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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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1. 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.






2. Every _ Hour






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






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






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






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






7. A lens with no power.






8. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






10. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






11. Dilators






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






13. 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?






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. By mouth






19. Outward






20. As needed






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






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






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






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






31. The two main types of filing systems.






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

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33. The interior portion of the eyeball that may be seen on ophthalmoscopy.






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






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






36. What are used to treat dry eyes?






37. Constrictors






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






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






40. The smallest unit of lens measure.






41. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






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






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






45. Upward and inward






46. Right eye (OD)






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






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. A topical anesthetic.






50. Layers in the cornea






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