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Special senses
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Two types of peripheral nerve terminals
• Terminals of axons, which transmit impulses from the CNS to skeletal or smooth muscles (motor endings), or to glands (secretory endings)
• Terminals of dendrites, called sensory nerve endings or receptors, which perceive various stimuli and transmit this sensory input to the CNS
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Receptors are classified into 3 types
• Exteroceptors – located near the body surface, are specialized to perceive stimuli from the external environment; other exteroceptors include receptors for vision, hearing, smell and taste
• Interoceptors – are specialized to perceive sensory information from visceral organs
• Proprioceptors – located in joint capsules, tendons, muscle spindles, inner ear, are specialized to perceive information that relates to an awareness of the body in space and movement
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Eye:organ for visual perception
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Anatomy of the eye
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Anatomy of the eye• Tunica externa– Cornea– Sclera
• Tunica vasculosa– Choroid– Corpus ciliaris– Iris
• Retina– Fovea centralis (yellow spot)– Optic nerve disc (blind spot)– Pars iridica et pars ciliaris (non-visual retina)
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Three layers of the eye
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Important components of the eye• Schlemm’s canal• Anterior chamber• Posterior chamber• Pupil• Ciliary processes• Aqueous humor• Ciliary muscle• Lens• Zonula fibers• Corpus vitreum
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Eye development
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LM of the cornea
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CorneaThe cornea is the transparent bulging anterior
1/6 of the eye. Structure of the cornea: • Anterior epithelium (stratified squamous
non-keratinized with the naked nerve endings, responsible for corneal reflex)
• Bowman’s membrane• Stroma (connective tissue lamina propria)• Descemet’s membrane• Posterior epithelium (corneal endothelium)
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Sclera
• The white, opaque sclera covers the posterior five-sixths of the orb
• Sclera is composed of type I collagen fibers interlaced with elastic fibers
• Sclera is enveloped with the capsule of Tenon• Thin layer of loose connective tissue between
sclera and capsula of Tenon is called episclera
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Anterior segment of the eye
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IrisThe iris, the colored anterior extension of the choroid,
is a contractile diaphragm that controls the pupillary aperture. Its structure:
• Anterior surface covered by incomplete layer of fibroblasts and melanocytes
• Connective tissue stroma enriched with fibroblasts and melanocytes
• Dilator and sphincter pupillae muscle• Posterior surface is smooth, covered by heavily
pigmented melanocytes
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Anterior segment of the eye
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Ciliary body• Ciliary muscle contraction has responsibility for the
process called accomodation: contraction of ciliary muscle makes lens more convex, enabling focusing the eye on nearby objects
• Ciliary processes (about 70) radiate from the central connective tissue core towards the lens; ciliary processes produce aqueous humor
• Zonular fibers, radiating from the ciliary processes to insert into the lens capsule, regulate convexity of the lens
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LM of iridocorneal angle
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Aqueous humor turnover
• Ciliary processes produce aqueous humor which is responsible for the maintenance of intraocular pressure
• Corneo-scleral junction (limbus of the eye) houses canal of Schlemm, which is the site of outflow of the aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the venous system
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Ciliary body, iris, and pupil viewed from behind
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Anterior segment of the eye, LM of the lens
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The developing lens and SEM of mature lens fibers
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Retina
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Retina: 10 layers • Pigmented epithelium• Rods and cones photosensitive layer• Outer limiting membrane• Outer nuclear layer• Outer plexiform layer• Inner nuclear layer• Inner plexiform layer• Ganglion cell layer• Optic nerve fiber layer• Inner limiting membrane
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LM of the retina with its 10 layers
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Retina: cellular composition
• Pigmented epithelium• Photosensory (bipolar) neurons• Bipolar (associative) neurons• Horizontal cells (neurons)• Amacrine cells (neurons)• Muller cells (radial gliocytes)• Ganglion cells (neurons)
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Cellular composition of the retina
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Rods and cones• Light sensitive (photoreceptor) functions of the retina
are attributed to rods and cones - modified dendrites of retinal photosensory neurons
• Rods are sensitive to dim light; each eye contains about 100-120 million rods; each rod consists of membranous discs, into which photosensitive pigment rhodopsin is incorporated
• There are 3 types of cones, which are sensitive to red, green, and blue lightwaves; each eye consist about 6 million cones, into membranous discs of which photopigment iodopsin is incorporated
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Morphology of a rod and a cone
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LM and EM of retinal rods
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EM of rods (A, B) and of cones (C, D) fragments
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EM of a retinal rod segments
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Blood supply of the eye
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Retina and choroid
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Ora serrata, optic nerve disc, and fovea centralis
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Eyelid
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Eyelid and conjunctiva
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Lacrimal apparatus
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Ophtalmological pathologies• Eyesore: non-transparent cornea • Glaucoma: excess of intraocular pressure• Cataract: non-transparent lens• Presbyopia: decreased elasticity of the lens• Eye floaters: vitreous opacities• Detachment of the retina• Chalazion: Meibomian cyst, tarsal cyst• Hordeolum (sty): bacterial inflammation of the
sweat gland or gland of Zeiss of an eyelid• Conjunctivitis: inflammation of conjunctiva