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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






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






4. Upward and diagonally






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






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






7. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






9. 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.






10. Dilators






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






12. Upward and inward






13. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






14. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






16. Layers in the cornea






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. Every _ Hour






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






29. Downward and inward






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






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






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






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

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






35. Drop






36. As needed






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






38. Downward and diagonally






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Protected health Information






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






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






44. A topical anesthetic.






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






46. Constrictors






47. Glaucoma causes...






48. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






49. What does a tonometer measure?






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