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Intraocular pressure and aqueous dynamics
1.
2. It is a clear, colourless, watery fluid filling the
anterior chamber and posterior chamber of
the eyeball.
Volume: 0.31ml
Anterior chamber- 0.25ml
Posterior chamber- 0.06ml
Refractive Index: 1.336
Density : 1.025-1.040 ( greater than water)
pH : 7.2 (acidic)
Rate of formation: 2.3µl/min
3. Composition: constituents of normal aqueous humour are
Water (99.9%)
Solids (0.1%) which includes
1. Proteins (5-16mg%)
2. Amino acid (5mg/kg of water)
3. Non-colloid constituents –
a) Glucose (6.0 millimols/kg)
b) Urea (7 millimols/kg)
c) Ascorbate (0.9 millimols/kg)
d) Lactic acid (7.4 millimols/kg)
e) Inositol (0.1 millimols/kg)
f) Sodium (144 millimol/kg)
g) Potassium (4.5 millimols/kg)
h) Chloride (10 millimol/kg)
i) Carbonates (34 millimol/kg)
Oxygen ( in dissolved state)
4. Composition of aqueous is similar to plasma
except:
High concentration of : Ascorbate, pyruvate
and lactate.
Low concentration of: Proteins, urea and
glucose.
5. The composition of aqueous in anterior
chamber differs from that in posterior
chamber because of metabolic interchange:
Anterior
chamber
Posterior
chamber
HCO3
- Low High
Cl- High Low
Ascorbate Low High
6. It maintains proper intraocular pressure.
It plays an important metabolic role by
providing nutrients and by removing
metabolites from avascular cornea and lens.
It maintains optical transparency.
It also acts as lymph in the eyeball.
7. Aqueous is derived from plasma within the
capillary network of:
1. Posterior segment
2. Ciliary body
3. Iris
The normal aqueous production rate is
2.3µl/min.
8. The system of semipermeable membranes
separating the blood from the ocular cavity is
known as blood-aqueous barrier.
9.
10. Aqueous humour is mainly derived from
plasma within the capillary network of ciliary
processes.
The following processes are involved in the
production of aqueous humour:
1. Ultrafilteration
2. Secretion
3. Diffusion
11. Diurnal variation
Blood pressure
Plasma osmotic pressure
Intraocular pressure
Role of adrenergic innervation, vasopressin
and adenylcyclase
12. Aqueous flows from posterior chamber into
the anterior chamber through the pupil.
In the anterior chamber, there exist a
convection current which results from
temperature gradient between anterior and
posterior parts of anterior chamber.
13. Aqueous flows from posterior chamber into the
anterior chamber through the pupil.
From anterior chamber it is drained out by two
routes:
1. Trabecular outflow
2. Uveoscleral outflow
14. It is the main outlet (90%) for aqueous
drainage.
It consists of :
i. Trabecular meshwork
ii. Schlemm’s canal
iii. Collector channels
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16. It is sieve like structure.
It consists of three portions
1. Uveal meshwork
2. Corneoscleral meshwork
3. Juxtacanalicular(endothelial) meshwork
17.
18. This an endothelial lined canal present
circumferentially in the sclearl sulcus.
The endothelial cells present on its inner wall
are irregular, spindle shaped and contains
giant vacuoles.
The outer wall contains smooth flat cells and
contains opening of collector channels.
19.
20. These are also called intra-scleral aqueous
vessels.
They are about 25-35 in number.
They leave the Schlemm’s cannal at oblique
angles to terminate in the episcleral veins.
They do not have valves.
They are divided into two systems:
1. Direct system
2. Indirect system
21. It is responsible for 10% of aqueous drainage.
Aqueous passes across the ciliary body into
the suprachoroidal space and is drained by
the venous circulation in the ciliary body,
choroid and sclera.
Uveoscleral outflow is approximately around
0.3µl/min.
22. Most of the aqueous drains into the episcleral
veins.
These veins ultimately drain into the
cavernous sinus via the anterior ciliary and
superior ophthalmic veins.
23. IOP is the pressure exerted by the intraocular
contents on the coats of the eyeball.
Normal IOP : 10-21 mm of Hg (mean 16 ±
2.5 mm of Hg)
IOP is essentially maintained by the dynamic
equilibrium between formation and outflow of
aqueous humour.
29. It is an indirect method of measuring IOP
using a specialised instrument called
tonometer.
There are two types of tonometry:
1. Indentation or Impression tonometry
2. Applanation tonometry
30. It is based on the principle that a plunger will
indent soft eye more than a hard eye.
When tonometer is placed on the cornea, W
weight of the tonometer acts on A area of cornea
and indents it, displacing a volume Vc. The
tensile force T sets up in the outer coats of the
eye tangentially to the corneal surface opposing
W so that an additional T is added to baseline or
resting IOP (P0) which is artificially raised to a
new value P1.
Tonometer measures the artificially raised IOP P1.
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34. Errors inherent in the instrument
Errors due to contraction of extraocular
muscles
Errors due to accomodation
Errors due to ocular rigidity
Errors due to variation in corneal curvature
Errors in scale reading
Blood volume alteration
Moses effect
35. It is based on Imbert-Fick law which states
that pressure inside a sphere P is equal to the
force W required to flatten its surface divided
by area of flattening A
P= W/A
Two types:
1. Fixed Area (variable force) commenly used.
2. Fixed force (variable area).
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38. Other commenly used tonometers:
1. Perkin’s applanation tonometer
2. Pneumatic tonometer
3. Air-puff tonometer ( Non contact )
4. Pulse air tonometer
5. Tono pen