Eye Assessment Flashcards
Ptosis
Drooping of eyelid
Entropion
Inward turning of eyelid
Ectropion
Outward turning of eyelid
Lid retraction; Exopthalmous
Retracted lid and lid lag; bulging eyes
Corneal Arcus
Blue hue surrounding peripheral cornea
Corneal Scar
Superficial gray-white opacity in cornea
Pterygium
Triangular thickening of bulbar conjunctiva growing outward from nasal side
Cataracts
Opacities of lenses visible through pupil
Nuclear cataract
Gray when seen by flashlight
Peripheral cataract
Gray, spotlike shadows pointing inwards
Conjunctivitis
Diffuse dilatation of conjunctival vessels with redness that’s peripherally maximal
Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Leakage of blood outside vessels; homogeneous demarcated red area
Corneal Injury/Infection; Acute Iritis; Glaucoma
Ciliary injection: dilation of deeper vessels visible as radiating or reddish-violet flush around limbus; diffusely red.
Pseudostrabismus
Temporary strabismus at birth/infancy
Esotropia
Cross-eyed
Permanent malallignment