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1
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What are the three layers of the eye?

A

Corneoscleral coat, uveal tract and retina

2
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What is the outermost layer of the eye?

A

Corneoscleral coat

3
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What is the middle layer of the eye?

A

Uveal tract

4
Q

What is the inner layer of the eye?

A

Retina

5
Q

What is a transparent anterior extension of the sclera?

A

Cornea

6
Q

What is the vascular coat?

A

Uveal tract

7
Q

What does the uveal consist of?

A

Iris and ciliary body anteriorly and choroid coat posteriorly

8
Q

What is the inner layer of the eye?

A

Retina

9
Q

What does the retina consist of?

A

Layers of nerve cells, their processes, support cells and a layer of pigmented epithelium

10
Q

What is the function of the biconvex lens?

A

Elastic to allow it to change its shape to permit accommodation for near vision

11
Q

What is infront of the biconvex lens?

A

Anterior and posterior chamber

12
Q

What fills the anterior and posterior chambers?

A

Aqueous humor

13
Q

What structure lies posterior to the lens?

A

Vitreal cavity

14
Q

What is the vitreal cavity filled with?

A

Vitrious humor

15
Q

Why is the vitrious humor avascular and gelatinous?

A

Due to collagen fibres and hyaluronic acid

16
Q

What is it called when the flow of aqueous humor is disrupted?

A

Glaucoma

17
Q

What part of the eye contains rods and cones?

A

Retina

18
Q

What does each rod contain?

A

Rhodopsin

19
Q

What does each cone contain?

A

3 opsin pigments

20
Q

What colours are cones sensitive to?

A

Red, green or blue light

21
Q

What are reasons for high visual acuity?

A

Thinning of retinal layers

lack of rods, high concentrations of cones

low convergence

22
Q

Are axons myelinated in the eye?

A

No

23
Q

When do axons become myelinated in the eye?

A

After passing the lamina cribrosa

24
Q

Myelin in the optic nerve is formed by?

A

Oligodendrocytes

25
Q

What surrounds the optic nerve?

A

Meninges

26
Q

Superior colliculus functions in?

A

Saccadic eye movements

27
Q

What parts of the eye receive information from the contralateral visual field?

A

Optic tract and lateral geniculate nucleus

28
Q

Where do the fibres from the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus reach the primary visual cortex?

A

Geniculocalcarine tracts

29
Q

What does the primary visual cortex surround?

A

Calcarine sulcus in the occipital cortex

30
Q

What is referred to the area of Brodmann?

A

Primary visual cortex

31
Q

What is called the striate cortex?

A

Primary visual cortex

32
Q

What layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus receive visual information that has crossed from opposite eyes?

A

1, 4 and 6

33
Q

What layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus receive uncrossed fibres?

A

2,3 and 5

34
Q

What is hemianopia?

A

Blindness for half the field of vision in one or both eyes

35
Q

What does the frontal eye field control?

A

Movements of command

36
Q

Posterior eye fields are thought to be involved in?

A

Pursuit movements