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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Constrictors






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






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






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






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






6. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






8. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






10. When the vision in one of the eyes is reduced because the eye and the brain aren't working together properly. The eye itself may look normal - but it's not being used normally because the brain is favoring the other eye.






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






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






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






14. The light sensitive part of the eye.






15. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






17. 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?






18. What does a tonometer measure?






19. Layers in the cornea






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






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






22. The distance from the back surface of the lens to the front of the eye.






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

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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. A lens with no power.






32. Protected health Information






33. 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.






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 are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






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






38. Measurement of the form and curvature of the cornea.






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






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






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






42. Laser-based - non contact - noon invasive imaging technique.






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






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






45. Glaucoma causes...






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






47. As needed






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






49. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






50. Which type of lens will have the same power in all areas of the lens?