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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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






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






3. Drop






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






9. A topical anesthetic.






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






11. Outward






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






13. Right eye (OD)






14. Provide a bigger field of vision.






15. What does a tonometer measure?






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






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






18. Glaucoma causes...






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






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






21. Inward






22. A lens with no power.






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Upward and inward






28. Diabetic patients may have vision loss due to...






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






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






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

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32. As needed






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






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






35. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






36. The result of the refraction depends on the patient's ability to discern changes in clarity. This process relies on the cooperation of the Patient.






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






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






39. Upward and diagonally






40. Back vertex power which includes sphere and cylinder power.






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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?






47. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






48. Dilators






49. Layers in the cornea






50. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine