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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






4. What does a tonometer measure?






5. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






6. Inward






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






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






9. Every _ Hour






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

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11. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






14. 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.






15. A topical anesthetic.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. By mouth






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






21. Glaucoma causes...






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






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






38. Downward and diagonally






39. What are plus lenses used to correct?






40. 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.






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






42. Upward and diagonally






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






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






45. Layers in the cornea






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






47. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






49. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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