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3 properties of the cornea?

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Light transmission (transparency), protection and reparation, refractive surface

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Cornea is composed of what 2 things?

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Collagen and GAGs

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Epithelium is ___% of total thickness

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10

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The epithelium absorbs ____ wavelength UV protection

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Short

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What are keratins?

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A family of fibrous structural proteins, tough and insoluble.

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What are some forms of keratins?

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Hair, horns, nails, scales, shells

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Glycocalyx

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Filamentous material coast apical projections

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Mucin glycoproteins

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Promote tear spread and stability

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What are sources of O2 for the open eye?

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Atmosphere, tear film

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What are sources of O2 for the closed eye?

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Palpebral conj, tear film

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What are sources of O2 with contact lenses?

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Tear film, through the lens

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What is the uptake of O2 from the epithelium?

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Tear film, air

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What is the uptake of O2 for the endothelium and posterior stroma?

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From circulation via aqueous humor

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What is the primary corneal metabolic substrate?

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Glucose

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What produces 10% of the glucose?

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Preocular tear film and limbal

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How is glucose used in the epithelium?

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Passive diffusion to stroma

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How is glucose used in the stroma?

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Aqueous humor by carrier-mediated transport via endothelium

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The endothelium makes greater use of ___ ___ than epithelium

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TCA cycle

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In the epithelium and endothelium the ___ _____ breaks down 35-65% of the glucose

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HMP pathway

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Keratocytes metabolize very little glucose via what pathway? And why?

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PPP Pathway, lack 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase

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How much PPP for the whole cornea?

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15%

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85% of glycolytic glucose converted to _____

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Lactate

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15% of glycolytic glucose converted to _____

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Pyruvate

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The endothelial ATP pump is ____ times as active as the epithelium

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5

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What is the most common type of ATP production between corneal epithelium and endothelium?
Anaerobic
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Epithelium uses more ____ and endothelium uses more ____
PPP, Aerobic
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What are the sources of glucose?
Tear film, limbal blood vessels, and aqueous
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What percentage of glucose from the aqueous?
90
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Where is Bowman's layer?
Posterior to the epithelial basal lamina
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What are the cellular components of Bowman's layer?
Type I and V collagen and glycoproteins
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What is Bowman's layer secreted by?
Anterior stromal keratocytes and epithelium
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What happens when there is damage to Bowman's layer?
Scarring
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What are the cellular components of the basal lamina?
Collagen types IV, VII, IX and XVI, fibronectin, heparan sulfate
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What types of proteoglycans are in the stroma?
Keratan sulfate, dermatan sulfate, chondroitan sulfate
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What types of collagen are in the stroma?
Types I and VI (major) and types III and V (minor)
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What are the cellular components of Descemet's membrane?
Collagen- types IV and VIII, laminin fibronectin
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What is the most abundant protein in the body?
Collagen
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What is type I tissue in?
Skin, bone, tendon, BV, cornea
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What is type II tissue in?
Cartilage, intervertebral disk, vitreous body
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What is type III tissue in?
Blood vessels, fetal skin
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What is type IV tissue in?
Basement membrane
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What is type VII tissue in?
Beneath stratified squamous epithelia
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What is type IV tissue in?
Cartilage
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What are the fibril forming collagens?
I, II, III
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What are the network-forming collagens?
IV, VII
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What are the fibril-associated collagens?
IX
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Which collagens have a rope-like structure?
Fibrillar collagens
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Which collagens form a 3D mesh?
Network forming collagens
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Collagen is rich in ____ and ____ important in the formation of the triple-stranded helix
Proline and glycine
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What is hydroxylation?
Maximizes interchain H bonds and stabilizes the triple helix
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The polypeptide precursors of the collagen molecule are formed in ______ and are secreted into ____ ____
Fibroblasts, extracellular matrix
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What is the breakdown of collagen fibrils dependent on?
Proteolytic action of collagenases, which are a part of a large family of matrix metalloproteinases
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Normal collagens are highly ____ molecules
Stable
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Brittle bone syndrome, this disease is a consequence of decreased production of alpha 1 and alpha 2 chains
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The stroma is what percentage of the corneal thickness?
90
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How many layers of lamallae are in the stroma?
200
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Lamellae
Collagen fibrils enmeshed in a matrix (proteoglycans, proteins, and glycoproteins)
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What types of collagen are in the stroma?
I, V, VI, VII, XII, XIV, III
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What type of collagen is associated with stromal wound healing?
III
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What is the most abundant heteropolysaccarides in the body?
GAGs
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Where are GAGs located?
Primarily on the surface of cells or in the ECM
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What are the functions of GAGs?
High viscosity, low compressibility, rigidity provides structural integrity to cells (migration), negatively charged (hydration)
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Because of their large number of negative charges, these heteropolysaccharide chains tend to be _____ in solution
Extended
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What is the most abundant GAG in the body?
Chondroitin and 4 and 6 sulfates
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Where is chondroitin and 4 and 6 sulfates found?
Cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and aorta
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What do chondroitin and 4 and 6 sulfates form?
Proteoglycan aggregates often aggregating noncovalently with hyaluronic acid
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What does chondriotin and 4 and 6 sulfates do in cartilage?
Bind collagen and hold fibers in a tight, strong network
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What are the most heterogenous gylcosaminoglycans?
Keratan sulfates I and II
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Where is keratan sulfate II found?
In loose CT proteoglycan aggregates with chondroitan sulfate
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Where is Keratan sulfate I found?
In cornea
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What is the only GAG not limited to animal tissue but also found in bacteria?
Hyaluronic acid
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What is hyaluronic acid serve as?
Lubricant and shock absorber
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Where is hyaluronic acid found?
Synovial fluid of joints, vitreous humor of the eye, the umbilical cord, loose CT and cartilage
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Where is dermatan sulfate found?
Skin, blood vessels, and heart valves
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Alpha linkage joins what?
Sugars
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Unlike other GAGs that are ________ compounds, heparin is an ________ component of mast cells that line arteries especially in the liver, lungs and skin
Extracellular, Intracellular
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What serves as an anticoagulant?
Heparin
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Where are glycosaminoglycans degraded?
Lysosomes
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What are the second most abundant corneal constituents?
Proteoglycans
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What are the 3 major proteoglycans?
Lumican, keratocan, mimecan

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