BOAF0232p Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye II - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 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
Timetable
Wed 12:00–15:30 KOM 257
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BOAF0131p Eye's anatomy and physiology I && BOPP011c First aid && BKZA011p Anatomy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans 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
  • Syka, J., Voldřich, L., Vrabec, F.: Fyziologie a patofyziologie zraku a sluchu.Vydání 1. Praha: Avicenum.1981.
  • 1. K. Kvapilíková: Anatomie a embryologie oka. IDVPZ, 1999
  • SYNEK, Svatopluk and Šárka SKORKOVSKÁ. Fyziologie oka a vidění (Physiology of the eye and vision). 2004th ed. Praha: Grada Publishing a.s., 2004, 94 pp. ISBN 80-247-0786-1. info
  • 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
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
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