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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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1. A lens with no power.






2. Upward and diagonally






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






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






5. The light sensitive part of the eye.






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. Increases visual acuity because it reduces internal lens reflections.






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






11. By mouth






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






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






14. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. Outward






19. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






20. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






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






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






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






25. Transparent covering of the eye that lies between the eyelid and front of the eye.






26. A topical anesthetic.






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






28. 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.






29. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






31. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






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






34. 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.






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

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36. 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?






37. Provide a bigger field of vision.






38. As needed






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. Inward






45. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






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






48. Glaucoma causes...






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






50. 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.







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