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COURSE OF STUDIES: Eye Optics

Course of lectures: Eye anatomy and physiology

Dr. Petar Tocilj

Semester:

Lectures + practicums:

Total:

ECTS points:

2.

3

1

60

5

Objective of course of lectures: To offers students knowledge about eye anatomy and physiology, as a basis for the understanding of eye pathology, pharmacology, contact lenses, refraction and binocular vision, etc.

Content of course of lectures:

1.     General layout and development of eye. 2. Eye protective apparatus: eyelids, socket, tear apparatus, orbit. 3. Outer muscles: terms, vertex, nervous regulation. 4. Blood vessels and eye nerves. 5. Eyeball: layout and size. 6. Outer eye membrane: eye white and cornea. Structure and functions. Optical characteristics of cornea. Eye water drain. The Schlemm canal. 7. Middle eye membrane: choroidea, vitreous body, iris. Accommodation. Pupil. Eye pressure. 8. Inner eye membrane. Rodopsin. Sense of colour and light. Eye fundus. 9. Optic nerve and optic path. Primary and secondary centre of eyesight in brain. Vision. 10. Optical eye media. Ciliary body, lenses, eye water, cornea. 11. Eye chamber. Minimum visibilie and minimum separabile. Punctum remotum and punctum proximum. Binocular vision. Horopter.

General and specific competences (knowledge and skills): With the exam passed, students will have the basic knowledge on the structure, functions and processes in the eye.