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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






2. The entire area that can be seen when the eye is directed forward including that which is seen with peripheral vision.






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






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






5. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






7. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






8. One type of contact lens is applied after waking and removed before going to sleep.






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






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






11. 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.






12. Two instruments are used to test patient blood pressure.






13. The creation of a photograph of the interior surface of the eye.






14. Glaucoma causes...






15. Protected health Information






16. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






17. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






19. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






20. Upward and inward






21. The Optothalmic examination of the eye by use of a slit lamp and a magnifying lens.






22. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






23. Inward






24. An ophthalmic stain - available in liquid form and is the most commonly used ophthlmic dye.






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






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






27. The instrument that contains lenses and can be used to determine a spectacle correction.






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






29. Outward






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






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






32. What is the primary function of the inferior rectus muscle?






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






34. Upward and diagonally






35. The measure of the finest detail the eye may detect.






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






37. The two main types of filing systems.






38. What are plus lenses used to correct?






39. A method of determining the state of refraction of the eye by illumination the retina with a mirror and observing the direction of movement of the retinal illumination and adjacent shadow when the mirror is turned.






40. A lens with no power.






41. When water is retained and swelling occurs in the cornea.






42. The procedure using ultraviolet radiation from a laser to remove tissue.






43. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






45. The gel that fills the eye and allows it to maintain its shape. Also serves as a clear pathway for light when it travels from the lens to the retina.






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






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






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






49. Dilators






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