Contiene: apéndecie, glosario, índice analítico, preguntas y respuestas

Anatomy. Orbit and ocular adnexa. Dimensions of the adult orbit. Bony orbit. Orbital margin. Orbital roof. Medial orbital Wall. Orbital floor. Lateral orbital Wall. Orbital foramina, dicts, Canals, and fisures. Periorbital sinuses. Cranial nerves. Ciliary ganglion. Short ciliary nerves. Extraocular muscles in the orbit. Blood supply to the extraocular muscles. Vascular supply and drainage of the orbit. Posterior and anterior ciliary arteries. Vortex veins. Eyelids. Vascular supply of the eyelids. Lymphatics of the eyelids. Lacrimal glands and excretory system. Conjuntiva. Caruncle. Plica semilunaris. Tenon capsule. The eye. Highlights. Topographic features on the globe. Precorneal tear film. Cornea. Characteristic of the central and peripheral cornea. Epithelium and basal lámina. Bowman layer. Stroma. Descement membrane. Endothelium. Limbus. Sclera. Anterior chamber. Trabecular meschwork. Schlemm canal. Collector channels. Uvea. Iris. Vessels and nerves. Dilator muscle and anterior pigmented epithelium. Sphinter muscle. Posterior pigmented ephitelium. Ciliary body. Choroid. Lens. Capsule. Zonular Fibers. Neurosensory retina. Bruch membrane. Ora serrata. Vitreous. Cranial nerves: central and peripheral connetions. Olfatory nerve (first cranial nerve). Optic nerve (second cranial nerve). Intraocular región. Intraorbital región. Intracanalicular región. Intracranial región. Visual pathway. Oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve) Torchlear nerve (fourth cranial nerve) Trigeminal nerve (fifth cranial nerves) Mesencephalic nucleus. Main sensory nucleus. Spinal nucleus and tract. Motor nucleus. Intracranial pathway of cranial nerve V. Divisions of cranial nerve V. Abducen nerve (sixth cranial nerve). Facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve). Tear réflex pathway. The cerebral vascular system. Cavernous sinus. Circle of Williis. Embryology. Ocular development. Genetics. Cell cycle regulations. Gene transcription and traslation: the central dogma of genetics. Noncoding DNA. DNA damage and repair. Apoptosis. Mutation and disease. Cancer genes. Mitochondrial disease. Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Melas and midd. Leber hereditary optic neuropathy. Ataxia and and retinitis pigmentosa. The search for genes in specific disease, Polymerase Chain reaction. Genetic marker. Gene dosage. Linkage and disease Association. Candidate gene approaches. Mutation screening. Direct sequencing. Genome-Wide Association Studies. Determining whether genetic changes is a pathogenis mutation. Gene therapy. Replacement of absent gene product in X-Linked and recessive diseases. Strategies for dominant diseases. Clinical genetics. Pedigree analysis. Patterns of inheritance. Dominant versis recessive inheritance. Autosomal recessive and dominant inheritance. X-Linked inheritance. Maternal ingeritance. Terminology: hereditary, genetic, familial, congenital. Genes and chromosomas. Alleles. Mitosis. Meiosis. Segregation. Independent assortment. Mutations. Polymorfismos. Genome, genotype, phenotype. Chromosome analysis. Racial and ethnic concentration of genetic disorders. Lyonization. Pharmacogenetics. Biochemistry and metabolism. Cornea. Aqueous humor, Iris, and ciliary body. Lens. Vitreous. Retina. Retina pigment epithelium. Reactive oxigen species and antioxidants. Glaucoma. Ocular pharmacology. Toxicidad. Local administration. Ocular pharmacotherapeutics. Anti-inflammatory drugs. Glucocorticoids. Antimicrobial drugs. Antiviral drugs. Interferon. Imaging. Principles of radiology for the comprehensive ophtalmologist. Computed tomography. Magnetic resonance imaging. Ultrasonography. Scan. Ultrasound biomicroscopy.