Eye Assessment

Question 1

Answer 1

Ptosis

Drooping of eyelid

Question 2

Answer 2

Entropion

Inward turning of eyelid

Question 3

Answer 3

Ectropion

Outward turning of eyelid

Question 4

Answer 4

Lid retraction; Exopthalmous

Retracted lid and lid lag; bulging eyes

Question 5

Answer 5

Corneal Arcus

Blue hue surrounding peripheral cornea

Question 6

Answer 6

Corneal Scar​

Superficial gray-white opacity in cornea

Question 7

Answer 7

Pterygium

Triangular thickening of bulbar conjunctiva growing outward from nasal side

Question 8

Cataracts

Answer 8

Opacities of lenses visible through pupil

Question 9

Answer 9

Nuclear cataract

Gray when seen by flashlight

Question 10

Answer 10

Peripheral cataract

Gray, spotlike shadows pointing inwards

Question 11

Answer 11

Conjunctivitis

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

Question 12

Answer 12

Subconjunctival Hemorrhage

Leakage of blood outside vessels; homogeneous demarcated red area

Question 13

Corneal Injury/Infection; Acute Iritis; Glaucoma

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Pseudostrabismus

Answer 14

Temporary strabismus at birth/infancy

Question 15

Answer 15

Esotropia

Cross-eyed

Permanent malallignment

Question 16

Answer 16

Exotropia

Wall-eyed

Permanent malallignment

Question 17

Asthenopia

Answer 17

Eye strain

Question 18

Astigmatism

Answer 18

Focal point of light rays: multiple retinal areas

Football shaped curvature of cornea

Question 19

Myopia

Answer 19

Nearsightedness

Focal point of light rays: in front of retina

Question 20

Hyperopia

Answer 20

Farsighted

Focal point of light rays: behind retina

Question 21

Presbyopia

Answer 21

Aging-related farsightedness (can’t see near)

Focal point of light rays: behind retina

Question 22

Blindness

Answer 22

Loss of vision/visual acuity

Vision is = 20/200

Question 23

Answer 23

Anisocoria

Pupils of unequal size

Question 24

Answer 24

Miosis

Pinpoint pupils

Question 25

Answer 25

Mydriasis

Dilated & fixed pupils

Question 26

Diplopia

Answer 26

Double vision

Question 27

Answer 27

Macular Degeneration

Question 28

Answer 28

Glaucoma

Question 29

Answer 29

Horizontal Visual Field Defect

Occluded retinal artery branch

Question 30

Answer 30

Monocular Blindness

Lesion of optic nerve or eye

Question 31

Answer 31

Bitemporal Hemianopsia

Temporal peripheral vision loss in both eyes; no peripheral vision

Due to lesion in optic chiasm

Question 32

Answer 32

Left Homonymous Hemiopsia

Vision loss on same side in each eye

Due to lesion in Right optic tract or right optic radiation

Question 33

Answer 33

Homonymous Left Superior Quadrantic Defect

Vision loss in same quadrant of both eyes

Due to partial lesion in Right optic radiation