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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






3. As needed






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






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






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






7. Outward






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






9. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






10. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






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






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






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






16. What are used to treat dry eyes?






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






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






23. A topical anesthetic.






24. Downward and inward






25. Upward and diagonally






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






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






28. At bedtime






29. 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.






30. Downward and diagonally






31. By mouth






32. Layers in the cornea






33. Inward






34. 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?






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






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






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






38. What lens material is the easiest to break?






39. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






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






42. Constrictors






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






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






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






46. Glaucoma causes...






47. Drop






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






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






50. The light sensitive part of the eye.