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What process underpins the eye projecting a sharp image onto the retina

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Refraction

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What is refraction

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bending of light rays when it passes from one optical medium to another

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A biconvex lens bends an incoming beam of light and converges or diverges the light rays

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Converges them to one specific point

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A biconcave lens bends an incoming beam of light and converges or diverges the light rays

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Diverges them to several points

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Anatomical components of the eye that are involved in refraction (4) + which 2 of these are the main components responsible for refracting light

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Cornea - main
Lens - main
Aqueous humor
Vitreous humor

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If an object is far away, only the … rays from the object hit the cornea, … rays wouldn’t hit the cornea therefore less … … is needed to invert the image onto the retina

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parallel

divergent

bending power

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If an object is up close, the … rays from the object hit the cornea as well as the … rays, however the … rays need extra … … to form an inverted image on the retina

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divergent

parallel

bending power

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Does the lens become thicker with constant viewing of close or distant objects

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Close

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Is the cornea or the lens a more powerful ‘bender’ of light

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Cornea

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Anything beyond 6m of vision is considered

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infinity

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Define accommodation in respect to the eye

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When the eyes change focus from a distant to a close object

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What 3 things occur to allow accommodation of the eye

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Lens changes shape - becomes more spherical & thicker

Pupils constrict - to sharpen focus

Eyes converge

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How does ciliaris contraction cause the lens to become thicker + more spherical (4)

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Ciliaris contraction makes the ciliary body bulge out –> which decreases the space between the 2 ciliary bodies –> suspensory ligaments therefore become loose/lax so decreasing the pull on the lens –> lens no longer under stretch so becomes THICKER + MORE SPHERICAL

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Are the lateral or medial recti thicker

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Medial

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What is myopia

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Short sightedness (i.e. need glasses to see distance)

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What is hyperopia

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Long sightedness (i.e. need glasses to read a book)

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What is presbyopia

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Normal loss of near focusing ability that occurs with age

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Pathophysiology of myopia (Short sighted)

  • is eyeball too short or long AP
  • why are distant objects blurry
  • what is wrong with the shape of the cornea
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too long

blurry because light rays are refracted (bent) TOO MUCH by the cornea + lens –> focusing an image IN FRONT OF THE RETINA instead of on the retina

cornea too curved so refractive power of cornea and lens combined is too much for the length of the eyeball

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What is emmetropia

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Perfect sight

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Do myopes have excessive or not enough refractive power

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Excessive

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How does the excessive refractive power of myopes work to their advantage compared to emmetropes

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With a close object, the light rays coming from it are divergent which allows the excessive refractive power to come to use –> forms an image on the retina without needing to increase lens curvature (WITHOUT USING ACCOMODATION) whereas emmetropes would have to use accommodative powers

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Symptoms/signs of myopes (short sighted) (2)

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Headache when looking at distant objects

Divergent squint - one eye abducted, the other normal (in infants)

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Correction of myopia

  • what needs to be done to bending power
  • management options (2)
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Bending power needs to be decreased so want to use a lens that diverges light rays

Biconcave lens (glasses or contacts)
or
Laser eye surgery

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Pathophysiology of hyperopia (long sighted)

  • is eyeball too short or long AP
  • what is wrong with the lens
  • why are close objects blurry (5)
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Too short

lens too flat

Light rays of distant objects are not refracted enough by the cornea + lens –> so image is focused BEHIND THE RETINA –> hypermetropes then automatically start to use their ACCOMODATIVE POWER to make lens thicker to allow the image of the distant object to form on the retina (which normally doesn’t need to be used) –> effectively lose/use up one’s accommodative power

So, when hypermetropes then need to see close objects, don’t have any accommodative power to do this

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Symptoms (1) /signs (1) of hyperopia
Eye strain after reading/looking at screen for too long Convergent squint - one eye adducted, the other normal (in infants)
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Correction of hyperopia - what needs to be done to bending power - management options (2)
Bending power needs to be INCREASED Biconvex lens (to converge the light rays into one point, allowing accommodative power to rest) - glasses, contacts or Laser eye surgery
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What is astigmatism + what sight is affected
NON-SPHERICAL CURVATURE OF CORNEA/ LENS Both short and long sight affected
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Pathophysiology of astigmatism
Corneal surface has different curvatures in different meridians so the refraction of light rays along one axis is not the same as that of the other axis One meridian is flatter than the other so light rays will refract slightly more on one meridian than the other
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Symptoms of astigmatism (2)
Headache | Eye strain
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Correction of astigmatism (3)
Needs special type of lens that contain different refractive powers at different meridians Cylindrical lens (correct the difference between the refractive powers of the 2 principal meridians [vertical + horizontal]) or Toric lens - special contact lenses, ring donut shape or Laser eye surgery
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What are toric lenses (3 components that allow it to work) and what are they used for
special contact lenses used for astigmatism, not the typical spherical shape but a torus shape (ring donut shape) Contain a sphere power (to correct myopia/hyperopia), cylinder power and an axis designation (enables them to rotate into position so that the meridians of power are lined up with the meridians of your eyes)
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Pathophysiology of presbyopia (lose short sightedness due to old age)
As you age, lens gets less mobile/elastic and more RIGID (as collagen fibres become more rigid) So, when ciliaris contracts, lens is not as capable as before to change shape (to change spherical) (LOSE ACCOMODATIVE POWERS)
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Correction of presbyopia
Biconvex lens - to increase refractive power
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What is phototransduction
conversion of light energy to an electrochemical response by photoreceptors
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How is light energy converted into a neural signal
light energy stimulates photoreceptors (rods and cones) --> cascade reactions which hyper polarises the rods and cones creating an electrical impulse --> transmitted to CN II from retina --> becomes an AP in the nerve
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What part of rods and cones do light waves activate (2)
light waves activate the OUTER SEGMENT of rods and cones (photoreceptors) which is made up of stacks of lamellae Integrated into the cell membrane of these lamellae are VISUAL PIGMENTS - rhodopsin and opsin
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What is the visual pigment of - rods - cones
Rhodopsin Opsin
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Rhodopsin is aka + component parts (2)
visual purple opsin (colourless protein) + 11-cis retinal (vitamin A compound)
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How is vitamin A involved in phototransduction (3) Hint: conformation change, bleaching
When eye is exposed to light, the 11-cis retinal component (vitamin A derived compound) of rhodopsin converts into all-trans retinal which means rhodopsin undergoes a conformational shape The change in conformation initiates a phototransduction cascade within the rod, whereby light is converted into an electrical signal (AP) that is then transmitted along the optic nerve to the visual cortex. The change in conformation also causes opsin to dissociate from retinal because all-trans retinal can’t fit inside the opsin protein --> resulting in bleaching
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What is bleaching and how does it affect vision
Bleaching is when opsin dissociates from retinal because all-trans retinal can no longer fit inside the opsin protein Bleaching limits the degree to which the rods are stimulated, decreasing their sensitivity to bright light and allowing cone cells to mediate vision in bright environments
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The change in conformation of rhodopsin after being exposed light also causes opsin to dissociate from retinal because all-trans retinal can’t fit inside the opsin protein (bleaching), however the retina needs to be 'unbleached' or else we wouldn't be able to see after 5 mins So how do we 'unbleach' the retina
Need to constantly convert all-trans retinal BACK TO 11-cis retinal (regenerating visual pigment) which requires energy in the form of vitamin A (taken from vitamin A stores in liver)
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What's more abundant - rods or cones
rods
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Signs of vitamin A deficiency (3)
Bitot's spots (in conjunctiva) Corneal ulceration Corneal opacification
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Colour blindness is due to a defect of what
Cones
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Gold standard investigation of glaucoma
Automated perimetry
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Describe the path the electrical signal takes from the retina to the visual cortex
Optic nerve --> optic chasm --> optic tract --> lateral geniculate body --> optic radiation --> visual cortex
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What sits under the optic chiasm
Pituitary gland
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What is the optic tract
axons/fibres of the optic nerve
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Fibres of the optic tract synapse where
LGB
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At the optic chiasm, what fibres cross over
Medial/nasal fibres cross over (which view the temporal field)
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Optic tract contains fibres from ... (2)
(lateral) temporal half of the ipsilateral eye crossed-over nasal fibres from the contralateral eye
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Right visual cortex sees the ....
left visual field
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Left visual field is composed of what fibres (2)
LEFT NASAL RETINAL NERVE FIBRES and RIGHT TEMPORAL RETINAL NERVE FIBRES
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Right visual field is composed of what fibres (2)
RIGHT NASAL RETINAL NERVE FIBRES and LEFT TEMPORAL RETINAL NERVE FIBRES
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Define a tract
Bundle of myelinated axons creating a nerve fibre pathway
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LGB is part of what
Thalamus
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Nasal retinal nerve fibres view what field
Temporal
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Temporal retinal fibres view what field
Nasal
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If R optic nerve damaged, what happens
Blindness in R eye because no signal from right eye passed back to visual cortex
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Disruption of optic chiasm causes what
Bitemporal hemianopia
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If R optic tract damaged, what happens
Contralateral homonymous hemianopia - can't see nasal field in R eye and temporal field in L eye
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If right optic radiation damaged, what happens
Same as damage to R optic tract Contralateral homonymous hemianopia - can't see nasal field in R eye and temporal field in L eye
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Binocular vision allows good perception of what, whereas uniocular vision doesn't
Depth
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What axis are extrinsic ocular muscles attached along
Orbital axis, not optical axis | -orbital axes are not parallel to each other, optic axes are
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When the eye is ABDUCTED, - what muscle elevates - what muscle depresses - what muscle intorts - what muscle extorts
SR IR SO IO
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When the eye is ADDUCTED, - what muscle elevates - what muscle depresses - what muscle intorts - what muscle extorts
IO SO SR IR
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What is strabismus
Squint eyes | -one of the eyes may turn in, out, up or down while the other eye looks ahead
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What is esotropia
Convergent squint (cross eyed)
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What is exotropia
divergent squint (one or both eyes turn outwards)
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What is amblyopia
Lazy eye - childhood condition where an eye fails to achieve normal visual acuity (vision doesn't develop properly), even with glasses - eye and brain not working well together
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What can be attempted to correct amblyopia in the early years
patching of the "good" eye to force the brain to pay attention to the visual input from the amblyopic eye and enable normal vision development to occur in that eye
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Consequences of strabismus (Squint)
Amblyopia | Diplopia
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Increased light to pupil stimulates sympathetic or parasympathetic --> pupils subsequently dilate or constrict
Parasympathetic Constrict
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Decreased light to pupil stimulates sympathetic or parasympathetic --> pupils subsequently dilate or constrict
Sympathetic Dilate
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Usually, visual impulses travelling along the optic nerve --> optic chiasm --> optic tract ultimately synapse at the LGB, however fibres destined to activate the pupillary light reflex DO NOT GO TO THE LGB - where do they synapse instead (essentially asking about AFFERENT pathway of the pupillary light reflex)
Leave the optic tract to go to synapse at the CN III nucleus in the midbrain, specifically the edinger-westphal (EWN) nucleus
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The edinger-westphal nucleus (EWN) is part of the nucleus of what CN
CN III
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Describe the EFFERENT pathway of the pupillary light reflex
Once synapsed in the edinger-westphal nucleus (EWN), parasympathetic fibres pass through CN III into the orbit and synapse at the ciliary ganglion --> ultimately constricting pupils
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Define anisocoria
Pupils are different sizes
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Name 2 common pupil abnormalities
Anisocoria | Abnormal light reflex
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Common causes of abnormal pupillary reflex (3)
Retinal disease, e.g. retinal detachment CN II disease, e.g. optic neuritis CN III disease
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In CN III palsy, there's usually no damage to sympathetic or parasympathetic fibres so pupils should still ...
Parasympathetic constrict
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pupillary reflex should still be present in CN III palsy, if absent it's unlikely to be CN III palsy and could possibly be due to ...
cerebral artery aneurysm
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What is Horner's syndrome
Anisocoria due to damage of the sympathetic innervation to the pupil (i.e. innervation of dilator pupillae)
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Horner's syndrome presentation triad
Miosis Ptosis Anhidrosis - loss of sweating on affected side

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