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Posted by amk on October 08, 2011 at 08:55:41:

1. Identify the structures that comprise the nasolacrimal apparatus.
2. Describe the path of a tear (why can you “taste” eyedrops?).
3. Describe the structure, including musculature and innervation, of the eyelids.
4. How would a loss of sympathetic innervation to the head and neck affect the position of the upper eyelid?
5. How would oculomotor nerve palsy affect position of the upper eyelid?
6. Identify the bones that contribute to boundaries of the orbit.
7. Describe the common tendinous ring, and its relationship to extraocular muscles, boney foramina and neurovascular structures.
8. Describe the three axes of the eye and corresponding actions that occur around these axes.
9. Describe the origin, insertion, action, innervation, and vascularization of the six extraocular muscles that control eye movements.
10. How might abducens nerve palsy affect position and movements of the globe?
11. How might trochlear nerve palsy affect position and movements of the globe?
12. Describe the ciliary ganglion.
13. Identify the origin and function of the GVE fibers that synapse in the ciliary ganglion.
14. Identify the origin and function of the GVE fibers that do not synapse in the ciliary ganglion.
15. Identify the origin and function of the GSA fibers that pass through the ciliary ganglion.
16. Describe the cranial nerves involved in the corneal blink reflex.
17. Identify the course of trigeminal nerve branches that enter the orbit.
18. Describe innervation of the lacrimal gland.
19. Describe the course of ophthalmic artery and branches in the orbit.



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