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- XIV. Efferent nervous system:
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- A. (See diagram 1)
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- 1. Parasympathetic:
- a. From CNS to iris sphincter and ciliary body.
- 1. Preganglionic fibers originate in the Edinger Westphal nucleus (Accessory III nucleus) in
- the tegmentum at the level of the superior colliculus (mesencephalon).
- 2. Fibers travel in III. nerve through superior orbital fissure, follow inferior branch of III.
- nerve, branch off and form motor root of of the ciliary ganglion.
- 3. Fibers synapse in ciliary ganglion.
- 4. Postganglionic fibers via short ciliary nerves in suprachoroid to anterior eye, ciliary
- muscle and iris sphincter.
- b. From CNS to lacrimal gland (increased tear film):
- 1. Preganglionic fibers from lacrimal nucleus in the pons, join sensory root of VII. nerve,
- pass through facial ganglion (no synapse), enter great petrossal, join with deep petrossal
- nerve to form the vidian nerve, enters sphenopalatine ganglion and synapses.
- 2. Postganglionic fibers enter zygomatic branch of maxillary V. nerve, a mixed nerve,
- connecting branch to lacrimal nerve, terminates in the lacrimal gland.
- 2. Sympathetic:
- a. Preganglionic fibers originate in cervical 18 (C-18) to thoracic 3 (T-3) vertebrae. Come out
- of ventral roots of the spinal cord. Go superior, to superior cervical ganglion in neck and
- synapse.
- b. Postganglionic fibers run up neck into skull on wall of internal carotid artery and branch in
- skull.
- 1. Branch I.: Through gasserian ganglion to ophthalmic V. to nasociliary nerve to long ciliary
- nerve to dilator muscle.
- 2. Branch II.: Sensory root of ciliary ganglion to short ciliary nerves to blood vessels of
- choroid (vasoconstriction).
- 3. Branch III.: Through deep petrossal nerve to vidian nerve through sphenopalantine
- ganglion to zygomatic nerve to lacrimal gland (vasodilation).
- 4. Branch IV.: Via oculomotor III. nerve superior branch to levator to Muller's muscle of
- eyelid.
- c. Pathology:
- 1. Horner's syndrome: Trauma at the level of the superior cervical ganglion, damages
- sympathetic system, causes miosis, ptosis, and anhydrosis, usually unilateral.
- 3. Summary of ocular reflex pathways:
- a. Direct/consensual pupillary response:
- 1. Afferent: Retina to pretectal nuclei.
- 2. Intracranial:
- a. Tectotegmental tract: From pretectal to EW nucleus on same side.
- b. Posterior commissure: Crossover from pretectal to opposite EW nucleus. The
- pretectal nuclei are not connected.
- 3. Efferent: EW to iris sphincter.
- a. Preganglionic fibers follow III. nerve to ciliary ganglion and synapse.
- b. Postganglionic fibers go to sphincter via short posterior ciliary nerves (
- parasympathetic).
- b. Accommodation/convergence pupillary response:
- 1. Near response or reflex: Ciliary muscle contracts, medial recti contract, sphincter
- contracts (accommodation, convergence, miosis).
- 2. AC/A: Ratio between accommodative convergence and amount of accommodation, usually
- 3.5 diopters.
- 3. Ways to separate accommodation/convergence/pupil:
- a. Presbyopia: Accommodation = zero, AC/A increases.
- b. Mydratic (sympathomimetic): Affects dilator muscle, no pupillary response.
- c. Cycloplegic (parasympatholytic): Blocks innervation to ciliary and sphincter muscles,
- convergence without accommodation or miosis.
- 1. Afferent pathway: Visual pathway to 17.
- 2. Intracranial: 17 to 18,19,22 to midbrain to EW and III. nerve nucleus.
- 3. Efferent:
- a. Autonomic (parasympathetic) to EW to iris sphincter and ciliary muscle.
- b. Somatic: III. nucleus to medial rectus.
- c. Pathology:
- 1. Argyll Robertson pupil: Loss of direct and consensual response with retension of near
- point miosis, results from lesion after branch off to optic tract to EW nucleus.
- a. Can be unilateral or bilateral.
- b. Remember that the near response goes directly to EW, but direct/consensual goes to
- the pretectal first. (See diagram 2)
- d. Example lesions:
- 1. Sever optic nerve of left eye:
- a. Direct: left no, right yes.
- b. Consensual: left yes, right no.
- 2. Damage to fibers of left optic nerve:
- a. Loss of direct in left eye.
- b. Swinging flashlight test more sensitive than fields.
- c. Called Marcus Gunn or Relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD).
- 3. Saggital section through chiasm:
- a. Bitemporal hemianopsia.
- b. Pupillary response unaffected.
- 4. Section left optic tract:
- a. Right homonymous hemianopsia.
- b. Pupillary response unaffected.
- 5. Cut after LGN, but before superior brachia:
- a. Right homonymous hemianopsia.
- b. Pupillary response unaffected.
- 6. Cut fibers from both PT to one EW:
- a. Argyll Robertson in one eye on affected EW.
- 7. Cut both PT to both EW:
- a. Argyll Robertson on both eyes.
- b. Associated with tertiary syphillus, tumor, hemorrhage.
- 8. Cut III. nerve:
- a. Droopy lid and slight abduction, ipsi.
- b. Motor loss from MR, SR, IR, IO, levator.
- c. Parasympathetic loss of sphincter and ciliary body.
- d. No pupillary response, no accommodation, no miosis on ipsilateral side.
- 9. Postganglionic fiber damage:
- a. Loss of ciliary body and sphincter.
- b. Loss of choroidal blood vessels and dilator.
- 10. Adie's tonic pupil: Affects postganglionic fibers, after ciliary ganglion, after they
- branch from III. nerve.
- a. Eye movements are normal.
- b. Pupillary responses are slow or absent.
- c. Accommodation is hindered.
- 4. Trigeminal or corneal reflex:
- a. Corneal pain results in lacrimation, blinking and miosis. (See diagram 3)
- 5. Sleep reflex:
- a. Parasympathetic system takes over and miosis results.
- 6. Role of the superior colliculus:
- a. In other animals: Visual reflex system.
- b. In man: Integration of eyes, ears, head, trunk, and limbs to fixate on a visual target.
- c. Connections to superior colliculus:
- 1. Afferent: (going to):
- a. A few from the optic tract.
- b. From cortex area 17, 18, 19 via the optic radiations.
- c. From the spinal tectal tract.
- 2. Efferent:
- a. Oculomotor nuclei.
- b. Through tectal spinal tract.
- c. Moves head and neck.
- B. Somatic system: Eye movements.
- 1. Oculomotor nucleus: In tegmentum at the level of the superior colliculus in mesencephalon,
- adjacent to the EW nucleus (parasymp.), each muscle innervated has a section in the III. nerve
- nucleus.
- a. Oculomotor nerve (III.) contains fibers from the III. nerve (somatic) and fibers from the EW
- (parasymp.).
- 1. Superior branch: SR and levator.
- 2. Inferior branch: MR, IR, IO, and motor root of ciliary ganglion.
- 2. IV. nucleus: In tegmentum at level of the inferior colliculus in midbrain.
- a. Trochlear nerve (IV.): Innervates SO.
- 3. VI. nucleus: In tegmental portion of the pons in midbrain.
- a. Abducens nerve (VI.): Innervates LR.
- 4. Medial longitudinal vasiculus: Coordinates eye movements, for balance, connects III., IV., VI.
- and vestibular nuclei (VIII.).
- 5. Supranuclear control mechanisms:
- a. Smooth tracking or pursuit, maintains image on fovea, fixation movements.
- b. Rapid eye movements, saccadic, usually involuntary, originates in contralateral frontal eye
- fields (8), stimulus on one side produces contralateral conjugate eye, head, and neck
- movements.
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- XV. Innervation of the eye:
-
- A. Definitions:
- 1. Neuron: Nerve cell.
- 2. Synapse: Junction between nerve cells.
- 3. Nervous system: Sequence of neurons connected by synapses.
- 4. Neuroglia: Support cells among neurons.
- 5. Myelin: Fatty sheath surrounding most nerve fibers, (myelinated = medullated).
- 6. Nucleus: Group of neuron cell bodies in CNS with common connections/functions.
- 7. Tract: Group of nerve fibers running together from one part of CNS to another part of the CNS.
- 8. Ganglion: Group of nerve cell bodies outside of the CNS.
- 9. Information into CNS: Sensory-afferent-centripetal.
- 10. Information out of CNS: Motor-efferent-centrifugal.
- 11. (See diagram 4)
- a. Types of autonomic:
- 1. Sympathetic: Dilator muscle, blood vessels.
- 2. Parasympathetic: Sphincter, lacrimal, ciliary body.
- B. Sensory information:
- 1. General: Almost all sensory information is via the (V) Trigeminal sensory root arising from the
- trigeminal ganglion.
- a. The sensory root has dendrites to surface, axons to the CNS.
- b. Trigeminal ganglion: Gasserian ganglion, contains the cell bodies of three divisions of the V.
- nerve (ophthalmic, maxillary, mandibular).
- 2. Branches of (V.) Trigeminal nerve:
- a. Ophthalmic:
- 1. Travels through lateral wall of cavernous sinus.
- 2. Just superior orbital fissure it takes three branches:
- a. Lacrimal nerve: Above annulus of Zinn, runs along upper border of LR to lacrimal
- gland, also branches to lateral lid.
- b. Frontal nerve: Above annulus of Zinn, runs forward above levator and branches into:
- 1. Supratrochlear nerve: To trochlear area, conjunctiva, medial upper lid,
- forehead, corrugator, and frontalis.
- 2. Supraorbital nerve: Parallels supraorbital artery, leaves orbit at SOF, to upper
- lid, conjunctiva, forehead, frontal muscle.
- c. Nasociliary nerve: Through Annulus of Zinn, passes below SR and SO to medial orbit.
- 1. Long or sensory root of ciliary ganglion: Sensory info passes through, no
- synapse, exits via short ciliary nerves to suprachoroid, sclera, cornea, iris,
- ciliary body, and choroid.
- 2. Long ciliary nerves (2): Pierce sclera and run in suprachoroid to cornea, iris,
- and ciliary body.
- 3. Anterior ethmoidal nerve: Parallel to anterior ethmoidal artery, through
- ethmoidal sinus and mucous membrane of nose.
- 4. Posterior ethmoidal nerve: To ethmoidal and sphenoid sinuses.
- 5. Infratrochlear nerve: Medial conjunctiva, lids and nose, lacrimal sac, and
- caruncle.
- b. Maxillary Division:
- 1. Travels in lateral wall of cavernous sinus.
- 2. Exits skull through foramen rotundum, enters orbit through IOF, with two important
- branches in orbit:
- a. Infraorbital nerve:
- 1. Parallels infraorbital artery.
- 2. Serves lower lid and face.
- b. Zygomatic:
- 1. Serves lateral side of orbit and lateral face.
- c. Mandibular Division:
- 1. Exits skull through foramen ovale.
- 2. Serves lower half of face and jaw.
- C. Visual pathway:
- 1. Definition: A series of five cells and four synapses, activated during vision (perception of an
- image in the field of view).
- a. Photoreceptor cell: Absorbs light energy and converts it to chemical energy.
- b. Bipolar cell.
- c. Ganglion cells: Axons transverse nerve fiber layer, optic nerve, chiasm, optic tract, and
- LGN.
- d. LGN cells: Axons transverse optic radiations to visual cortex.
- e. Visual cortex cells: Perception, Broadman area #17.
- 2. Anatomy of the visual pathway:
- a. Retina: Not a typical sensory nerve, it is an extension of the CNS.
- b. Optic nerve:
- 1. types of fibers:
- a. Visual pathway fibers: Axons of ganglion cells going to LGN.
- b. Afferent pupillary fibers: Axons of ganglion cells going to the tectum, pupillary
- response to light.
- c. Efferent fibers.
- 2. Length is 40 to 50 mm.
- a. Intraorbital: 24 mm.
- b. Intracanal: 5 mm. (in optic canal).
- c. Intracranial: 10 mm. (pre-chiasm).
- 3. Arrangement of fibers in the optic nerve: (See diagram 5)
- c. Chiasm:
- 1. Location:
- a. Anterior wall and floor of third ventricle, surrounded by cerebral spinal fluid.
- b. Internal carotid artery is lateral.
- c. Pitutary (hypophysis) is inferior.
- d. Anterior cerebral and anterior communicating arteries are superior to anterior
- chiasm.
- 2. Passage of fibers through chiasm:
- a. Temporal fibers do not cross over.
- b. Lower nasal retinal quadrant: Long loops forward (knees of Wilbrand) after crossing.
- c. Upper nasal retinal quadrant loops posterior before crossing.
- d. Nasal macular crossover, no loops.
- e. Temporal macular straight through, no crossover.
- d. Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN):
- 1. Part of thalamus: In thalamus each sensory system has an important system of
- synaptic connections, LGN for vision which alters information.
- a. Six cone-like layers of cells:
- 1. Four upper layers are the Parvocellular layers.
- a. These are the most inferior layers.
- 2. Two lower layers are the Magnocellular layers.
- b. Each layer receives tract fibers from only one eye.
- 1. Layers 1,4,6, receive from contra eye.
- 2. Layers 2,3,5, receive from ipsilateral eye.
- c. Each ganglion cell axon goes only to one layer.
- d. Within layers they branch five to six times, each synapse with a different LGN cell.
- e. Lower retina to lateral part, upper retina to medial part, macular retina to
- posterior part.
- e. Optic radiations: Axons of LGN cells (geniculo-calcarine pathway).
- 1. Fibers from medial LGN (upper retina) form upper portions of radiations, go to upper half
- of visual cortex (cuneus gyrus).
- 2. Fibers from lateral LGN (lower retina) form lower part of radiations, loops of Meyer, go
- to lower half of visual cortex (lingual gyrus), (loops of Meyer are from the lower
- radiations forward into temporal lobe).
- 3. Fibers from posterior LGN (macular retina) go in middle of radiations to posterior cortex,
- upper to cuneus gyrus, lower to lingual gyrus.
- f. Visual cortex: Primary visual cortex, striate cortex, broadman #17, occipital cortex.
- 1. Location: Inner medial surface, both hemispheres, extends around tip and a little on outer
- surface.
- 2. Divided on medial surface by the calcarine fissure:
- a. Above: Cuneus gyrus, upper retina.
- b. Below: Lingual gyrus, lower retina.
- 3. Midway up and down is striae of Gennari, a thick visually distinct band of axons and
- dendrites in the region of layer four.
- 4. In layer four: Axons from LGN.
- 5. Connections:
- a. To other visual cortex via commissural fissure.
- 1. Right visual cortex: Left half of visual field.
- 2. Left visual cortex: Right half of visual field.
- b. To frontal eye fields, keeps image on fovea.
- c. With parastria (18) and peristria (19), psychovisual areas associated with memory.
- d. With superior colliculus.
- e. With oculomotor nuclei: Descending fibers in optic radiations in occipital
- mesencephalic tract.
- g. Field changes: Backwards.
- 1. Retinal loss: Usually isolated, monocular scotoma, may be binocular if systemic.
- 2. Severed optic nerve: Blindness, also results from total retinal degradation or opaque
- cornea, lens, and vitreous.
- 3. Saggital cut at chiasm: Nasal fibers, bitemporal heteronymous hemianopsia.
- 4. Pituitary tumor: Pressure on chiasm, bitemporal heteronymous hemianopsia.
- 5. Aneurism of right internal carotid artery: Pressure on right side of chiasm, loss of left
- field in right eye, loss of temporal field in both eyes.
- 6. Sever geniculo calcarine tract: Opposite homonymous hemianopsia.
- 7. Affect loops of Meyer: Affects lower retina, opposite superior homonymous
- quadrantanopsia.
- 8. Damage to posterior cortex: Central field loss.
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