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Palpebae

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Eyelids,

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Conjunctiva

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Transperent membrane that lines the eye lids and covers the inner (palpebral conjunctiva) and outer (ocular conjunctiva) surfaces of the eyes.
The fornix is a pocket of the eye where the two conjunctiva become continous

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Lacrimal apparatus

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Consists of:
lacrimal glands and ducts
paired lacrimal canaliculi
lacrimal sac
nasolacrimal duct
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Lacrimal fluid

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Contains lysosomes, mucus and antibodies

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Extrinsic eye muscles

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Control mevement of each eye:

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Lateral Rectus

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Moves eye laterally

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Medial rectus

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moves eye medially

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Superior rectus

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Elevates eye and turns it medially

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Inferior rectus

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Depresses eye and turns it medially

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Interior oblique

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Elevates eye and turns it laterally

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Superior oblique

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Depresses eye and turns it laterally

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Diplopia

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Seeing double because if uncoordinated eye muscles

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Strabismus

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Congentital weakness of the external eye muscles

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3 layers of the eye

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Fibrous layer
Vascular layer
Inner layer

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Fibrous layer

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The outermost coat, composed of dense connective tissue:
Sclera and Cornea
Supports and protects
Serves as attachment sight for the extrinsic eye muscles
Contains structures that assist in focusing

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Sclera

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Posterior portion of fibrous layer, glisining white, opaque. “white of the eye” Protects and shapes the eyeball and provides ancoring point for the eye muscles

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Cornea

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Transparent window, continuous with the sclera.
It allows light to enter the eye.
No blood vessels
Most sensitive portion of the eye

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Vascular layer (uvea)

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Pigmented middle coat of the eye has 3 regions:
Choroid
Ciliary body
Iris

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Choroid

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middle layer the encircles the eye between the retina and the sclera. lBlood vessel rich posterior portion, nourishes the eye and make malanocytes that protect the eye from the sun

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Ciliary body

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Anterior this ring that encircles the lens, controls lens shape and secretes fluid to fill the anterior cavity
Change focus from near to far

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Iris

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Anterior portion of the eye, colored part the contracts and dilates to control the amount of light that enters the pupil
pupillary constrictor and pupillary dilator

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Inner layer

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Innermost layer, retina, nervous layer:

Pigmented layer and Neural layer

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Pigmented layer of the retina

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Single cell think linning, absorb light and act as phagocyles, photoreceptor cell renewal.

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Neural layer of the retina

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Plays direct role in vision. 3 types of neurons: photoreceptors, bipolar cells, and ganglion cells

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Optic disc
Weak spot in the eye where the optic nerve exits,
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Rods and Cones
Rods: dim light and peripheral vision receptors Cones: Color, bright light and HD
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Internal chambers and fluids
Anterior chamber: Aqueuous humor | Posterior chamber: Vitreous humor
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Lens
Bioconvex, transparent and changes shap to focas light on the retina. Image is upside down and backwards Brain re-orientates image
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Myopia
Distant objects focus in front of the retina, Eye ball is too long nearsightedness (can see near)
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Hyperopia
Focus is beyond the retina Eye ball is too short farsightedness (can see far)
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Astigmatisn
Unequal curvatures in different parts of the eye that lead to blurty images.
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Phototransduction
Process by which light energy is turned into graded receptor potrntial
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Rhodopsin
Deap purple pigment of the rods Changes to opsin in dark Photoreceptors active in dark High rate of action potential
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Striate cortex
Primary visual cortex.
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Prestriate cortex
Visual association areas
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Depth preception
Three denominational vision provided my the slightly different images delivered by the two eyes.
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Chemoreceptors
The receptors for smell and taste, they respond to chemicals in aqueous solution.
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Olfactory Epithelium
The yellow-tinged patch of pseudostratified epithelium that is the organ of smell
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Olfactory sensory neurons
Bowling pin shaped receptors in the olfactory epithelium, Bipolar, Surrounded by supporting cells that contain yellow brown pigment
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Olfactory stem cells
Line the base of the epithelium.
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Olfactory Cilia
Located at the end of each dendrite, increase receptors surface area and are covered by a thin layer of mucus Largely non-motile
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Olfactory Transduction
1. Odorant binds to receptor 2. Receptor activates G protein 3. G protein activated adenylate cyclase 4. Adenylate cyclase converts ATP to cAMP 5. cAMP opens a cation channel, allowing Na+ and Ca+ influx causing depolarization.
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Olfactory pathway
Axons of olfactory sensory neurons form> Olfactory nerve, with synapse in> Olfactory bulbs which are the distal end of the> Olfactory tract, where> Mitral cells (second-order sensory neurons) synapse in> Glomeruli
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Papillae
Peg like projections of the tongue mucosa that make the tongue slightly abrasive.
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Fungiform papillae
Mushroom shaped papillae scattered over the tongue. Taste buds are located mainly on the tops and in the side walls of the foliate papillae
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Vallate papillae
Largest and least numerous papillae | 7-12 of them form an inverted V at the back of the tongue.
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Taste bud
Each flask shaped bud consists of 50- 100 epithelial cells of 2 types: Gustatory Basal
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Gustatory epithelial cells
The taste cells, contain gustatory hairs
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Gustatory hairs
Sensitive portion. long microvilli called gustatory hairs that extend through a taste poor to the surface of the epithelium where they are bathed in saliva.
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Basal epithelium
Stem cells that divide into new gustatory cells
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5 tastes sensationss
``` Sweet Sour Salty Bitter Umami ```
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Activation of taste receptors
Salty: Na+ influx directly depolarizes Sour: H+ opens cation channels Sweet, Salty and Umami: common mechanisms in different cells. Couples with G protein gustducin
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Gustatory pathway (Cranial nerves)
Facial nerve: from anterior tho thirds of the tongue Glossopharyngeal: serves posterior tongue and pharynx. Vagus nerve: epiglottis and lower pharynx
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Influence on other sences
80% of taste is smell. Temperature and texture of food enhances taste as well.
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3 major ear regions
External ear Middle ear Inner ear
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External ear structures
Auricle: funnels sound waves into the ear Auditory canal: short curved tube that extends from the auricle to the eardrum Tympanic memrane: flattened translucent cone that separates outer and middle ear. sound waves make eardrum vibrate
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Middle ear structures
or tympanic cavity: flanked laterally by the tympanic membrane and medially by a bony wall with the oval and round windows. Houses auditory ossicles
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Auditory ossicles
Malleus : hammer Incus : anvil Stapes :stirrup
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Inner ear structures
``` Bony labyrinth Membranous labyrinth Vestibule Semicircular canals Cochlea ```
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Bony labyrinth
Canals worming through the bone, filled with perilymph fluid
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Membranous labyrinth
Continuous membranous sacs and ducts with in the bony labyrinth. Filled with endolymph fluid.
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Vestibule
Central egg shaped cavity of the bony labyrinth, two sacs: saccule and utricle. Houses equillibrim receptors called maculae.
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Semicircular canls
Anterior lateral and posterior canals, responds to angular rotational movement of the head. semicircular ducts inside with ampulla housing equilibrium receptors called crista ampullaris.
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Cochlea
Snail shaped and houses the cochlear duct that contains the receptor organ for hearing: the spiral organ or organ of Corti.
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3 cochlear chambers (or scalae)
Scala vestibuli Scala media Scala tympani
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Pathway for sound travel
1. sound waves vibrate eardrum 2. Auditory ossicles vibrate and amplify 3. Pressure waves from the stapes push on oval window and move into the fluid in the scala vestibule 4. Sounds in hearing range go through cochlea duct vibrate basilar membrane and deflecting hairs on inner hair cells.

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