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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. Protected health Information






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






11. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






12. Provide a bigger field of vision.






13. Outward






14. 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.






15. What are used to treat dry eyes?






16. As needed






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






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






19. At bedtime






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






21. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






23. A lens with no power.






24. Every _ Hour






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Layers in the cornea






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






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






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






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






34. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






36. Constrictors






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






38. Right eye (OD)






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






44. The two main types of filing systems.






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






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






47. Upward and inward






48. 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.






49. 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?






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