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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






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






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


8. 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.






9. The two main types of filing systems.






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






11. Right eye (OD)






12. Upward and diagonally






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






14. Every _ Hour






15. At bedtime






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






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. What are plus lenses used to correct?






19. 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.






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






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






22. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






23. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






24. Dilators






25. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






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






28. By mouth






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






34. Constrictors






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






36. Refers to imaging by section or sectioning - through the use of any kind of penetrating wave.






37. A lens with no power.






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






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






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






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






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






43. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






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






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






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






49. Glaucoma causes...






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