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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






8. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






10. Inward






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






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






13. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






14. Drop






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






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






17. Layers in the cornea






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






19. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






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






22. 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.






23. Protected health Information






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






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






26. Downward and diagonally






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






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






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






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






31. Constrictors






32. Dilators






33. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






34. 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.






35. A topical anesthetic.






36. The two main types of filing systems.






37. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






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






41. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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

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






44. 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.






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






46. As needed






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






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






49. Upward and diagonally






50. Glaucoma causes...