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1
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What are the basic components of the eye?

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bony orbit, contents, eyeball, eyelids, lacrimal apparatus, muscles

2
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What is the ‘tear-drop sign’ indicative of?

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An orbital floor fracture which has herniated into the maxillary sinus

3
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What is the role of orbital fat?

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Cushioning the globe. Key for support

4
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What components make up the outer fibrous coat of the eye?

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The sclera and cornea

5
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What components make up to middle vascular coat of the eye?

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The iris, ciliary body, choroid

6
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What makes up the outer sensory coat of the eye?

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Retina

7
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What liquid like substance resides in the anterior portion of the eye?

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Aqueous humour

8
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What gel like substance is contained in the posterior portion of the eye?

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Vitreous humour

9
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Describe the cornea

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The anterior 1/6 of the fibrous outer coat, transparent window that will allow light rays to enter the eyeball

10
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Describe the sclera

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The posterior 5/6 of the fibrous outer coat, gives attachment to the muscles moving the eyeball

11
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Describe the histology of the cornea

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Stratified squamous non-keritanized epithelium

12
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What is Bowman’s membrane?

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The basement membrane of the corneal epithelium

13
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What are the stroma of the corneal epithelium?

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Regularly arranged collagen deposits with no blood vessels

14
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What are the three factors which maintain the transparency of the cornea?

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Histologically - regular arrangement of collagen in the stroma
No blood vessels
Endothelium cell layer has a pump that actively keeps the aqueous humour out

15
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What are the two categories of corneal pathology?

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Inflammatory - e.g. corneal ulcers

Non-inflammatory - e.g. dystrophies

16
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What is a common result of corneal pathology?

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Opacification. May need to be treated by corneal transplant - Keratoplasty

17
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Why is avascularity important to surgeons performing a corneal graft?

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The lack of blood supply results in a lesser chance of foreign antigens from a donor graft being detected by the host immune system and therefore less chance of subsequent rejection. Cornea is “immune-privileged’

18
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Describe the function of the iris

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Controls the diameter of the pupils and therefore the amount of light rays entering the eyeball

19
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Describe the function of the ciliary body

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Suspends the lens and produces Aqueous Humour

20
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Describe the function of the choroid

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Supplies the blood to the outer layers of the retina

21
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What are the key histological layers of the retina?

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9, the nerve fibre layer
2, the layer of rods and cones
1, the pigment epithelial layer

22
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What are the four quadrants of the retina?

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Clockwise from top-left of the left eye; superonasal, superotemporal, inferotemporal, inferonasal

23
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What is the optic disc?

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The start of the optic nerve, a physiological blind spot

24
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What is the fovea centralis?

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A small, central pit composed of closely packed cones in the eye. It is located in the center of the retina. The high number of cones gives high visual acuity

25
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Describe the lens

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A transparent, crystalline biconvex structure which is suspended by zones from the ciliary body. It can change shape

26
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What feature allows the lens to be transparent?

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Avascularity

27
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What is another name for lens opacification?

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Cataract

28
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What is a function of aqueous humour?

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To maintain intraocular pressure

29
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What is a function of vitreous humour?

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To cushion the retina

30
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Where is aqueous humour produced?

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By the ciliary body, in the posterior chamber - the space behind the iris and in front of the lens

31
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What can an obstruction along the pathway of aqueous humour cause?

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Damming up of AH and therefore increased intraocular pressure i.e. Glaucoma

32
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Describe the conjunctiva

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Thin vascular membranes that cover the the inner surface of eyelids and loop back over the sclera. It does not cover the cornea

33
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What are the two conjunctiva?

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Bulbar - over the sclera

Palpebral - covering the innner surface of the eyelid

34
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Where is the lacrimal gland situated?

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Laterally in the orbit

35
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How do tears reach the surface of the eye?

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Through punctae on the medial side if each eyelid

36
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Where do tears drain to from the eyelid?

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The lacrimal sac which sits over the lacrimal bone, then draining through the nasolacrimal duct into the inferior meatus of the nasal cavity

37
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What are the four functions of the tear film?

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Keeps the cornea moist
Washes away particulate foreign bodies
Contains antibodies and lysosomes to kill microbes
Smooths outer surface the cornea providing smooth surface for refraction

38
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What dye can be used to visualise the tear film?

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Fluorescein

39
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Describe the first (deepest) layer of the tear film

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Mucinous layer which makes up around 30% of the tear film. Overlies the corneal epithelium

40
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Describe the second (middle) layer of the tear film

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The aqueous layer which makes up around 69% of the film. Overlies the mucinous layer

41
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Describe the third (superficial) layer of the tear film

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The oily layer (~1%)

42
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How is aqueous humour filtered out of the anterior portion of the eye?

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When it reaches the angle of the AC it is filtered out through a meshwork called the trabecular meshwork