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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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1. 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.






2. The distance between the center of the pupil of each eye.






3. By mouth






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






5. Outward






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






7. Upward and diagonally






8. Right eye (OD)






9. 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.






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






11. Inward






12. If a patient claims to have pain in the ye but does not have any other symptoms - when do you schedule them for an appointment?






13. The light sensitive part of the eye.






14. Drop






15. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






16. Refers to imaging by section or sectioning - through the use of any kind of penetrating wave.






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






18. Downward and inward






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






20. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






21. Layers in the cornea






22. At bedtime






23. A test that allows a doctor to see inside the back of the eye and other structures using a magnifying instrument and a light source.






24. A lens with no power.






25. Transparent covering of the eye that lies between the eyelid and front of the eye.






26. Dilators






27. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






28. Glaucoma causes...






29. Its purpose: Improve the portability and continuity of health insurance overage - improve access to long-term care services and coverage - to simplify administrative care.






30. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






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






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






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






35. Corrects one eye for distance and the other eye for near and can be used to correct presbyopia.






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






37. 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.






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






39. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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

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






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






43. Provide a bigger field of vision.






44. A layer located behind the retina and absorbs unused radiation.






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






46. The smallest unit of lens measure.






47. What are plus lenses used to correct?






48. Protected health Information






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






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