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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. By mouth






2. Glaucoma causes...






3. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






4. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






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






7. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






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






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






11. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






13. 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.






14. A lens with no power.






15. Inward






16. Upward and diagonally






17. As needed






18. 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?






19. Right eye (OD)






20. The light sensitive part of the eye.






21. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






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






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






25. What lens material is the easiest to break?






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. Upward and inward






32. Layers in the cornea






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






34. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






35. Numerous different surgeries that facilitate the escape of excess aqueous humor from the eye to lower the intraocular pressure and a few that lower IOP by decreasing the production of aqueous humor.






36. Outward






37. Downward and inward






38. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






39. At bedtime






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






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






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






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






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






45. Drop






46. What does a tonometer measure?






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






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

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49. 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.






50. The ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes creating a single visual image.