COT Flashcards : Pupil Assessment 4%
The purpose of the swinging flashlight test is to compare the
a. Consensual response in their stimulated eye and the direct response in the stimulated eye
b. Direct response in the stimulated eye and the consensual response in the other eye
c. Direct response and the near response in the same eye.
d. direct response at 20 feet (6 meters) in the same eye
b. Direct response in the stimulated eye and the consensual response in the other eye
In ordinary room light, the diameter of the normal adult pupil is
a. 3-5 mm
b. 6-9 mm
c. 10-13 mm
d. 14-17 mm
a. 3-5 mm
A difference in pupil size is referred to as
a. Adie’s Syndrome
b. Marcus’s Gunn pupil
c. Anisocoria
d. hippus
c. Anisocoria
The presence of an afferent pupillary defect may be caused by
a. Damage to the iris sphincter muscle
b. Symmetric damage to the afferent visual system
c. Asymmetric cataracts
d. optic nerve disease
d. optic nerve disease
Consensual light reflex in the right eye results in
a. Right pupil constriction
b. Right pupil dilation
c. Left pupil constriction
d. left pupil dilation
b. Right pupil dilation
What is the term for the state of pupillary constriction?
a. Mydriasis
b. Miosis
c. Cycloplegia
d. anisocoria
b. Miosis
Which test compares the direct and consensual responses to the pupil?
a. Swinging flashlight
b. Worth four-dot
c. Pinhole disc
d. cover-uncover
a. Swinging flashlight
What condition is present if the amount of light information transmitted to the brain from one eye differs from that of the other eye?
a. Afferent pupillary defect
b. Adie’s pupil
c. Tonic pupil
d. third nerve palsy
a. Afferent pupillary defect
