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Eye Assessment Flashcards

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Ptosis

Drooping of eyelid

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Entropion

Inward turning of eyelid

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Ectropion

Outward turning of eyelid

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Lid retraction; Exopthalmous

Retracted lid and lid lag; bulging eyes

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Corneal Arcus

Blue hue surrounding peripheral cornea

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Corneal Scar​

Superficial gray-white opacity in cornea

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Pterygium

Triangular thickening of bulbar conjunctiva growing outward from nasal side

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Cataracts

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Opacities of lenses visible through pupil

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Nuclear cataract

Gray when seen by flashlight

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Peripheral cataract

Gray, spotlike shadows pointing inwards

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Conjunctivitis

Diffuse dilatation of conjunctival vessels with redness that’s peripherally maximal

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Subconjunctival Hemorrhage

Leakage of blood outside vessels; homogeneous demarcated red area

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Corneal Injury/Infection; Acute Iritis; Glaucoma

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Ciliary injection: dilation of deeper vessels visible as radiating or reddish-violet flush around limbus; diffusely red.

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Pseudostrabismus

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Temporary strabismus at birth/infancy

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Esotropia

Cross-eyed

Permanent malallignment

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Exotropia

Wall-eyed

Permanent malallignment

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Asthenopia

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Eye strain

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Astigmatism

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Focal point of light rays: multiple retinal areas

Football shaped curvature of cornea

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Myopia

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Nearsightedness

Focal point of light rays: in front of retina

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Hyperopia

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Farsighted

Focal point of light rays: behind retina

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Presbyopia

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Aging-related farsightedness (can’t see near)

Focal point of light rays: behind retina

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Blindness

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Loss of vision/visual acuity

Vision is = 20/200

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Anisocoria

Pupils of unequal size

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Miosis

Pinpoint pupils

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Mydriasis

Dilated & fixed pupils

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Diplopia

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Double vision

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Macular Degeneration

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Horizontal Visual Field Defect

Occluded retinal artery branch

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Monocular Blindness

Lesion of optic nerve or eye

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Bitemporal Hemianopsia

Temporal peripheral vision loss in both eyes; no peripheral vision

Due to lesion in optic chiasm

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Left Homonymous Hemiopsia

Vision loss on same side in each eye

Due to lesion in Right optic tract or right optic radiation

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Homonymous Left Superior Quadrantic Defect

Vision loss in same quadrant of both eyes

Due to partial lesion in Right optic radiation

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