5. • Key steps - Formation of optic vesicle and optic stalk.
• Optic vesicle/ stalk – neuro-ectodermal in origin.
• Lumen of the optic vesicle is connected with the 3rd ventricle through the
lumen of optic stalk.
6. • As the optic vesicle comes in contact with the surface ectoderm, it
induces it to thicken and forms lens placode (primordium of lens), so lens
is ectodermal (surface ectoderm) in origin.
• As the lens vesicle is being formed, optic vesicle invaginates to form
double-layered optic cup.
7. Choroidal fissure
• Vascular mesoderm invade the fissure.
• This mesoderm later form hyaloid vessels &
vitrous humor.
• Only the proximal part of these vessels persists
as a central artery/vein of retina
Up to now…..
• Optic vesicle
• Optic cup
• Optic stalk
• lens placode
• Choroidal fissure
8. Development of Retina- two layers of optic cup
Development of optic nerve- optic stalk (axons of ganglion cells)
Retinal detachment:
Separation of pigment epithelium from the neural layer.
9. Ora serrata
• Ora serrata is the junction between
photosensitive and non-photosensitive
retina.
• Lies between limbus and equator of eye
ball.
10. Coloboma
• Failure to close choroidal fissure
• Key hole appearance in iris
• Follow AD inheritance
Retinal detachment
• Medical emergency
• Occurs between 2 layers of retina
11. Development of optic nerve
• Second cranial nerve
• Optic nerve encloses retinal vessels
• Formed by axons of ganglionic cells
• Covered by meningeal layers
• Myelinated by Oligodendrocytes
@ 7th week
14. Development of ciliary body
Epithelium: both layers of retina (ant part)
Stroma: mesenchyme
Muscles: mesenchyme
Aqueous humor
15. Derivatives of optic cup • Retina
• Dilator pupillae
• Sphincter pupillae
• Epithelium of the iris
• Epithelium of ciliary body
Derivatives of optic stalk
Optic nerve
16. Mesoderm
Posteriorly
divide into two layers
Anteriorly
Vacuolization occurs
Surface Ectoderm
Double folding occurs
Development of-
• Sclera
• Choroid
• Cornea
• Conjunctiva
• Eyelids
17.
18.
19. Double folding of surface
ectoderm give rise to the
conjunctiva and eye lids.
23. Conclusion
• The eyes begin to develop as a pair of outpocketings on each side of
the forebrain at day 22.
• The optic vesicles contact the surface ectoderm and induce lens
formation.
• Through a groove (the choroid Fissure), the hyaloid artery (later the
central artery of the retina) enters the eye
• PAX6, the master gene for eye development.
• Cornea develops from both ectoderm and mesoderm.