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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Downward and diagonally






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






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






4. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. By mouth






11. As needed






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






16. What are plus lenses used to correct?






17. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






19. Upward and diagonally






20. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






21. Outward






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






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






24. Right eye (OD)






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

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






27. 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.






28. The smallest unit of lens measure.






29. 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.






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






31. Upward and inward






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






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






34. 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.






35. At bedtime






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Provide a bigger field of vision.






44. Inward






45. Dilators






46. Constrictors






47. Layers in the cornea






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






49. What does a tonometer measure?






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