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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. At bedtime






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






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






4. Outward






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

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6. Layers in the cornea






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






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






9. By mouth






10. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






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






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






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






16. Downward and diagonally






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Upward and inward






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






28. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






30. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






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






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






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






35. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. Drop






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






43. What does a tonometer measure?






44. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






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






47. A lens with no power.






48. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






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