Assessment of The Eye - Unit 2 Flashcards
Diplopia - def
Double vision.
Exophta Imos - def
protruding eyes.
Enophtha Imos - def
sunken eyes.
Eyes - we are looking for symmetry. T/F?
True!
Eyelids - what are we looking for?
Color, lesions, sty or hordeolum, periorbital edema, etc.
Chalazion - plugged up sebacious gland. T/F?
True!
Blepharitis - inflammation of the ___.
Eyelids.
Entropion - in or out?
In
Ectropion - in or out?
Out!
Ptosis - ___ eyelid.
Drooping!
Stye - infected _ _ on eye.
Hair follicle.
Conjunctiva - eye - what is it?
Covers white part of eye - okay to see a few little red lines!
Arcus Senilis - build up of…
lipds around edge of iris.
Pupil - anisocoria - what is it?
Unequal.
Pupil - mydriasis - what is it?
6mm - big - possibly from cardiac arrest?
Pupil - miosis - < __?
2mm, small!
Pupil - direct response - what is it?
Shining on one eye.
Pupil - consensual response to light - what?
Shine light on one, and both will constrict.
Accommodation - could be…
brisk, moderate, sluggish, fixed, nonreactive, etc. Document as 6->2.
Pupil - Documentation - PERRLA - what is it?
Pupils Equal, Round, react to Light & Accommodation.
Cataracts - what are they?
Can be caused by aging and steroids. Lens becomes opaque!
Macular Degeneration - what is it?
Degeneration of the macular - loss of CENTRAL vision.
Glaucoma - increased what?
Intraocular pressure - antihistamines increase this. Loss of peripheral vision!
Strabismus - des
cross eyes. - Muscles aren’t coordinated.
Amblyopia - def
Loss of vision due to muscle imbalance.
Diplopia - def
double vision.
Nystagmus - def
Uncontrollable, involuntary movement (jerking?)
Presbyopia - def
Far sightedness - person cannot see near but can see far. Loss of ACCOMMODATION.
Myopia - def
near sightedness - can see near, but cannot see far. Error in refraction of the lens.
What Cranial Nerves do this? Muscle name, too!

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Cardinal Field’s of Gaze - normal is when both eyes move __ and __ through 6 fields of gaze.
Smoothly/symmetrically.
A few beat of nystagmus in the eye is normal! T/F?
True!
Accommodation - pupils ___ & ___.
Constrict & converge.
What are some changes in the eyes with aging?
Dry eyes, arcus senilis, presbyopia (decrease ability to accommodate).