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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. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






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






5. 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.






6. The light sensitive part of the eye.






7. Inward






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






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






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






11. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






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






13. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






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






16. What does a tonometer measure?






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






18. Dilators






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






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






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






22. A mid-index lens material that is thinner than glass or CR-39 - free from distortion and aberration and able to be used as a safety lens.






23. A lens with no power.






24. What are plus lenses used to correct?






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






30. By mouth






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

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32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Upward and inward






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






38. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






40. 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.






41. The two main types of filing systems.






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






43. 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?






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






45. Right eye (OD)






46. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






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






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






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