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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. Back vertex power which includes sphere and cylinder power.






3. Constrictors






4. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






6. Every _ Hour






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






8. By mouth






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






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






11. 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.






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






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

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14. 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.






15. 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.






16. Inward






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






18. The smallest unit of lens measure.






19. Outward






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






21. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






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






24. The two main types of filing systems.






25. A lens with no power.






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






27. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






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






30. As needed






31. Its purpose: Improve the portability and continuity of health insurance overage - improve access to long-term care services and coverage - to simplify administrative care.






32. Right eye (OD)






33. Provide a bigger field of vision.






34. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






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






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






38. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Layers in the cornea






45. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






46. Downward and diagonally






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






48. 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.






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






50. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine