CHAPTER 16

Question 1

visual acuity test involves lines of descending
letter sizes on a chart placed at eye level in a well-lit area.

Answer 1

SNELLEN CHART

Question 2

For non-verbal clients or those with communication
impairments, the ___ IS USED

Answer 2

E chart

Question 3

Near vision for clients over 40 is tested by holding the
pocket

Answer 3

JAEGER TEST

Question 4

Normal in young children, the pupils will appear at the inner canthus

Answer 4

Pseudostrabismus

Question 5

defined according to the direction toward
which the eye drifts and may cause amblyopia.

Answer 5

Strabismus

Question 6

Usually the result of weakness or paralysis of one or more extraocular muscles.

Answer 6

Paralytic
Strabismus

Question 7

Outwardly turned lower lid

Answer 7

Ectropion

Question 8

Inwardly turned lower eyelid

Answer 8

Entropion

Question 9

Sty

Answer 9

Hordeolum

Question 10

Bright red areas of the sclera

Answer 10

Subconjunctival
hemorrhage

Question 11

Thickening of the bulbar
conjunctiva that extends across the nasal side

Answer 11

pterygium

Question 12

Staphylococcal infection of the eyelid

Answer 12

Blepharitis

Question 13

constricted and fixed pupils Possibly a result of narcotic drugs or brain damage

Answer 13

Miosis

Question 14

Pupils of unequal size.

Answer 14

Anisocoria

Question 15

Dilated and fixed pupils, typically resulting from central nervous system injury,

Answer 15

Mydriasis

Question 16

Swollen optic disc
Blurred margins

Answer 16

Papilledema

Question 17

Solid, smooth surface and
well-defined edges
* Creamy yellow-white, small,
round spots typically
clustered in circular, linear, or
star pattern

Answer 17

Hard Exudate

Question 18

Round, tiny red dots with
smooth edges on retinal
background

Answer 18

Microaneurysms

Question 19

Also known as soft exudates,

Answer 19

Cotton Wool
Patches

Question 20

Caused by loss of arteriole
wall transparency from
hypertension

Answer 20

Arteriovenous
Banking

Question 21

Opaque or silver appearance
caused by thickening of
arteriole wall

Answer 21

Silver Wire Arteriole

Question 22

AV crossing abnormality
characterized by vein
appearing to stop short on
either side of arteriole

Answer 22

Arteriovenous
Nicking

Question 23

White optic disc
* Lack of disc vessels

Answer 23

Optic atrophy

Question 24

Inflammation of the sclera

Answer 24

Diffuse episcleritis

Question 25

look like gray spokes that point inward when seen with a flashlight;

Answer 25

Peripheral
cataracts

Question 26

appear gray when seen with a flashlight;

Answer 26

Nuclear cataracts

Question 27

Eyes turn outward.

Answer 27

Exotropia

Question 28

is an inward drift

Answer 28

Esophoria

Question 29

outward drift of the
eye.

Answer 29

exophoria

Question 30

Drooping eye

Answer 30

Ptosis