Vision Flashcards

1
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What are the extraoccular muscles?

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Muscles involved in eyemovement; Lateral Rectus (6); Superior Oblique (4); superior rectus, medial rectus, inferior rectus; inferior oblique (3)

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Which extraoccular muscles are innervated by the Abducens nerve?

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lateral rectus

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Which extraocculuar muscle is innervated by the Trochlear nerve?

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Superior oblique

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4
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Which extraoccular muscles are innervated by CN III

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superior rectus, medial rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique

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5
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Which fibre bundle is associated with communication between motor CN nuclei involved in gaze?

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Medial longitudinal fasciculus

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6
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Where is the MLF at the level of the rostral pons?

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7
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Where is the MLF at the level of the caudal pons?

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Where is the MLF at the level of the midbrain?

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9
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Where is the vertical gaze centre?

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Midbrain - reticular formation and pretectal area

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10
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Where is the horizontal gaze centre?

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Pons - paramedian pontine RF (PPRF)

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11
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How many neurons are involved in directing the gaze to the right

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4 - 1) the horizontal gaze centre neurons synpapse on the abducens nucleus; IPSI CN VI terminates on the right lateral rectus (LR6); 3) another set of abducens neurons cross the midline and synapse at the OCCULOMOTOR nucleus; 4) occulomotor neurons innervate the ipsilateral medial rectus

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12
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What would happen to gaze if there was a lesion to the RIGHT abducens nerve

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Ipsilateral (right) eye would fail to abduct when looking to the right; leftward gaze would be unaffected

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13
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What is a reflexive saccade?

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Visually guided saccade in response to external cue (prosaccade)

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14
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What is a volitional saccade

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voluntary eye movement

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15
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What is the main input for voilutional saccades?

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Frontal eye fields in SMA (BA 8)

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16
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What is the main input for reflexive saccades

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Superior colliculi (brainstem)

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17
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Reflexive saccades recruit which structures?

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Frontal eye fields –> ipsi superior colliculus –> contralateral horizontal gaze centre –> abducens nucleus –> ipsi lateral rectus and contra occulomotor nucleus –> ipsi left medial rectus

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18
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What is found in the DESCENDING MLF?

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Medial and lateral vestibulospinal tracts

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19
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Which structures are involve in smooth pursuit?

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FEF and V1 –> ipsilateral pontine nuclei (cerebropontine) –> contralateral cerebellum –> ipsilateral vestibular nuclei –> contralateral abducens nucleus –> activation of ips CNVI and contra CN III via the MLF

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20
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Which direction do eyes move in the VOR

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Opposite of the direction of head movement

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21
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Which structures are involved in the VOR response to leftward head rotation?

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1) Left horizontal canal —> ipsi vestibular nuclei —> contra abducens nucleus —> ipsi CN VI and contra CN III via MLF and occulomotor nucleus

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22
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Which muscles are involved in the pupillary reflex?

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Constrictor pupillae

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23
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Which nuclei are involved in pupillary constriction

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1) Pretectal; 2) Edinger-Westphal (CN-III GVE)

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24
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What are the first step involved in pupillary constriction?

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1) light reaches retina; info travels to pre-tectal nuclei in midbrain via optic nerve and optic tract (post-chiasm)

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25
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What is the role of the pretectal nuclei in pupillary constriction?

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Send bilateral projections to the edinger-westphal nuclei of CN III

26
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What is the role of the edinger-westphal nuclei in pupillary constriction

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Send preganglionic efferents (GVEs) to the ciliary ganglia

27
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What happens at ciliary ganglia during pupil constriction?

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Receive pre-ganglionic input from edinger-westphal nucleus; send post-ganglionic projections (ciliary nerves) to innervate constrictor pupillae muscles

28
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If parasympathetic fibres in the right CN III were damaged, what would happen when a light was shone into the right eye?

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No pupillary constriction in right eye BUT left eye will still constrict; called “blown pupil”

29
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Which fibres cross the optic nerve?

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Fibres from the NASAL (medial) half of each retina

30
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Which tract do fibres travel in on their way from the LGN to V1?

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Optic radiation (geniculocalcarine tract)

31
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Which fibres form Meyer’s loop?

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More ventral fibres (representing info from the upper visual field)

32
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Where do tracts from the upper and lower visual field end up in the cortex

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Lower portion of calcarine sulcus (upper); upper portion of calcarine sulcus (lower)

33
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Which portion of the visual field travels via Meyer’s loop upon exiting the LGN?

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Upper visual field (“bottom” of the retina)

34
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What is a homonymous visual field deficit?

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One that affects both eyes in the same part of the visual field

35
Q

Monocular vision loss is due to a lesion to ____

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Optic nerve

36
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A lesion to the optic chiasm causes ____

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Loss of temporal vision in both visual fields – bitemporal hemianopia

37
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A lesion to the optic tract causes ____

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Loss of the contralateral visual field in BOTH eyes

38
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A lesion to Meyer loop causes ____

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Upper portion of the contralateral visual field in both eyes

39
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A partial lesion to the optic radiations before they are joined by fibres from Meyer’s loop ___

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Loss of lower portion of contralateral visual field in both eyes

40
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A lesion of the entire V1 ___

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Loss of the contralateral visual field on both sides

41
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Pupillodilator reflex begins where with which type of stimulus

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Lateral horn neurons in T1 receive descending input (from e.g., the hypothalamus) in response to EMOTIONAL cues

42
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Where do preganglionic fibres travel after receiving descening input for the pupillodilator reflex

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Leave SC; travel up sympathetic trunk to superior cervical ganglion

43
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Where do postganglionic neurons from the superior cervical ganglion go to intiate the pupillodilator reflex?

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Travel along internal carotid and via the opthalmic division of CN V

44
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Which nerves innervate the dilator pupillae muscles

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Long cilliary nerves (branch off of CN V-1 opthalmic)

45
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The corneal blink reflex is mediate by WHICH cranial nerve afferent

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Trigeminal (V)

46
Q

Which brainstem nuclei are involved in the corneal nerve reflex

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Trigeminal Sensory nucleus and facial motor nucleus

47
Q

Which muscle do fibres from the facial motor nucleus innervate to cause the blinking reflex

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Orbicularis oculi

48
Q

Convergence of the eyes (close vengence point) involves WHICH muscles and associated motor nuclei?

A

Medial rectus; oculomotor nuclei

49
Q

Divergence of the eyes (far vengence point) requires WHICH muscles and assocaited motor nuclei

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lateral rectus (abducens)

50
Q

Which area of the rostral midbrain is responsible for coordinating the accommodation reflex

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Supraocculomotor Area

51
Q

Which processes occur during accomodation?

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1) Convergence, 2) Pupillary constriction 3) Thickening of the lens

52
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Which brainstem nuclie does the supraocculomotor area activate to intiate accomodation

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1) Oculomotor (activates the medial rectus muscles) 2) Edinger-westphal nucleus (para efferents innervate the ciliary ganglion)

53
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Afferent component of the pupillary light reflex

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retinal info to pretectal area; pretectal to EW nucleus

54
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Efferent component of pupillary light reflex

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CN III (occulomotor nerve) –> ciliarly ganglion –> ciliary nerves –> iris constrictor muscles

55
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Afferent component of ACCOMODATION

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retina (receptors and neuronal elements), optic nerves, optic chiasm, optic tracts, lateral geniculate bodies, geniculocalcarine tracts, visual cortex. Corticotectal projections to superior colliculus/pretectal area - then to oculomotor nuclear complex.

56
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Accomodation efferent component

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CNIII nerve, ciliary ganglion, short ciliary nerves, ciliary muscle andconstrictor.•CNIII nerve, medial rectus muscle.

57
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Pupilodilator reflex afferent component

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Afferent component - from posterior hypothalamus via brainstem. Reticular formation to preganglionic sympathetic neurons at C8 and T1. Information via sympathetic trunk to superior cervical ganglion.

58
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Pupilodilator reflex efferent component

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Efferent component - postganglionic sympathetic fibers via nasociliary nerve (travels in opthalmic division of V-1), which gives off long ciliary nerves to dilator muscle of iris.

59
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Where are the trochlear (CN IV) nuclei

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Caudal midbrain; anterior part of PAG

60
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What is in the DESCENDING MLF

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Vestibulospinal tract

61
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What is in the ASCENDING MLF

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Connects CN-IV with CN-III; also connect VIII (vestibular) to CN III, IV, and VI for the VOR

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