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iris
eyelid lens
Fovea
(indentation)
Ciliary processes
cornea Ciliary body
Muscle of
orbicularis oculi
(palpebral part)
Meibomian glands
MCO 0046
cornea
Anterior
Lens “shattered” from
compartment
histological preparation
Vitreous compartment
Optic nerve
iris
Ciliary body
There are five distinguishable corneal layers. (p. 91)
Various notes:
-Bowman’s membrane is the basement membrane of the anterior epithelial layer.
-Descemet’s membrane is the basement membrane of the endothelium.
-Lamina propria - thickest layer (90% of the cornea) consists of regularly arranged lamellae of collagen
fibrils (type I collagen), fibrocytes, and amorphous ground substance (mostly keratin and chondroitin
sulfates).
Bowman’s
membrane
Lamina propria
Descemet’s
membrane
Endothelium
(simple
squamous)
Iris layers
Anterior limiting
layer
stroma
Pigmented
layer
Anterior limiting layer - Anterior surface of the iris covered with fenestrated layer of fibroblasts
Stromal layer – middle region containing pigmented cells
Posterior epithelium – layer of highly pigmented epithelial cells (p. 91)
Iris (low mag)
Ciliary processes
Zonules of Zinn (attach to the
suspensory ligaments of the
lens)
NOTE: cilary body runs around Ciliary body – blood vessels in here produce
circumference of eye (like iris) aqueous humor that is actively transported into
the posterior chamber
-aqueous humor circulates in the anterior chamber
and is drained by channels near the junction of
cornea, iris, and sclera (junction called iridio-corneal
angle)
-These channels drain into the canal of Schlemm
and ultimately into scleral veins (p. 90)
cornea
Canal of
Schlemm
iris
sclera ciliary
body
MCW 215
Sclera
Sclera
Photoreceptors extend
these 3 layers
(1) Retinal 2 layers may not be well seen:
Retina – 10 layers
pigmented (layer 3) - external limiting membrane
epithelium
(6) Inner (layer 10) -internal limiting membrane
(RPE)
nuclear layer Muller cells (support cells analogous to glial cells)
(2) photoreceptor layer attached to the above two layers
8
9
10
Fovea centralis –
ganglion cells
thin out
Lens – p. 92
External iris
capsule of
lens (type IV
collagen)
Epithelium
(cuboidal) of lens
Lens fibers
Optic Nerve Head – MCO 0122
Retinal
layers
MCW 216 - cochlea
The large spiraling channel of the
cochlea is subdivided into three
parallel canals (or scala) by the walls
of the membranous labyrinth. Each of
these channels contains fluid.
a) Scala vestibuli (contains perilymph)
b) Scala tympani (contains perilymph)
c) Scala media (bounded by walls of
membranous labyrinth – contains
endolymph)
p. 93-4
Osseous
spiral lamina
Reisner’s membrane (medial
(boundary between scala attachment of
vestibuli and scala media) scala media)
Scala media
(a.k.a. cochlear
duct) Spiral ganglion –
cells
Stria vascularis –
vascular epithelium that
produces endolymph;
overlies lateral wall of
scala media (cochlear
duct) –p. 94
Basilar membrane
Spiral ganglion cells – situated
within the modiolus
Reissner’s
Membrane
Stria
vascularis
Scala Vestibuli
Scala Media
Scala Tympani
Basilar
Membrane
Organ of Corti
3 nuclei of
Pillar cell (form walls
phalangeal
Tunnel of of tunnel of Corti)
cells
Corti
NOTE: The inner hair cells
are closest to the modiolus
MCW 217 – crista ampullaris
Crista ampullaris
(see next slide)
Crista ampullaris – the raised transverse ridge of the ampulla of each
semicircular duct
Axons of Scarpa’s
ganglion entering
Crista ampullaris (NOTE: flipped
compared to other slide)