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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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1. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






3. Constrictors






4. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






6. Downward and inward






7. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






9. Every _ Hour






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






11. Outward






12. Right eye (OD)






13. A topical anesthetic.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. By mouth






21. A test that allows a doctor to see inside the back of the eye and other structures using a magnifying instrument and a light source.






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






23. Upward and inward






24. Downward and diagonally






25. The light sensitive part of the eye.






26. The two main types of filing systems.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






35. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






38. 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.






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






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

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






42. Provide a bigger field of vision.






43. Inward






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






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






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






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






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






49. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






50. 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.