The ocular wall is mainly divided into outer layer, middle layer and inner layer. The outer layer consists of cornea and sclera. The anterior 1/6 is transparent cornea, and the other 5/6 is white sclera, commonly known as "white eyes". The outer layer of eyeball plays a role in maintaining the shape of eyeball and protecting intraocular tissues. Cornea is the highest entrance to receive information. The cornea is the transparent part in front of the eyeball, through which light enters the eyeball. The cornea is slightly oval and slightly forward. The transverse diameter is11.5-12mm, and the longitudinal diameter is about10.5-1mm. The peripheral thickness is about 1mm, and the center thickness is 0.6 mm The tear film in front of the cornea can prevent the cornea from drying and keep the cornea smooth and optical properties. Corneal nerve is rich and sensitive. Therefore, the cornea is not only the main structure of light entering the eye and refracting imaging, but also plays a protective role and is an important part of measuring people's perception. Scleral is a compact collagen fiber structure, opaque, milky and tough. The middle layer, also called uvea and pigmented membrane, is rich in pigments and blood vessels, including iris, ciliary body and choroid. Iris: ring-shaped, located at the forefront of the uvea and in front of the lens, with radial wrinkles on the surface called texture and uneven depressions. People of different races have different iris colors. There is a 2.5-4mm round hole in the center, which is called the pupil. The ciliary body is located in front of the iris root, behind the choroid, on the side of the sclera, and inside the equatorial part of the lens through the suspensory ligament. The choroid lies between the sclera and retina. The blood circulation of choroid nourishes the outer layer of retina, and its rich pigment plays the role of shading darkroom. The inner layer is the retina, a transparent membrane, which is the first stop of nerve information transmission formed by vision. It has a fine network structure and rich metabolic and physiological functions. The end of the retinal visual axis is the fovea maculata. Macular area is the special area with the most acute vision on the retina, with a diameter of about 1-3mm and a small fovea in the center, that is, fovea. There is a reddish area with a diameter of 1.5mm, about 3mm, on the nasal side of the macula. This area is the optic disc, also called the optic papilla, which is the exit part of the retina and the place where the visual fibers converge and transmit to the visual center. There are no photoreceptor cells, so it appears as an inherent dark area in the field of vision, which is called physiological blind spot.
Intraocular cavity and contents
The eye includes anterior chamber, posterior chamber and vitreous cavity. Ocular contents include aqueous humor, crystals and vitreous body. All three are transparent and are called refractive media together with cornea.
Aqueous humor is produced by ciliary process, which nourishes cornea, lens and vitreous body and maintains intraocular pressure. Crystal is an elastic transparent body, shaped like a biconvex lens, located behind the iris and pupil and in front of the vitreous body. Vitreous body is a transparent colloid, which fills the cavity behind 4/5 of eyeball. The main ingredient is water. Vitreous body has refractive effect and also supports retina.
Optic nerve and visual pathway
The optic nerve is a part of the central nervous system. Visual information obtained from retina is transmitted to brain through optic nerve. Visual pathway refers to the whole nerve impulse transmission path from retina to cerebral visual cortex.
Accessory organs of the eye
Eye accessories include eyelid, conjunctiva, lacrimal apparatus, extraocular muscles and orbit. Eyelids are divided into upper eyelids and lower eyelids, which live in front of the orbit and cover the front of the eyeball. The upper eyelid is bounded by eyebrows, and the lower eyelid is connected with facial skin. The gap between the upper and lower eyelids is called blepharoptosis. The joint of the two eyelids is called the inner canthus and the outer canthus respectively. The fleshy bulge in the inner canthus is called lacrimal caruncle. There is a perforated nipple on the inner side of the upper and lower eyelid margins, called lacrimal punctum, which is the opening of lacrimal canaliculus. Physiological function: the main function is to protect the eyeball. Because of frequent blinking, tears can wet the surface of eyeball, keep corneal luster and clean dust and bacteria in conjunctival sac.
Conjunctiva is a thin and transparent mucous membrane covering the back of eyelid and the front of eyeball. According to anatomical position, it can be divided into three parts: eyelid conjunctiva, bulbar conjunctiva and fornix conjunctiva. The saccular space formed by conjunctiva is called conjunctival sac.
Lacrimal gland organs include lacrimal gland and lacrimal duct that secrete tears.
There are six extra-ocular muscles that control the movement of the eyes. The four rectus muscles are: upper rectus, lower rectus, inner rectus and outer rectus. The two oblique muscles are the superior oblique muscle and the inferior oblique muscle.
The orbit consists of seven skulls: frontal bone, sphenoid bone, ethmoid bone, palatal bone, lacrimal bone, maxilla and zygomatic bone. It is a quadrangular cone-shaped nest inclined slightly inward and upward, with its mouth facing forward and its tip facing backward, and has four walls: upper, lower, inner and outer. Adult orbital depth is 4~5cm. Except the eyeball, extraocular muscles, blood vessels, nerves, lacrimal glands and fascia, the tissues in the orbit are full of fat, which plays a buffering role.