BOAF0232 Anatomy and physiology of the eye II

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Šárka Skorkovská, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Veselý, DiS., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Šárka Skorkovská, CSc.
Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Anna Petruželková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
Anatomy of the eye: cell structure, histology of the ocular tissues, anatomical parameters of the eye, fibrous tunic, vascular tunic, internal tunic of the eyeball, compartments of the eyeball, visual pathway, visual cortical centers, blood supply to the eye, innervation of the eye, supporting and protecting parts of the eye. Embryology of the eye: stages of human eye development, stages of different ocular tissues and accessory organs of the eye development, congenital anomalies of the eye, hereditary ocular disorders.
Syllabus
  • Physiology of the retina and visual pathway, topography of different retinal regions, photoreceptor cell physiology, amacrine and horizontal cells, cell membrane hyperpolarization and depolarization, ganglion cell function, circular receptive fields, on-reaction, off-reaction, the retinal pigment epithelium functions, visual pathways receptive fields, visual cortex, striate area, extrastriate areas, complex and hypercomplex receptive fields, superior colliculus, electrophysiological tests, eye movement, extraocular muscle function, cranial motor nuclei and nerves, conjugate eye movements, voluntary and reflective eye movements, medial longitudinal fasciculus, small and large eye movements, optokinetic nystagmus, visual illusions, the pupil physiology, pupilomotor reflex, pathological pupillary reactions, the physiology of binocular vision, development of binocular vision, normal retinal correspondence, development of visual acuity.
Literature
  • 1. K. Kvapilíková: Anatomie a embryologie oka. IDVPZ, 1999
  • KRAUS, Hanuš. Kompendium očního lékařství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1997, 341 s. ISBN 8071690791. info
Assessment methods
lecture, colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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