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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. Constrictors






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






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






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






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






8. 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?






9. Inward






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Upward and inward






17. 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.






18. By mouth






19. As needed






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






21. 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.






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






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


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






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






26. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






28. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






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






31. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Outward






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






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






45. Glaucoma causes...






46. What are used to treat dry eyes?






47. Layers in the cornea






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






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






50. What are plus lenses used to correct?