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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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


7. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. Provide a bigger field of vision.






12. 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.






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






14. Layers in the cornea






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






16. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






18. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






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






21. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






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






24. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






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






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






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






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






30. What does a tonometer measure?






31. Drop






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






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






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






35. Right eye (OD)






36. 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.






37. What lens material is the easiest to break?






38. 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.






39. The two main types of filing systems.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Downward and diagonally






48. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






50. Downward and inward