Eye Flashcards
What is the medical term for red eye?
Iritis
ptosis
- drooping of eyelid
* week levator palpabrae muscle
diplopia
seeing double
exophthalmos
protrusion of eyeball
arcus senilis
white encircling ring about 1mm from corneal margin, which does not damage vision
astigmatism
- unequal curvature of cornea or lens
* blurred vision for distant and near vision
atonic ectropion
- drooping of lower eyelid due
- flaccid orbicularis oculi, can be from aging
- conjunctival inflammation and weeping
blepharitis
- inflammation of eyelid margins
- FROM: acute bacterial infection (staphylococci), seborrhoeic, allergens, Meibomian gland dysfunction
- itching, burning
- photophobia, excess lacrimation
- margins red, thick, scales, crusts, lash loss
- shallow ulcers
cataract
- gradual increasing opacity of lens, as response to any insult
- common
- From: aging, diabetes, acquired, x-rays, heat (infrared), eye disease, systemic diseases, uveitis, corticosteroids, trauma
- other causes: congenital, chromosomal, intrauterine infection (rubella), metabolic disease (galactosemia), maternal disease during pregnancy
- features: flakes, dots in lens periphery, white opacity in pupil, gradual failure of sight
corneal abrasion
stripping off part of corneal epithelium
episcleritis
- recurrent inflammation of episcleral tissues
- usually localized
- episclera: outermost layer of the sclera
glaucoma
- group of disorders of increase in intra-ocular pressure
- results in damage to eye
- Primary open angle (vasospastic, inflam., trauma, idiopathic)
- Angle closure (anterior chamber reduced)
- Simple (very gradual)
- no symptoms, gradual vision loss (peripheral first), red, pain, headaches, blurred vision
hematoma of the eyelid
- blood oozed into loose subcutaneous tissues
* black eye
hordeolum
correct term for stye
hypermetropia
- short eyeball or flat cornea
- image falls beyond the retina
- long sited
- finds distant and close objects blurred (mostly close)
hyphaema
bleeding into anterior chamber
keratitis
- inflammation of cornea
* herpes simplex, zoster (most common)
myopia
- long eyeball or too curved cornea
- image falls before retina
- short sighted
- finds distant objects blurred
nystagmus
oscillations of eye
optic atrophy
- atrophy of optic nerve fibres
* pallor of optic disc
papillitis
synonym for optic neuritis
papillooedema
- oedema od optic nerve head
- result of high intracranial pressure
- disc appears elevated from retina, margins blurred, engorged veins
pingueculae
- fatty deposits under bulbar conjunctiva
- benign neoplasm
- symptomless appart from visual appearance
presbyopia
decreased range of accommodation
pterygium
wing shaped fold of bulbar conjunctiva that transgresses onto cornea
retinal arteriosclerosis
retinal vessels characterized by spasm, sclerosis, constriction, haemorrhages, and exudates
refractive errors
Group of disorders where refraction of light through eye is abnormal • myopia • hypermetropia • astigmatism • presbyopia