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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






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






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






5. Every _ Hour






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






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






8. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






23. Dilators






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






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






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

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






28. Inward






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






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






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






32. A lens with no power.






33. Upward and inward






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






35. At bedtime






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






37. What does a tonometer measure?






38. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






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






41. As needed






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






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






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






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






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






47. Outward






48. 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.






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






50. By mouth