Table of Contents

Part 1 The Orbit:; A description of the orbit; The nasal sinuses; Part 2 The Outer Coats of the Eye:; An overall view of the eyeball; The sclera; The cornea; The limbus Part 3 The Middle Coat of the Eye:; The ovea; The choroid; The ciliary body; The iris; The pupil reactions to light; The blood supply of the uvea; Part 4 The Internal Ocular Media:; The anterior and posterior chambers; The crystalline lens; The vitreous body; The aqueous humour; The intraocular pressure (IOP); Accommodation; Part 5 The Retina:; A general view of the retina; Retinal cells and tissues; Retinal glial cells; Retinal blood vessels; Retinal metabolism; The visual processes in the retina; Part 6 The Visual Paths:; The optic nerve; The optic chiasma; The optic tract; The lateral geniculate nucleus; The optic radiations; The visual cortex; The distribution of nerve fibres in the visual paths; Blood supplies of the visual paths; Part 7 Structures External to the Eye:; The ocular fascia; The eyebrow region; The eyelids; The conjunctiva Part 8 The Lacrimal Apparatus:; Secretion of the tears; Drainage of the tears; Kinetics of the tears; The tear film; The machanism of blinking; Part 9 The Extrinsic Ocular Muscles:; General features; Ocular movements; Microanatomy; The insertions of the extrinsic muscles; Microanatomical details; Innervation of the extraocular muscles; Testing ocular motility; Part 10 The Orbital Blood Vessels:; Divisions of the ophthalmic artery; Veins; Part 11 The Nerve Supply to the Orbit:; The cranial nerves; Visceral ganglia; Nervious control of ocular movements; Part 12 Embryology:; General embryology; Ocular embryology; Bibliography; Index