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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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






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






3. Downward and inward






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






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






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

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7. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






9. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






11. 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.






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






13. The two main types of filing systems.






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






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






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






17. As needed






18. 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.






19. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






20. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






22. Drop






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






24. What are used to treat dry eyes?






25. Upward and diagonally






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






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






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






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






30. What does a tonometer measure?






31. Every _ Hour






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. At bedtime






42. By mouth






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






44. Right eye (OD)






45. Upward and inward






46. Inward






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






48. A lens with no power.






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






50. Constrictors