Chapter 8 III Flashcards
According the the splay angle, the pads should
Rest fully on the nose
What angle is most often neglected when aligning nosepads
The vertical angle
The vertical angle of a nose pad ensures
Proper weight distribution under the pad
What eyewear is most difficult to adjust
Rimless
What is the mounting line
Line of reference for rimless mountings
What two screwdrivers are used
Flat and Phillips
What’s a lens caliper
A tool used to measure the center thickness of a lens
What’s a distometer
A tool used to measure the vertex distance from the cornea to the eyeglass lens
What is the pantoscopic tilt
Downward angle of a frame
Every 2 degrees of pantoscopic tilt added to a frame front lowers the optical center of the lens by
1 mm
Retroscropic tilt is a tilt in which the
Upper portion of the frame is closer to the eyes
Orthoscopic tilt is when the lenses
Are the same distance from eye at both top and bottom
A phoropter measures with a
12mm distance between the front of the eyes and the tool
If Lens is too close to the eye, what kind of lens is it
Negative
If lens is too far from the eye, what kind of lens is it
Positive