Ocular Anatomy, Embryology, and Teratology

Abstract

This scholarly work by numerous distinguished contributors includes chapters on general topographical anatomy of the eye, prenatal development of the eye and its adnexa, periocular mesenchyme with neural crest and mesodermal interactions, cellular actions and interactions during ocular morphogenesis, cyclopia and synophthalmia as models of embryologic interactions, cornea, congenital and neonatal corneal abnormalities, functional anatomy of the anterior chamber angle, iris, ciliary body, zonular apparatus, and lens, clinical anatomy of the vitreous, functional anatomy of the vitreous and retina, retinal pigmented epithelium, choroid and superchoroid, sclera, development of the optic nerve, optic nerve axonal transport (both basic and clinical), ocular adnexa, conjunctiva, lacrimal glands, functional anatomy of the extraocular muscles, orbital connective tissue, spatial aspects of the orbital vascular system, visual sensory system, computed tomography of the orbit and brain, eye movement, ocular teratology, and facial and orbital dysplastic syndromes. The chapters are virtually uniform in excellence and organized in