Sunday, February 14, 2010

346 - NIMSET Orthopaedics MS 2010 paper - part 5

7q: Identify the following ?

a. Optic atrophy
b. Myelinated retinal fibers
c. ????????
d. Drusen


*The below image is what drusen looks like :

*Drusen (singular, "druse") are tiny yellow or white accumulations of extracellular material that build up in Bruch's membrane of the eye. The presence of a few small ("hard") drusen is normal with advancing age, and most people over 40 have some hard drusen. However, the presence of larger and more numerous drusen in the macula is a common early sign of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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