion if there is nystagmus with fixation?

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central

51
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what is the sight of lesion if there is nystagmus without fixation

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peripheral

52
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congenital nystagmus

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uncontrolled spontaneous nystagmus, is thought to be a miswired fixation system

53
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pendular nystagmus

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often occurring with oscillation of the soft palate and eyes after a brainstem or cerebellum lesion. listen for a “clicking” sound

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