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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






2. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






3. A test that measures the pressure inside your eye - which is called intraocular pressure.






4. Provide a bigger field of vision.






5. Back vertex power which includes sphere and cylinder power.






6. The part of the retina responsible for sharp - clear vision.






7. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.






8. Every _ Hour






9. A broken blood vessel between the sclera and conjunctiva.






10. A topical anesthetic.






11. Controls the focusing power of the eye by changing the shape of the lens.






12. Constrictors






13. What are plus lenses used to correct?






14. This is the pathway between the ye and the brain along which the signals produced by the retina travel to the brain.






15. Downward and inward






16. What does a tonometer measure?






17. What are used to treat dry eyes?






18. A jelly-like subastance located in the anterior chamber.






19. Involves an imbalance in the positionig of the two eyes. I can cause the eys to cross in or tuyrn out. It's cause by a lack of coordination between the eyes.






20. A complication of diabetes - progressive damage to the blood vessels of the retina.






21. A paralysis of the ciliary muscle - so accommodation can't occur.






22. The smallest unit of lens measure.






23. Computer-assisted method of mapping the surface curvature of the cornea.






24. Is a clouding of the eye's lens and is the leading cause of blindness.






25. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






26. By mouth






27. What lens material is the easiest to break?






28. The interior portion of the eyeball that may be seen on ophthalmoscopy.






29. A group of diseases that can damage the eye's optic nerve and result in the vision loss and blindness. It occurs when the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises.






30. Ultraviolet Coating protect the eye from damaging...






31. A mid-index lens material that is thinner than glass or CR-39 - free from distortion and aberration and able to be used as a safety lens.






32. Diabetic patients may have vision loss due to...






33. The nerve center of the eye where light is converted into an electrical signal that travels along the optic nerve to the brain.






34. The result of the refraction depends on the patient's ability to discern changes in clarity. This process relies on the cooperation of the Patient.






35. What's it called when the cornea thins and bulges forward?






36. Right eye (OD)






37. What is the frame height - the most vertical dimension of the lens opening also known as?


38. The chart most often used to measure acuity at distance.






39. At bedtime






40. The portion of the optic nerve that is formed by the meeting of all retinal nerve fibers.






41. Layers in the cornea






42. Dilators






43. Increases visual acuity because it reduces internal lens reflections.






44. Swelling or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids or Conjunctiva.






45. What provides the major refractive power of the eye?






46. Outward






47. The system for sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based on the urgency of the systems.






48. Inward






49. What is the name for the part of the frame that connects the two eyewires?






50. Located behind the pupil - and is the secondary mechanism of focus - adjusting the amount of focus the light image requires before it reaches the retina.