Adnexa L01

Question 1

What is the adnexa made up of?

Answer 1

Extraocular muscles
Eyelids
Conjunctiva
Lacrimal gland

Question 2

What are the functions of the eyelids?

Answer 2

To protect the eye ( also help with blinking).

Question 3

What is the conjunctiva?

Answer 3

Thin mucus membrane that lines the back surface of the eyelids and runs over the surface of the eye as far as the limbus.

Question 4

What is the lacrimal gland?

Answer 4

The gland that produces the bulk of the tears.

Question 5

Where is the lacrimal gland?

Answer 5

Just above the eyelid

Question 6

How does the lacrimal gland produce tears?

Answer 6

It secretes the watery part of the tear film behind the upper eyelid which gets washed across the eye as we blink.

Question 7

Where do tears get drained?

Answer 7

At the canaliculi

Question 8

After being drained where do the tears go?

Answer 8

Through the ponctur and into the nasolacrimal sac and then ultimately into the nose.