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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






2. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






4. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






5. Glaucoma causes...






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






7. Drop






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

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






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






11. What does a tonometer measure?






12. 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.






13. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






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






16. A topical anesthetic.






17. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






19. Right eye (OD)






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






26. What lens material is the easiest to break?






27. A lens with no power.






28. 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.






29. Downward and inward






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






31. Dilators






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






33. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






34. At bedtime






35. 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.






36. Downward and diagonally






37. The light sensitive part of the eye.






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






41. Associated with aging and results in damaging sharp and central vision.






42. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






44. 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?






45. Inward






46. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






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






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






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