This document provides an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the anterior segment of the eye. It describes the main structures including the cornea, conjunctiva, limbus, sclera, lacrimal gland, eyelids, and tear film. The cornea is transparent and consists of 5 layers: epithelium, Bowman's layer, stroma, Descemet's membrane, and endothelium. The conjunctiva lines the inner surface of the eyelids and sclera. The limbus is the transition zone between the cornea and conjunctiva/sclera. The sclera provides the eye's shape and protects the inner structures. Tears are produced by the lacrimal gland and
LIMBUS… • The limbus forms the border between the transparent cornea and opaque sclera, contains the pathways of aqueous humour outflow, and is the site of surgical incisions for cataract and glaucoma
2. Anatomical Limbus: Circumcorneal transitional zone of the conjunctivocorneal & corneoscleral junction Conjunctivo-corneal junction: • Bulbar conjunctiva is firmly adherent to underlying structures • Substantia propria of the conjunctiva stops here but its epithelium continues with that of the cornea. Sclero-corneal junction: • Transparent corneal lamellae become continuous • With the oblique, circular and opaque fibres of sclera
3. CONTINUE…. • In the area near limbus, the conjunctiva, tenon’s capsule & the episcleral tissue are fused into a dense tissue which is strongly adherent to corneo scleral junction.It is preferred site for obtaining a firm hold of the eyeball during ocular surgery. • The limbus is a common site for the occurrence of corneal epithelial neoplasm. • The Limbus contains radially oriented fibrovascular ridge known as the palisades of Vogt that may harbour a stem cell population. The palisades of Vogt are more common in the superior and inferior quadrants around the eye
Applied Anatomy of Orbit and Eyeball.pptxMathew Joseph
The eye sits in a protective bony socket called the orbit. Six extraocular muscles in the orbit are attached to the eye. These muscles move the eye up and down, side to side, and rotate the eye.
The extraocular muscles are attached to the white part of the eye called the sclera. This is a strong layer of tissue that covers nearly the entire surface of the eyeball.
Cornea is the clear front surface of the eye. It lies directly in front of the iris and pupil, and it allows light to enter the eye.
Cornea forms the transparent and anterior 1/6th of the external fibrous coat of the globe of the eyeball.
The cornea is the eye's most powerful structure for focusing light that provides approximately 65 to 75 percent of the focusing power of the eye.
The cornea has unmyelinated nerve endings sensitive to touch, temperature and chemicals; a touch of the cornea causes an involuntary reflex to close the eyelid.
LIMBUS… • The limbus forms the border between the transparent cornea and opaque sclera, contains the pathways of aqueous humour outflow, and is the site of surgical incisions for cataract and glaucoma
2. Anatomical Limbus: Circumcorneal transitional zone of the conjunctivocorneal & corneoscleral junction Conjunctivo-corneal junction: • Bulbar conjunctiva is firmly adherent to underlying structures • Substantia propria of the conjunctiva stops here but its epithelium continues with that of the cornea. Sclero-corneal junction: • Transparent corneal lamellae become continuous • With the oblique, circular and opaque fibres of sclera
3. CONTINUE…. • In the area near limbus, the conjunctiva, tenon’s capsule & the episcleral tissue are fused into a dense tissue which is strongly adherent to corneo scleral junction.It is preferred site for obtaining a firm hold of the eyeball during ocular surgery. • The limbus is a common site for the occurrence of corneal epithelial neoplasm. • The Limbus contains radially oriented fibrovascular ridge known as the palisades of Vogt that may harbour a stem cell population. The palisades of Vogt are more common in the superior and inferior quadrants around the eye
Applied Anatomy of Orbit and Eyeball.pptxMathew Joseph
The eye sits in a protective bony socket called the orbit. Six extraocular muscles in the orbit are attached to the eye. These muscles move the eye up and down, side to side, and rotate the eye.
The extraocular muscles are attached to the white part of the eye called the sclera. This is a strong layer of tissue that covers nearly the entire surface of the eyeball.
Cornea is the clear front surface of the eye. It lies directly in front of the iris and pupil, and it allows light to enter the eye.
Cornea forms the transparent and anterior 1/6th of the external fibrous coat of the globe of the eyeball.
The cornea is the eye's most powerful structure for focusing light that provides approximately 65 to 75 percent of the focusing power of the eye.
The cornea has unmyelinated nerve endings sensitive to touch, temperature and chemicals; a touch of the cornea causes an involuntary reflex to close the eyelid.
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MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
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400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
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Olfactory Mucosa:
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Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
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Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
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Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
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Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
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Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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10. The cornea
is not symmetrical
and
corneal curvature flattens
towards the periphery
CORNEAL SHAPE
11. CORNEAL SHAPE
• Meniscus lens
• Not a solid of rotation about any axis
• Front apical radius 7.8 mm K= 43.27 D
• Back apical radius 6.5 mm -6.15 D
• Actual refractive index, cornea = 1.376
- Not optically homogenous
- nground substance = 1.354, ncollagen = 1.47
28. STROMA
• 0.50 mm thick
• 90% of corneal thickness, mostly collagenous lamellae
• Contains 2-3% keratocytes (fibroblasts) and about 1%
ground substance
29. GROUND SUBSTANCE (GAGs)
• Very hydrophilic
Responsible for:
• Exact spacing of fibrils
• H2O imbibition pressure of cornea (due to hydrophilicity)
30. KERATOCYTES
• Interspersed between collagenous lamellae
• Thin, flat cells 10 µm in diameter with long
processes
• 5-50 µm of intercellular space
• Joined together by macula occludens or
hemidesmosomes
32. STROMAL LAMELLAE
• Dense and orderly fibrous connective tissue
• Stable protein collagen fibrils
• Regular arrangement is important for corneal
transparency
33. STROMAL LAMELLAE
• 200 - 250 lamellae superimposed on one
another
Thickness: 2 µm
Width: 9-260 µm
Length: 11.7 mm
44. AGE-RELATED CELLULAR CHANGES
• Cell degeneration and non-replacement
- Decreased uniformity
- Decreased thickness with age
• Polymegethism
45. ENDOTHELIAL CELL ULTRASTRUCTRURE
• Rich in organelles engaged in active transport (active
pump)
• Protein synthesis for secretory purposes
• Large number of mitochondria
• Mitochondria more numerous around nucleus
46. PERIPHERAL CORNEAL VASCULATURE
• Peripheral cornea (and sclera adjacent to
Schlemm’s canal) supplied by circumcorneal
vessels
• Minor role in corneal nutrition
• Remainder of cornea is avascular
47. CORNEAL INNERVATION
• One of the richest sensory nerve supplies
• Ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (N5)
• Fibres become more visible in oedema
52. CONJUNCTIVA
Continuous with:
• Lining of globe beyond cornea
• Upper and lower fornices
• Innermost layer of upper and lower lids
• Skin at lid margin
• Corneal epithelium at limbus
• Nasal mucosa at lacrimal puncta
53. DIMENSIONS AND CONTOURS OF THE
CONJUCTIVA AND FORNICES
14 - 16 mm
9 - 11 mm
5
(After Whitnall & Ehlers, 1965)
58. CONJUNCTIVAL EPITHELIUM
• 5 layers of the corneal epithelium cells becomes 10-15
layers of the conjunctival epithelium at limbus due to
increasing wing cell numbers
• Surface not as smooth as cornea
• Basement membrane present
• Surface cells have microplica and microvilli
59. CONJUNCTIVAL STROMA
• Loosely arranged bundles of coarse collagen
• Bundles are approximately parallel to surface
• Numerous fibroblasts (main cell type)
• Some immunological cells present
63. CONJUNCTIVAL ARTERIES
• Palpebral branches of nasal and lacrimal
arteries of lids
- Larger branches form peripheral and
marginal arterial arcades
- Lower lid peripheral arcade not always
present
• Anterior ciliary arteries
77. SCLERA COMPOSITION
• 65% H2O (c.f. cornea 72-82%)
Dry weight figures:
• 75% Collagen
• 10% other protein
• 1% GAGs (c.f. cornea 4%)
* Irregular arrangement of collagen results in
an opaque tissue
78. SCLERAL DIMENSIONS
• Approximately spheroid
• 22 mm diameter
• >80% of eye external surface
• Thickness
- 0.8 mm at limbus
- 0.6 mm at front of rectus muscle tendon
- 0.3 mm behind rectus muscle insertions
- 0.4-0.6 mm at equator of globe
- 1.0 mm at optic nerve head
81. LACRIMAL GLAND
• Located under supero-temporal orbit
• Sits in Lacrimal Fossa
Divided by Levator Palpebrae Superioris into:
• Orbital portion (larger, upper)
• Palpebral portion (smaller, lower)
82. LACRIMAL GLAND INNERVATION
Superior orbital margin
Lateral expansion of LPS
Palpebral portion of
lacrimal gland
Lateral expansion of LPS
Inferior orbital margin
Communicating branch
of zygomaticotemporal
nerve (N5)
Lacrimal nerve (N5)
LPS
Superior rectus
Orbital portion
of lacrimal gland
Incomplete oblique view (from superior temporal)
83. LACRIMAL GLAND
• 12 lacrimal ducts
- 2-5 from upper (orbital) portion
- 6-8 from lower (palpebral) portion
• Ducts open onto superior palpebral conjunctiva
84. ACCESSORY LACRIMAL GLANDS
GLANDS OF KRAUSE
• Similar structure to lacrimal gland
• In conjunctival mucosa near fornices
• 20 in upper lid, 8 in lower lid
• More numerous laterally
• Supply aqueous phase of basal tear film
85. ACCESSORY LACRIMAL GLANDS
GLANDS OF WOLFRING
• Similar structure to lacrimal gland
• Near upper border of tarsal plate
• Supply aqueous phase of basal tear film
86. ACCESSORY LACRIMAL GLANDS
GLANDS OF ZEIS
• Sebaceous glands
• Associated with lash follicles
• Partially supply lipid layer of tears
87. ACCESSORY LACRIMAL GLANDS
MEIBOMIAN GLANDS
• Sebaceous glands
• Main supply of lipid layer of tears
• 25 in upper lid, 20 in lower lid (shorter)
• Prevent tear spillage
93. (after Mahmood et al., 1984)
DISTRIBUTION OF TEAR VOLUMES
1 µL
3 µL
4 µL
TEAR
VOLUMES
94. TEAR FILM STABILITY
• Mucin layer spread by lid action enhances wettability of
epithelium
• Evaporation leaves an oil and mucin admixture
• Admixture does not ‘wet’ epithelium causing a break-up
of tear film
95. MECHANICS OF TEAR FILM SPREADING
• Upward lid movement draws aqueous component over
the surface
• Lipid layer spreading over surface increases film
thickness and stability
96. TEAR FLOW: LID CLOSURE
MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE MEDIAL CANTHUS
• Lid closure is scissor-like towards the nose
• Tears move towards the medial canthus
97. TEAR FLOW: LACRIMAL PUMP
• Upper part of lacrimal sac distends when orbicularis
oculi contracts
• Distention induces negative pressure which draws
tears into lacrimal sac
• Capillary action and gravity play a part
• Turnover rate of tears » 16% per minute
103. EYELIDS
• Modified folds of skin
• Protect eyes from foreign bodies and sudden
increases in light level
• Spread tears over the ocular surface
• Lid margins are shelf-like and about 2mm wide
104. EYELIDS: GLANDS
ZEIS GLANDS
• Sebaceous glands associated with lash follicle
MOLL’S GLANDS
• Modified sweat glands open into Zeis glands, lash
follicles, lid margins
MEIBOMIAN GLANDS
• Sebaceous glands in the tarsal plate
110. CORNEAL PERMEABILITY
WATER
• Endothelial permeability is greater than
that of the epithelium
OXYGEN
• Derived from the atmosphere
CARBON DIOXIDE
• Permeability is 7X that of oxygen
111. CORNEAL PERMEABILITY OTHER
SUBSTANCES
• Sodium: endothelium greater than the epithelium by
100X
• Glucose and amino acids: metabolically active
• Associated molecules
• Fluorescein
112. EPITHELIAL PERMEABILITY
• Low sodium permeability
• Relatively impermeable to water, lactic acid,
amino acid, glucose and large molecules
• Relatively permeable to associated and fat-
soluble entities
113. ROLE OF CELL JUNCTIONS
• Communication
• Electrical coupling
• Barrier to: - Electrolytes
- Fluids
- Macromolecules
114. GENERAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF
JUNCTIONS
• Occluding or tight
• Adhering
• Each further subdivided according to shape
and size of cell contact
- zonulae (belts)
- fasciae (bands)
- maculae (focal)
116. FIBRONECTIN
• Cell surface glycoprotein
• Involved with cell adhesion to surfaces
• Released beneath regenerating epithelium
• Synthesized by cornea
• Found in basal and apical surfaces of cultured
endothelial cells
118. OXYGEN SUPPLY TO THE CORNEA
Endothelium
Descemet’s
Epithelium
Tear film
Stroma
Terminal
vessels
Recurrent
vessels
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125. CORNEAL ENERGY BY
CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
• Glucose enters cornea from the aqueous humor
• Energy: ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
• 2 main pathways:
- Anaerobic: ATP from breakdown of glucose into lactic
acid
- Aerobic: ATP from breakdown of glucose by TCA into
carbon dioxide and water
126. SOURCES OF GLUCOSE
CORNEAL EPITHELIUM
• Aqueous humor (90%)
• Limbal blood vessels and tears (less than 10%)
128. GLUCOSE METABOLIC PATHWAYS
EMBDEN-MEYERHAOF PATHWAY
• Produces lactate (anaerobic) + 2 ATP
TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE
• Aerobic (along with epithelial cell mitochondria
produces CO2, H2O and 36 ATP)
HEXOSE MONOPHOSPHATE SHUNT
• Aerobic: produces NADPH, CO2, and H2O
129. CORNEAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM
Glycogen
(storage)
Glucose -6-
Phosphate
Glycolytic
(E-M)
Pathway
TCA
Cycle & oxidation
mitochondrial activity
36ATP CO2
CO 2
H O
2
H O
2
NADPH
NADP
+
NADP
(main function
of HMS)
H O
2
LDH
O
(Aerobic)
2
Lactic acid Pyruvic acid
2ATP (Anaerobic)
Ribose-5-phosphate
O2
O 2
Hexose-Monophosphate
Shunt
(pentose phosphate pathway)
Glucose
Anaerobic
8ATP
130. GLUCOSE PATHWAYS
TCA Cycle, also known as the Tricarboxylic Acid
Cycle, Krebs's Cycle, or Citric Acid Cycle is an
important pathway for energy production.
131. AEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS:
TCA CYCLE (& Mitochondria)
• Efficient
• 15% of glucose utilized
• Energy contribution: 3x that of anaerobic glycolysis
133. ATP
• ‘Charged’ form of energy
• When ATP imparts energy it is converted to ADP
(adenosine diphosphate)
• ADP recharged by mitochondria
• Recycling of ADP into ATP every 50 seconds
135. HEXOSE MONOPHOSPHATE SHUNT
(Pentose Phosphate Pathway)
• H-M Shunt NOT efficient as energy source
• NO net gain in ATP
• 60-70% of glucose used
• Limited recycling of glucose: 85% catabolized to
lactate
137. CORNEAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM
Glycogen
(storage)
Glucose -6-
Phosphate
Glycolytic
(E-M)
Pathway
TCA
Cycle & oxidation
mitochondrial activity
36ATP CO2
CO 2
H O
2
H O
2
NADPH
NADP
+
NADP
(main function
of HMS)
H O
2
LDH
O
(Aerobic)
2
Lactic acid Pyruvic acid
2ATP (Anaerobic)
Ribose-5-phosphate
O2
O 2
Hexose-Monophosphate
Shunt
(pentose phosphate pathway)
Glucose
Anaerobic
8ATP
138. NORMOXIC CONDITIONS
• Glycogen storage: outermost cell layers of the
epithelium
• Glycogen reserves are in preparation for a lack of
oxygen and/or mechanical trauma
• ATP production/consumption is normal
139. EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA AND ANOXIA
ATP production
Lactate production
Stored glycogen
E-M Pathway
Lactate dehydrogenase
Glucose level
ATP production
Lactate production
Glycogen level
TCA cycle ceases
Lactate dehydrogenase
(LDH)
Glucose flux and
utilization adequate
HYPOXIA ANOXIA
140. LACTIC ACID
• Not metabolized by cornea
• Removed by diffusion into aqueous humor
• Accumulation results in epithelial and stromal oedema
• Hypoxia doubles lactic acid concentration resulting in
an osmotic gradient
141. CORNEAL TRANSPARENCY: STROMA
• Transmits 90% of incident light
• Potentially a non-transparent layer
• Fibrils: n=1.47
• Ground substance: n=1.354
• Regular fibril spacing of 60nm
142. CORNEAL TRANSPARENCY DIFFRACTION
THEORY OF MAURICE
• Depends on ordered arrangement of collagen fibrils
• Transparency is maintained if the disruption is less
than a few wavelengths
• Scattering effect increases as swelling increases
(fibrils become larger optically)
144. CORNEAL SWELLING
• Lactate and metabolite accumulation -osmotic gradient
causes water imbibition
• Hydrophilicity of GAGs causes a natural water
imbibition
• Swelling during sleep is due to:
- Hypoxia (50%)
- Lower tear osmolarity
- Increased temperature and humidity
145. CORNEAL SWELLING: EFFECTS
• Change in refractive index of intra and
extracellular spaces
• Sattler’s veil
• Haloes
146. ENDOTHELIAL PUMP
• Each cell pumps its own volume every 5 minutes
• Active transport mechanism
• Na+ + K+ + ATPase-dependent pump
• Glucose fueled
147. ENDOTHELIAL PUMP
• Sodium ions move between the stroma and aqueous
humor, water follows passively
• Bicarbonate from stroma into the aqueous humor is
about equal to sodium ion outflow
• Bicarbonate transport is electroneutral
• Only the sodium ions pumped into the cornea produce
a potential difference
148. ENDOTHELIAL PUMP
H O (leak)
2
+ -
H O
2
Stroma
Glucose
O2
H O
2
DM Endo
H O (leak)
2
Na+
(low endo. Na+ permeability)
(Na ± induced potential
difference)
(Na, K & ATPase-dependent)
++
H+
HCO-
Na
3
+
ATP-ase
K+
{
ATP
149. EPITHELIAL PUMP
• Active process drives chloride into cornea from the
tears and sodium into tears
• Epithelial pH regulated by basal cell sodium (IN) -
hydrogen (OUT) exchanger
(Klyce, 1977)
150. EPITHELIAL PUMP
Tears Epithelium Stroma
Cl
–
H O
(leak)
2
CO2
Lactate
Glucose
(from aqueous
humor)
Cl
(modulator =
cyclic AMP)
–
H
+
Na
+
Evaporation
7µm 50µm
Glucose
(little)
BASAL
CELLS
151. STROMAL PUMP
• Relatively inactive except for keratocyte metabolism
• Lactate per se has no effect on corneal function
155. CORNEAL EPITHELIAL REPAIR
• Complete stripping rapid regeneration:
- 6 wks for complete cell regeneration
- Conjunctival and corneal cells provide coverage
• Smaller wounds:
- Wing cells and squamous cells slide
- Basal (columnar) cells flatten
156. Epithelial wound with basement membrane intact
1 hour
15 hours
24-48 hours
Sliding of adjacent epithelial cells
Formation of pseudopods (PMNs active)
Cells become more cuboidal
(DNA synthesis and hemidesmosomal attachment begins)
EPITHELIAL REPAIR
157. CORNEAL EPITHELIAL REPAIR
• Limited area, basal cells in place:
- desquamation of surface cells
- Basal cells become less columnar
- Wounding stops mitosis in adjacent cells
- Mitosis is resumed once full epithelial thickness is achieved
158. CORNEAL EPITHELIAL REPAIR
• Basement membrane layer loss:
- Initially re-epithelialization by sliding or migration
- By 6 weeks regeneration almost complete
• Epithelium will alter cell thickness and arrangement to
maintain corneal curvature
• Protein synthesis 3X during epithelial sheet movement
• Cell migration necessitates shape change
159. EFFECT OF REMOVING CORNEAL
LAYERS
• Temperature reversal effect still present
• With plastic substitute normal corneal thickness is maintained
• Barrier to passive influx of salts and water Loss results in rapid
corneal swelling
EPITHELIUM
160. EFFECT OF REMOVING CORNEAL
LAYERS
• Epithelial oedema
STROMA with impermeable membrane implant
ENDOTHELIUM
• Rapid swelling and increased thickness
161. CORNEAL INTEGRITY
• 15% - 20.9% for regular function
• 13.1% to prevent suppression of epithelial
mitosis
• 8% to prevent sensitivity loss
• 5% to prevent glycogen depletion
requires:
OXYGEN
162. CORNEAL INTEGRITY
• Essential to avoid pH and metabolic changes
requires:
CO2 ELIMINATION
GLUCOSE
• Main source: anterior chamber
163. CARBON DIOXIDE PERMEABILITY
• 21x more than oxygen
HYDROGELS
RGPs
• 7x more than oxygen
CORNEA
• 7x more than oxygen
164. pH
• More comfortable than Schirmer’s test
• pH of tears in open eye: 7.34 - 7.43
• pH tolerance of the endothelium: 6.8 - 8.2
• Eye drops outside pH range 6.6 - 7.8 sting
165. TEMPERATURES
Cornea
• Open eye
- 34.2 (0.4)oC
- 34.3 (0.7)oC
- 34.5 (1.0)oC
• Closed eye
- 36.2 (0.1) oC
• Other
- dry eye 34.0 (0.5) oC
- under 0.07 mm SCL 34.6oC
- under 0.30 mm SCL 34.9oC
Conjunctiva
- 34.9 (0.6) oC
- 35.4oC in 20 - 30 year old
- 34.2oC >60years of age
(Fujishima et al., 1996)
(Efron et al., 1989)
(Martin & Fatt, 1986)
(Martin & Fatt, 1986)
(Fujishima et al., 1996)
(Martin & Fatt, 1986)
(Martin & Fatt, 1986)
(Isenberg & Green, 1985)
166. AGE-RELATED CORNEAL
CHANGES ANATOMICAL
• Arcus senilis
• White limbal girdle of Vogt
• Decreased nerve elements in cornea and eyelid
• Dystrophies/degenerations
• Pinguecula and pterygium
• ATR astigmatism
• Decreased transparency
• Peripheral thinning
• Endothelial cell loss
• Polymegethism
167. AGE-RELATED CORNEAL CHANGES
FUNCTIONAL CHANGES
• Increase in permeability of limbal vasculature
• Decrease in endothelial pump activity
• Decrease in metabolic activity
• Increase in refractive index
• Increase in visibility of nerves
170. TEAR COMPOSITION
• 3-layered structure
• Mucus layer (pertains to cornea?)
• Aqueous layer
• Lipid layer
• Some believe the tears should be regarded as 2-layered
171. CROSS-SECTION OF THE TEAR FILM
Evaporation
STABLE
TEAR FILM
Superficial lipid
layer
Aqueous fluid
Adsorbed mucin layer
Corneal epithelium
172. TEARS: MUCUS LAYER
• 0.02 - 0.05 µm thick
• Extremely hydrophilic
• Greatly enhances epithelial wettability
• Microvilli and microplicae
• Maintains stability of tear film
• Secreted by goblet cells of conjunctiva
• Some may come from lacrimal gland
173. TEARS: AQUEOUS LAYER
• Bulk of tear’s 7 µm thickness (range 6-9)
• The only layer involved in true tear flow
• Vehicle for most of tear’s components
• Transfer medium for oxygen and carbon dioxide
• Produced by lacrimal gland and accessory lacrimal
glands of Wolfring and Krause
174. TEARS: LIPID LAYER
• Thin film, 0.1 µm
• Main function is anti-evaporative
• Prevents tear fluid overflow
• Anchored at orifices of Meibomian gland
• Compressed and thickened during blinking
• Drags aqueous fluid producing increased film thickness
• Mainly secreted by Meibomian glands
• Some produced by Zeis glands
• Contains some dissolved lipids and mucus
175. TEAR PROPERTIES
• 98.2% water
• Normal osmolality range 294-334 mOsm/litre (0.91-1.04%)
- Osmolality is flow-rate dependent
- Decreased osmolality following eye closure (reduced
evaporation)
• n=1.336
• Some glucose (mainly from aqueous humor)
• pO2 = 155 mm Hg (open eye), 55 mm Hg (closed eye)
176. TEAR PROPERTIES
• Bactericidal/bacteriostatic components:
- Lysozyme
- Lactoferrin
- Beta-lysin (b-lysin)
• In addition to Na+ and Cl- ions there are:
- K+, HCO-
3, Ca+, Mg+, Zn+
• Amino acids
• Urea
• Lactate and pyruvate
180. BUT (Break-Up Time) OR
TBUT (Tear BUT)
• Sodium fluorescein instilled onto eye
• Tear film monitored under ‘blue’ light
• Record occurrence of first ‘dry spot’
• Repeat measurements required due to:
- Defects in anterior segment
- Surfactants in paper strip
- Abnormal eyes may not form a complete film
• <10 seconds is abnormal
• 15 - 45 seconds is considered normal
181. STABLE
TEAR FILM
LOCAL
THINNING
DRY SPOT
FORMED BY
RECEDING TEARS
Superficial lipid layer
Aqueous fluid
Adsorbed mucin layer
Corneal epithelium
flow
flow
Diffusion
Breakup
(after Smolin & Thoft, 1987)
Evaporation
TEAR BREAK-UP PHENOMENON
184. WETTING THE CORNEA
• Glycocalyx binds mucus layer
- Glycocalyx: an ‘irregularity filler’
• Surface will WET if:
- Surface tension (ST) of tear film - epith./tear interface< bare
epith.
- ST of epithelium/tear interface is kept low by mucus
- ST of tear film depends on, and is reduced by, the lipid layer
and palpebral fissure width
185. TEAR FUNCTION TESTS
• BUT (TBUT)
• NIBUT
• Schirmer test
• Fluorophotometry
• Phenol-red thread test
• Rose Bengal staining
• Tear film osmolality test
186. SCHIRMER TEST
• Thin strip of filter paper is bent into an L shape
and inserted into lower fornix
• Wet length after a fixed time period (5 minutes)
is measured
• Short wet length means a possible dry eye
• Test is subject to many artifacts
• Cheap and readily available
194. TEAR PROTEINS LOW CONCENTRATIONS
• Albumin*
• Prealbumin*
• Lysozyme*
• Lactoferrin* (25% of tear protein wt.)
• Transferrin (low concentration)
* principal proteins
195. TEAR PROTEINS
IMMUNOLGLOBULINS
• Mainly secretory lgA* (2 x lgA - secretory
component)
• lgA
• lgG lower concentration than lgA
• lgM, lgD and lgG (lower concentration than lgA)
cont’d…
196. CLOSURE OF EYELIDS
• Contraction of orbicularis oculi muscle (OO)
• No reciprocal innervation between OO and
levator palpebrae superioris muscle (LPS)
• Innervation by N7 facial nerve
• ‘Zipper-like’ from temporal to nasal
197. CLOSURE OF EYELIDS
• Rate: 15 blinks/min
• Duration: 0.3-0.4 s
• Globe moves up and in towards nose and
backwards
• Forced closure involves OO and Müller’s
muscle
• Sleep: tonic stimulation of OO and inhibition
of LPS
cont’d….
198. OPENING OF EYLIDS
• Contractions of levator palpebrae superioris
muscle
• Some assistance from Müller’s muscle (smooth,
sympathetic)
• Main innervation from N3 (oculomotor)
199. BLINKING
• Lower lid hardly moves during normal blink
• Spontaneous blinking usually a response to:
- Corneal dryness and irritants
- Anxiety
- Sustained sound level
- Air pollution
• Relative humidity is not a blink stimulus
201. EYELIDS AND TEARS
• Lids spread tears
• Resurfacing with mucus later increases tear film stability
• Blinking pumps tears into nose via puncta
• Lid closure compresses lipid tear layer
• Eye opening drags aqueous phase of tears, thickening
tear film
• Lids act on lacrimal gland and gravity moves tear over
cornea
• Lid muscle action has a role in accessory lacrimal gland
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