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Eye Flashcards

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Accommodation

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Adjustment of the eye for various distances through modification of the lens curvature

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Amsler grid

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Set of charts with various geometric shapes in black and white, used for detecting defects of the central visual field

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Anisocoria

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Inequality of the diameter of the pupils; may be normal or congenital
Often normal if inequality is within 1 mm

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Aphakia

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Condition in which part or all of the crystalline lens of eye is absent, usually because of surgical removal for treatment of cataracts

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Aqueous humor

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Watery transparent liquid containing trace albumin and small amounts of salts produced by iris, ciliary body, and cornea
Circulates through anterior and posterior chambers of eye

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Astigmatism

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Abnormal condition in which the light rays cannot be focused clearly in a point on the retina because of an irregular curvature of the cornea or lens

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Cataracts

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Opacity of the lens; most commonly resulting from denaturation of the lens protein caused by aging

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Chalazion

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Small, hard tumor analogous to sebaceous cyst developing on the eye lids, formed by the distention of a meibomian gland with secretion

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Choroid

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Middle vascular tunic of the eye lying between the retina and the sclera
Dark brown vascular coat of teh eye between teh sclera and retina, extending from ora serrata to optic nerve
Consists of blood vessels united by connective tissue containing pigmented cells and is made up of five layers

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Ciliary body

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Thickened part of the vascular tunic of the eye that joins the iris with the anterior portion of the choroid
Consists of three zones: ciliary disk, ciliary crown, and ciliary muscle

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Cones

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Photosensitive, outward-directed, conical process of a cone cell essential for sharp vision and color vision
Cones are the only photoreceptor in the fovea centralis and become interspersed with increasing numbers of rods toward the periphery of the retina

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Confrontation

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Test for estimating peripheral vision

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Conjunctiva

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Mucous membrane investing the anterior surface of the eyeball and the posterior surface of the lids

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Conjunctivitis

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Inflammation of the conjunctiva caused by infectious agents or by allergies; commonly called pinkeye

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Cornea

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Clear, transparent anterior portion of the fibrous coat of the eye comprising about one sixth of its surface
It is the chief refractory structure of the eye

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Corneal arcus

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Opaque, white ring about corneal periphery, seen in many individuals older than 60 years of age
Due to deposit of lipids in the cornea or to hyaline degeneration
May indicate a lipid disorder, most commonly type II hyperlipidemia if present before the 40 years of age ( if it is seen in younger people, it is called arcus juvenilis)

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Cotton wool spot

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An ill-defined yellow area due to infarction of the nerve layer of the retina

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Depth perception

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Perception of spatial relationships; three dimensional perception
The visual ability to judge depth or distance

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Diabetic retinopathy (background)

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Condition characterized by dot hemorrhages or microaneurysms and the presence of hard and soft exudates

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Diabetic retinopathy (proliferative)

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Condition characterized by development of new vessels as a result of anoxic stimulation
Vessels grow out of retina toward the vitreous humor

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Diopter

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Refractive power of the lens with focal distance of 1 meter, used as a unit of measurement in refraction

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Diplopia

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Condition in which a single object is perceived as two objects (double vision)

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Drusen

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Tiny yellow or white deposits in the retina of the eye or on the optic nerve head

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Ectropion

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Eversion (outward rolling) of an edge or margin; as the edge of the eyelid

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Episcleritis

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Inflammation of the superficial layers of the sclera located in front of the insertion of the rectus muscle

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Entropion

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Inversion (inward rolling) of an edge or margin; especially the margin of the lower eyelid

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Exophthalmos

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Increase in the volume of the orbital content, causing a protrusion of the globes forward; may be bilateral or unilateral
The most common cause of bilateral is Graves’ disease (thyroid disease), but when unilateral protrusion is noted a retro-orbital tumor must be suspected

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Farsightedness

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Error of refraction in which, with accommodation completely relaxed, parallel rays come to focus behind the retina

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Glaucoma

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Disease of the optic nerve wherein the nerve cells die, producing increased cupping appearance of the optic nerve
An abnormal condition of elevated pressure within an eye resulting from obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor
Produces defects in the visual field and may result in blindness

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Hemianopia

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Blindness for half the field of vision in one or both eyes

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Hordeolum (Sty)

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Suppurative inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid

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Hyperopia (farsightedness)

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Refractive error in which light rays entering the eye are focused behind the retina

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Hypertelorism

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Eyes spaced widely apart

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Hyphema

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Blood in the anterior chamber of the eye in front of the iris

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Iris

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Colored contractile membrane suspended between the lens and cornea in the aqueous humor of the eye, separating the anterior and posterior chambers of the eyeball and perforated in the center by the pupil
By contraction and dilation it regulates the entrance of light

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Iritis

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Inflammation of the iris

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Legal blindness

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In the U.S., a person is usually considered legally blind when vision in the better eye, corrected by glasses, is 20/200 or less, or in the case of a constricted field of vision: 20 degrees or less in the better eye

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Macula (Fovea)

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Site of central vision

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Mydriasis

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Pupil dilation

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Miosis

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Abnormal contraction of pupils

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Myopia (nearsightedness)

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Condition resulting from a refractive error in which light rays entering the eye are brought into focus in front of the retina

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Night blindness

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Decreased ability to see in reduced illumination
Seen in patients with impaired rod function
Often associated with deficiency of vitamin A

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Nystagmus

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Involuntary rhythmic movements of the eyes

Oscillations may be horizontal, vertical, rotary, or mixed

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Papilledema

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Edema of the optic disc resulting in loss of definition of the disc margin; cause is often increased intracranial pressure

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Peripheral vision

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Vision resulting from retinal stimulation beyond the macula

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Pinguecula

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Harmless yellowish triangular nodule in the bulbar conjunctiva on either side of the iris that stops at the limbus

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Presbyopia

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Hyperopia (farsightendness) and impaired near vision from loss of lens elasticity, generally developing during middle age

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Pterygium

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Triangular (patch like) thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva that grows slowly to the outer surface of the cornea, usually from the nasal side, and may cover a portion of the corneaPunctum

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Ptosis

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Drooping of one or both upper eyelids

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Punctum

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Tiny aperture (opening) in the margin of each eyelid that opens to the lacrimal duct

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Red reflex

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Response caused by light illuminating the retina

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Refraction

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Act of determining the nature and degree of the refractive errors in the eye and correction of them by lenses

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Retina

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Sensory network of the eye that transforms light impulses into electrical impulses, which are transmitted through the optic nerve

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Retinitis pigmentosa

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Chronic progressive disease, which may occur in childhood, characterized by degeneration of the retinal neuroepithelium

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Retinoblastoma

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Embryonic malignant glioma arising from the retina usually during the first two years of life
Initial diagnostic finding is usually a yellowish or white light reflex seen at the pupil (Cat’s eye reflex)

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Rods

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Photosensitive, outward-directed process of a rhodopsin-containing rod cell in the external granular layer of the retina
Many millions of such rods, together with the cones, form the photoreceptive layer of rods and cones

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Sclera

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Tough, white fibrous tissue which covers the so-called white of the eye; extends from the optic nerve to the cornea

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Scleritis

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Superficial and deep inflammation of the sclera

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Strabismus

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Condition in which both eyes do not focus on the same object simultaneously; however, either eye can focus independently

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Uveitis

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Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, and choroid, or the entire uvea

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Vitreous body

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Transparent jellylike substance that fills the cavity of the eyeball, enclosed by the hyaloid membrane; it is composed of a delicate network (vitreous stroma) enclosing in its meshes a watery fluid (vitreous humor)

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Xanthelasma

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Elevated plague commonly found on the nasal portion of the eyelid due to elevated cholesterol

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