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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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






2. Layers in the cornea






3. A lens with no power.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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. By mouth






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






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






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






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






17. A jelly-like subastance located in the anterior chamber.






18. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






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






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






22. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






24. 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.






25. A topical anesthetic.






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






27. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






28. Provide a bigger field of vision.






29. Upward and inward






30. 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?






31. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






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






33. Inward






34. What does a tonometer measure?






35. 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.






36. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






37. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Downward and inward






46. Drop






47. Protected health Information






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






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

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50. Right eye (OD)