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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. Protected health Information






9. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






10. Downward and diagonally






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






12. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






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






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






16. Glaucoma causes...






17. As needed






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






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






20. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






22. 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.






23. Inward






24. Downward and inward






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






26. Layers in the cornea






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






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






29. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






31. Drop






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






33. The two main types of filing systems.






34. 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.






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






36. Upward and inward






37. 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.






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






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






40. What are plus lenses used to correct?






41. Right eye (OD)






42. By mouth






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






44. Dilators






45. 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.






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






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






48. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






49. Outward






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







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