Orbit Flashcards
(42 cards)
___ bones make up the orbit
7
Describe the orbital margin
- Widest aspect of orbit
- On frontal aspect
- Bounded by frontal bone superiorly, zygomatic bone laterally & inferiorly, & maxilla inferiorly & medially
- Made of 3 bones
Describe the apex of the orbit
Tip & posterior aspect of orbit
Fat under your eye is called
Periorbital fat
Label
- Frontal
- Zygomatic
- Maxilla
- Ethmoid
- Sphenoid
- Lacrimal
- Palatine
Label
- Zygomatic
- Periorbita
- Nasal Cavity
4, Ethmoid - Sphenoid
Label
- Superior orbital foramen
- Optic canal
- Superior orbital fissure
- Inferior orbital fissure
- Infraorbital foramen
What runs through the optic canal?
Optic nerve (CN II)
Ophthalmic artery
What runs through the superior orbital fissure?
Oculomotor (CN III)
Trochlear (CN IV)
Ophthalmic branch of trigeminal (CN V1)
Abducens (CN VI)
Ophthalmic vein, sympathetic fibers
What runs through the inferior orbital fissure?
Infraorbital nerve (CN V2)
Infraorbital artery
How many extraocular muscles do we have?
6
Label
- Superior rectus m
- superior oblique m
- superior levator palpebrae m
- Inferior rectus m
- medial rectus m
- lateral rectus m
- inferior oblique m
Label
- Trochlea
- Superior oblique
- Medial rectus
- Inferior rectus
- Inferior oblique
- Lateral rectus
- superior rectus
Function of the tarsal muscle
- Helps keep the eye open
- Helps lubricate eyes
- Provides sympathetic innervation via oculomotor n. In cavernous sinus & superior orbital fissure
- Helps maintain position of the eyeball
Define lacrimation
process of producing tears
Describe the lacrimal canaliculi
Allows excess fluid to move in, down the lacrimal sac, to nasolacrimal duct & drain under inferior nasal concha
What makes up the lacrimal apparatus
Lacrimal canaliculi
nasolacrimal duct
lacrimal gland
inferior nasal concha
nasal cavity
lacrimal sac
Label
- Lacrimal gland
- Inferior nasal concha
- Nasal cavity
- Lacrimal canaliculi
- Lacrimal sac
- Nasolacrimal duct
Special sensory for the orbit is by
Optic nerve (CN II)
General sensory for the orbit is by the Ophthalmic branch of trigeminal. What are the branches?
Lacrimal n., frontal n., nasociliary n.
Motor innervation for the orbit is provided by what 3 CN
CN III, IV, & VI
What does the Oculomotor (CN III) innervate
Levator palpebrae superioris
Superior rectus
Medial rectus
Inferior rectus
Inferior oblique
What does the trochlear n innervate?
Superior oblique
What does abducens n innervate?
Lateral rectus