Amblyopia

Question 1

____ is primarily a defect of central

vision.

Answer 1

Amblyopia

Question 2

Most common form of amblyopia. It is thought to result from competitive or inhibitory interaction between neurons carrying the nonfusible inputs from the two eyes.

Answer 2

Strabismic Amblyopia

Question 3

_____ develops when unequal refractive error in the two eyes causes the image on the one retina to be chronically defocused.

Answer 3

Anisometric Amblyopia

Question 4

_____ result from large, approximately equal, uncorrected refractive error in both eyes of a young child.

Answer 4

Isometric Amblyopia

Question 5

_____ is describe by uncorrected bilateral astigmatism in early childhood may result in loss of resolving ability limited to chronically blurred meridians.

Answer 5

Meridional Amblyopia

Question 6

______ is a test for estimating the relative level of vision in the two eyes for children with strabismus who are under the age of about 3.

Answer 6

Binocular Fixation Pattern

Question 7

______ allows the examiner to test the crowding phenomenon with isolated optotype.

Answer 7

Crowding bar or contour interaction bars

Question 8

Correcting refractive error is a treatment for Amblyopia.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Amblyopia can be treated by forcing use of the better eye by limiting use of the poorer eye.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Cataracts capable of producing amblyopia require surgery without unnecessary delay.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Defined as occlusion for 1-6 hours per day.

Answer 11

Part-Time Occlusion

Question 12

A cycloplegic agent (usually atropine 1% or
homatropine 5% )🡺 once daily to the better
eye

Answer 12

Penalization

Question 13

Defined as occlusion for all or all but one waking hour.

Answer 13

Full time occlusion

Question 14

When amblyopia treatment is discontinued after fully or partially successful completion, there is a chance of recurrence.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

For maintenance, Patching for 1-3 hours per day

Answer 15

True