Astigmatism and Presbyopia

Question 1

The ciliary muscle is the __________ muscle.

Answer 1

Autofocus

Question 2

True or False. Presbyopia is a disease.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True or False. 90% of the population will eventually experience the loss of accommodation.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

It is the lens-based theory.

Answer 4

H-H-G theory

Question 5

It is a classification of Presbyopia in which the accommodative amplitude is gradually declining

Answer 5

Functional Presbyopia

Question 6

It is a condition that affects everyone at a certain age.

Answer 6

Presbyopia

Question 7

It is the loss of accommodation inside the eye.

Answer 7

Presbyopia

Question 8

This condition usually starts at the age of 40 or as early as 38.

Answer 8

Presbyopia

Question 9

It is the inability of the human eye to focus on the object up close that results with aging.

Answer 9

Presbyopia

Question 10

also known as the “short-arm syndrome”

Answer 10

Presbyopia

Question 11

In D-D-F theory, the reduced amplitude is due to what?

Answer 11

weakening of ciliary muscle

Question 12

This classification is the borderline or the pre-presbyopia.

Answer 12

Incipient Presbyopia

Question 13

This condition can still be overcome by forced ciliary effort.

Answer 13

Facultative Presbyopia

Question 14

True or False. Scleral expansion is part of Optometric management.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

True or False. Males are more prone to developing astigmatism.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True or False. Infants are born with ATR astigmatism, where the lens is the source of astigmatism.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Clinically, if astigmatism is small, the patient will notice blur.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Types of contact lenses for patients with astigmatism.

Answer 18

Toric soft and Toric RGP

Question 19

What are the types of Astigmatic charts?

Answer 19

Clock dial and Fan dial

Question 20

True or False. Retinoscopy is a type of clinical tests for Presbyopia.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

True or False. Cylindrical lenses are for compound astigmatism.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

It is the medical term for “ocular fatigue”

Answer 22

Asthenopia

Question 23

True or False. Distorted vision at distance and near is one of the symptoms of having presbyopia.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

It is a type of astigmatism where the curvature of any meridian is not uniform.

Answer 24

Irregular astigmatism

Question 25

When two principal meridians are not perpendicular to each other.

Answer 25

Irregular astigmatism

Question 26

What does OBL stand for?

Answer 26

Oblique

Question 27

Total Astigmatism is the sum of?

Answer 27

corneal + residual

Question 28

True or False. Older adults show a shift towards WTR astigmatism

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Give at least two symptoms for astigmatism.

Answer 29

Headaches and letter confusion

Question 30

What type of spectacle do we dispense for patients with astigmatism?

Answer 30

Single vision glasses with cylinder