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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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1. A topical anesthetic.






2. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The two main types of filing systems.






15. 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.






16. Downward and diagonally






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Located behind the pupil - and is the secondary mechanism of focus - adjusting the amount of focus the light image requires before it reaches the retina.






23. Downward and inward






24. 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.






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






26. The part of the retina responsible for sharp - clear vision.






27. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






29. What does a tonometer measure?






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

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






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






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






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






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






36. Upward and diagonally






37. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






38. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






39. Inward






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






41. Layers in the cornea






42. 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.






43. As needed






44. Constrictors






45. Glaucoma causes...






46. Outward






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






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






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






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