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MCPHS ANTERIOR SEG: CORNEA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED Corneal Innervation Derived from ciliary nerves that penetrate cornea in deep peripheral stroma, lose myelination shortly after entering cornea. Terminate in wing cells of epi Cornea: Epithelium surface lay...

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MCPHS ANTERIOR SEG: CORNEA EXAM QUESTIONS

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Corneal Innervation


Derived from ciliary nerves that penetrate cornea in deep peripheral stroma, lose myelination shortly

after entering cornea. Terminate in wing cells of epi


Cornea: Epithelium


surface layer, 55um, barrier function (block debris, bacteria, foreign), constantly regenerated + sloughed


Cornea: Bowman's Layer


Basement membrane, 5um, prevents forward corneal swelling


Cornea: Stroma


Majority of the cornea, 485um, strength + elasticity


Cornea: Dua's Layer


Newly discovered, 10-15um, Unknown fxn


Cornea: Descemet's Layer


Basement membrane, 10um, Endothelial cell health

, Cornea: Endothelium


Innermost layer, 5um (1 cell thick), barrier pump maintaining appropriate corneal hydration


Arcus Senilis


Degenerative change involving deposition of lipid in peripheral cornea. Gray/white arc progresses into a

ring w/ sharp peripheral border and diffsue central border. Limbal intervening zone.


Fish-Eye Disease


LCAT deficiency -- progressive arcus which begins in adolescence. May result in complete opacification.

Usually asymptomatic besides cosmesis.


Lipid Degeneration


Dense yellow-white opacity that may fan out with feathery edges. Deposits consist of cholesterol, fats,

phospholipids. Two types (primary + secondary)


Spheroidal Degeneration


Clear to yellow-gold spherules seen in subepithelium, within Bowmans, or in superficial corneal stroma.

They may darken with age. Three types (primary corneal involvement, corneal involvement 2^ to

underlying, conj involvement)


Amyloid Degneration


Groups of proteins with starch-like characteristics. Stains with Congo Red, birefingence in polarized light,

and dichromism in green light. Primary of secondary forms


Salzmann's Nodular Degeneration

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