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Define ductions
movements of one eye
define versions
movements of both eyes in the same direction
define vergences
movements of both eyes in opposite directions
Define: abduction, adduction, supraduction, infraduction, incyclotorsion/intorsion, excyclotorsion/extorsion
Away from the nose (abduction)
Toward the nose (adduction)
Upward (elevation or supraduction)
Downward (depression or infraduction)
Top of the eye rotates toward the nose (incyclotorsion)
Top of the eye rotates away from the nose
(excyclotorsion)
Define: dextroversion, levoversion, supraversion, infraversion, dextrocycloversion, levocycloversion
To the right (dextroversion)
To the left (levoversion)
Upward (elevation or supraversion)
Downward (depression or infraversion)
Top of eyes moves to the right (dextrocycloversion)
Top of eyes moves to the left (levocycloversion)
Define: convergence, divergence, incyclovergence, excyclovergence, positive vertical vergence, negative vertical vergence
Both eyes to nose (convergence)
Both eyes move away from the nose (divergence)
Both eyes rotate toward the nose (incyclovergence)
Both eyes rotate away from the nose (excyclovergence)
Right eye elevated and left eye depressed (positive vertical vergence)
Left eye elevated and right eye depressed (negative vertical vergence)
Define the X axis of the eye
Goes through center of pupil
clockwise and counterclockwise eye movements (torsions)
Define the Y axis of the eye
Crosses through the nasal and temporal poles of eye
Vertical eye movement
Rotation=elevation or depression
Define the Z axis of the eye
Crosses through the superior and inferior poles of the eye
Horizontal eye movement
Rotation = adduction or abduction
What EOM(s) are innervated by the Occulomotor nerve (CN3)?
inferior oblique
inferior rectus
medial rectus
superior rectus
What EOM(s) are innervated by the Trochlear nerve (CN 4)?
superior oblique
What EOM(s) are innervated by the Abducens nerve (CN 6)?
lateral rectus
What EOM is most inferior in the orbit?
inferior oblique
Where is the nucleus of the Inferior Oblique
Ipsilateral oculomotor complex
Where is the origin of the inferior oblique?
anterior to equator on maxilla
-the only EOM not originating from the annulus of zinn
What movement of the inferior oblique is isolated by abduction of 39 degrees?
excyclotorsion
What movement of the inferior oblique is isolated by adduction of 51 degrees?
elevation
Where is the insertion of the inferior oblique?
posterior to equator
Which EOM is most susceptible in a blow out fracture?
Inferior rectus
Where is the nucleus of the inferior rectus?
ipsilateral oculomotor complex
Where is the origin of the inferior rectus?
annulus of Zinn
Where is the insertion of the inferior rectus?
6.8mm from limbus
What movement of the inferior rectus is isolated by abduction of 23 degrees?
depression
What movement of the inferior rectus is isolated by adduction of 67 degrees?
excyclotorsion
Which EOM as the most anterior insertion?
Medial Rectus
Where is the nucleus of the medial rectus?
ipsilateral oculomotor complex
Where is the origin of the medial rectus?
medial annulus of Zinn
Where is the insertion of the medial rectus?
5.3mm from limbus
What is the most superior muscle in the orbit?
superior rectus
where is the nucleus of the superior rectus?
contralateral oculomotor complex
where is the origin of the superior rectus?
superior annulus of Zinn
where is the insertion of the superior rectus?
7.9mm from limbus
What movement of the superior rectus is isolated by abduction of 23 degrees?
elevation
What movement of superior rectus is isolated by adduction of 67 degrees?
incyclotorsion
Which EOM is most susceptible to trauma?
superior oblique
Where is the nucleus of the superior oblique?
contralateral trochlear nucleus
Where is the origin of the superior oblique?
superior medial annulus of Zinn
Where are the anatomical and functional insertions of the superior oblique?
anatomical --> posterior to equator
functional--> trochlea (anterior to equator)
What movement of the superior oblique is isolated by abduction of 36 degrees?
incyclotorsion
What movement of the superior oblique is isolated by adduction of 54 degrees?
depression
Which EOM is most susceptible to increased intracranial pressure?
lateral rectus
where is the nucleus of the lateral rectus?
ipsilateral abducens nucleus
where is the origin of the lateral rectus?
lateral annulus of Zinn
Where is the insertion of the lateral rectus?
6.9mm from limbus
In what order, from anterior to posterior, do the rectus EOMs insert?
medial rectus: 5.5mm
inferior rectus: 6.5mm
lateral rectus: 6.9mm
superior rectus: 7.7mm
(goes clockwise starting w/ MR)
Define primary, secondary, and tertiary positions?
Primary: eyes looking straight ahead
-deviation with strabismus/tropia
Secondary: eye rotation on only one axis
-looking purely up, down, left, right
Tertiary: eye rotation on two axes
-looking up and right, down and left, etc.
Do primary, secondary, and tertiary actions of EOMs correlate to primary, secondary, and tertiary ocular positions?
!NO!
Define agonist, antagonist, and yoked EOMs.
agonist: aids same eye movement (synergist)
antagonist: performs opposite eye movement
yoked: muscle of opposite eye that does same eye movement
What is Herring's law of equal innervation?
Yoked muscles receive same innervation
What is Sherrington's law of reciprocal innervation?
antagonist muscles of same eye must relax when the agonist muscle contracts
What do superior EOMs have in common?
contralateral nuclei, Intortion
What do inferior muscles have in common?
Extortion
What do superior and inferior rectus EOMs have in common?
adduct
What do obliques have in common?
abduct
What are the types of eye movements?
Gaze directing and Gaze holding
What are the 3 methods of gaze directing?
Saccades, smooth pursuits, vergences
What are the 3 methods of gaze holding?
fixation, optokinetic, vestibular
What are saccades?
quick eye movements in response to sudden or novel stimuli
-doesn't require a target.
-can be used to track a quickly moving target
What are smooth pursuits?
slow eye movement that require a target
-can't track quickly moving targets
-used to keep a target on the fovea
What are vergences as part of gaze directing?
slower eye movements to track objects moving toward or away
-like smooth pursuits
-eyes move in opposite directions
What is fixation?
small eye movements required to keep image on the fovea of a stationary object when the head is immobile
-purkinje tree
What are the 3 main types of fixation?
-microsaccades
-microtremors
-microdrifts
What is the Optokinetic Response?
holds image steady on the retina during sustained head movements
-induces nystagmus
-requires target
-can estimate acuity
-can detect malingers
What are vestibular eye movements?
eye movements in resopnse to a brief change in head position
-eyes move opposite head
-keeps target on fovea
-doesn't require a target
Define comittant and non-commitant tropias.
commitant: deviation the same in all gazes
non-commitant: deviation varies significantly w/ change in eye position
Define phoria and tropia.
Phoria: latent misalignment of the eye when viewing one eye (not fused)
Tropia: manifest misalignment of the eye when viewing both eyes (fused)
What ways can we measure eye movements?
photography, electroculography, magnetic search coil, infrared limbal recording
Tidbits on photography?
Static and dynamic ocular defects
-Static: strabismus (ocular reflex)
-Dynamic: nystagmus (video recording)
Less expensive recordings can be used in office and for education
More expensive recordings are used in research
Tidbits on electrooculography.
Uses electrodes to determine eye position
-Based on metabolism differences in eye
Can detect movements to 70 degrees
Easy to set up
Minimal patient discomfort
Susceptible to facial expression and blink
Tidbits on Magnetic Search Coil.
Uses contact lens-like device on eye to monitor eye movements
Can detect eye movements as small as one arc minute and changes up to 30 degrees
Uncomfortable for patient after several minutes
Mainly used in large research laboratories
Tidbits on Infrared Limbal Recording.
Detects eye movements by noting the difference in brightness of cornea and iris to white sclera
Can detect eye movements as small as 0.25 degrees and up to 7.5 degrees
Used in optometric offices
The Visagraph is a common example
What are the cardinal positions of gaze?
left, right, up and right, down and right, up and left, down and left
What are the 2 main layers of EOM fibers?
Orbital: adjacent to periorbita and orbital bone
Global: adjacent to the eye and optic nerve
What are the 2 sublayers of the Orbital EOM fiber layer?
Periorbita
Orbital bone up to the tendon
What are the 3 sublayers of the global layer of EOM fiber layers?
eye
optic nerve
full muscle length
What are the two types of innervation for EOM muscle fibers?
Singly Innervated Fibers (SIFs)
-Fast ATPase
-Capable of anaerobic activity
-Twitch capacity at the full length of fiber
Multiply Innervated Fibers (MIFs)
-Slower ATPase activity
-Non-twitch at ends
-twitch at centers
Define Red, Intermediate, and Pale/White SIFs
Red: highest fatigue resistance
Intermediate: intermediate fatigue resistance
Pale/White: lowest fatigue resistance
-all are fast twitch singly innervated fibers
What is the breakup of fibers in the orbital and global layers?
Orbital layer
-80% SIFs
-20% MIFs
Global layer
-33% red SIFs
-32% white SIFs
-25% intermediate SIFs
-10% MIFs
What are the ipsilatera and contralateral agonist and antagonist for R Lateral Rectus
Ipsilateral Agonist: none
Ipsilateral Antagonist: R-MR
Contralateral Agonist: L-MR
Contralateral Antagonist: L-LR
What are the ipsilatera and contralateral agonist and antagonist for R Medial Rectus
Ipsilateral Agonist: none
Ipsilateral Antagonist: R-LR
Contralateral Agonist: L-LR
Contralateral Antagonist: L-MR
What are the ipsilatera and contralateral agonist and antagonist for R Inferior Rectus
Ipsilateral Agonist: R-SO
Ipsilateral Antagonist: R-SR
Contralateral Agonist: L-SO
Contralateral Antagonist: L-IO
What are the ipsilatera and contralateral agonist and antagonist for R Superior Rectus
Ipsilateral Agonist: R-IO
Ipsilateral Antagonist: R-IR
Contralateral Agonist: L-IO
Contralateral Antagonist: L-SO
What are the ipsilatera and contralateral agonist and antagonist for R Inferior Oblique
Ipsilateral Agonist: R-SR
Ipsilateral Antagonist: R-SO
Contralateral Agonist: L-SR
Contralateral Antagonist: L-IR
What are the ipsilatera and contralateral agonist and antagonist for R Superior Oblique
Ipsilateral Agonist: R-IR
Ipsilateral Antagonist: R-IO
Contralateral Agonist: L-IR
Contralateral Antagonist: L-SR