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The intra ocular portion of the optic nerve is how long?

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1 mm in length

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What is the arterial supply to the intra ocular portion of the optic nerve?

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Shorts, posterior ciliary artery, and circle zinn

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At the lamina cribosa , ganglion cells are myelinated by…

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Oligodendrocytes

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What is the maculopapular bundle

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Ganglion cells of the macular and via the macular papular bundle which enters the optic disc at centre.

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How long is the intraorbital section of the optic nerve?

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24mm (longest)

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What is the blood supply to the intraorbital section of the optic nerve?

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plial vessels and Central collateral artery

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What is the blood supply to the intracranial section of the optic nerve?

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blood supply: pial plexus, superior hypophyseal and internal carotid branches

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What is the path of the intracranial portion of the optic nerves ?

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 Passes superiorly medially posteriorly to optic chiasm which is at the floor of the third ventricle

  • reaches optic chiasma and the floor of the 3rd ventricle
  • above the intracranial portion of optic nerve –> lies the olfactory nerve (C 1)
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Superior to optic chiasm is…

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Optic chiasm relations

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infero-nasal retinal nerve fibres cross chaisma…

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> infero-nasal retinal nerve fibres cross
chaisma anteriorly, travel to the contralateral optic nerve before
travelling in the contralateral optic tract
This is known as knee of Von willebrand..

Therefore, lesion on the anterior right aspect of chiasm causes junctional scotoma, ie defect in superior left quadrant

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> supero-nasal retinal nerve fibres cross chiasma…

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> supero-nasal retinal nerve fibres cross chiasma posteriorly and travel through the the contralateral optic tract

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Arterial supply to optic tract?

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: branches of anterior choroidal, middle cerebral and posterior communicating arteries

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The optic tract rotates by how many degrees

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90° while winding round the brain stem

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Where is the Lateral gen nucleus located

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Pulvinar Thalamus

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How many laminated layers does the IGN have

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S ix

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Optic radiations from Lgn are called

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Myers’s loop

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Optic radiations from mgn are called

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Baum’s loop

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Nasal retinal, fibres terminates, in which part of the LGn

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Temporal retinal fibres terminate in which area of the LGN

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LGN blood supply

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blood supply anterior choroidal artery and thalamogeniculate

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Blood supply to optic radiation

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blood supply: anterior radiations supplied by anterior choroidal artery;

posterior Radiations supplied by posterior (mainly) & middle cerebral arteries and lateral striate a.

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Optic chasm blood supply

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chiasma blood supply: pial plexus supplied by mainly internal carotid arteries, plus superior hypophysial branches, posterior and anterior communicating a. supply

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What is meyers loop

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> lateral portion of LGN gives rise to Meyer’s loop optic radiations
Meyer’s loop fans laterally within the temporal lobe before swinging posteriorly toward the inferior wall of the calcarine sulcus visual cortex (pg. 93)

Remember PITS

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What is Baum loop
Arises from MEDIAL PORTION of LGN which recieves impulses from superior retinal ganglion fibres ie. inferior visual field medial portion of LGN gives rise to Baum's loop optic radiations Baum's loop fans immediately superiorly and posteriorly within the parietal lobe heading direcIty toward the superior wall of the calcarine sulcus visual cortex Remember PITS
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What are magnocellular cells
Part of the LGN IN LAYERS 1 and 2 Connected to parasol ganglion cells Responsible for: Motion detection Depth perception Low acuity/resolution High contrast sensitivity (monochromatic)
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Magnocellular cells receive input from
Parasol ganglion cells
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Parasol ganglia cell function
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What are parvocellular cells
Part IGN in layer 3-6
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parvocellular cells receive input from..
Midget ganglion cells
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Midget ganglion cells are responsible for
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Kiniocellular cells in Lgn receive input from
Bistratified ganglion cells which are connected to rods and cones
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Brodmann's area 17 is the
Primary visual cortex
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Most optic radiations terminate in which area of the primary visual cortex
Layer 4 (some in 6)
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Play five of the primary visual cortex is connected to…
Superior collículos to inform eye movement
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The right visual field is controlled by which area in the primary cortex
The left ( all inverted, ie superior field, controlled by inferior aspects of cortex)
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The secondary visual areas are known as…
Brodmann area 18 & 19, aka extra striate cortex
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What are the blood vessels to the visual parts of the brain?
Blood supply to brain tissue concerned with vision > middle cerebral artery supplies the frontal eye field < > posterior (mainly) & middle cerebral arteries supply the visual cortex < > calcarine artery (branch of posterior cerebral) supplies the visual cortex <
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pathology in the FEF leads…
to a conjugate gaze deviation toward the side of the damage (ipsilateral gaze defect)
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PARAMEDIAN PONTINE RETICULAR FORMATION (PPFR) lesion causes…
cause loss of horizontal saccades toward the side of the lesion and/or horizontal gaze deviation which are evident clinically
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What is the path of the intracanalicular aspect of ophthalmic nerve
- optic canal lies within the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone - meninges continue through the optic canal - dura fuses with periorbita which fixes nerve - ophthalmic artery passes inferolaterally to optic nerve in the optic canal
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What is the blood supply to the intracanalicular aspect of optic nerve.
Plial plexus and branches of ophthalmic artery

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