Eyes

Question 1

Scotoma

Answer 1

Blind spot surrounded by an area of normal or decreased vision.
Occurs with glaucoma and optic nerve disorders.

Question 2

Night Blindness

Answer 2

Occurs with optic atrophy, glaucoma, & Vit A deficiency.

Question 3

Photophobia

Answer 3

inability to tolerate light

Question 4

Diplopia

Answer 4

Perception of two images of a single object

Question 5

Strabismus

Answer 5

Deviation in the axis of the eye

Question 6

Lacrimation

Answer 6

Tearing

Question 7

Epiphora

Answer 7

Excessive tearing

Question 8

Presbyopia

Answer 8

The decrease in power of accommodation with aging.

Question 9

Nystagmus

Answer 9

Fine oscillating movement - best seen around the iris.

Occurs with disease of the semicircular canals in the ears, a paretic eye muscle, MS, or brain lesions

Question 10

Lid lag occurs with

Answer 10

hyperthryroidism

Question 11

Ptosis

Answer 11

dropping of upper eyelid

Question 12

Scleral icterus

Answer 12

an even yellowing of the sclera extending up to the cornea indicating jaundice.

Question 13

Anisororia

Answer 13

Pupils are two different sizes normally - occurs in 5% of people

Question 14

Scleral crescent

Answer 14

gray-white, new-moon shape.

Occurs when pigment is absent in the choroid layer

Question 15

Pigment crescent

Answer 15

is black, due to accumulation of pigment in the choroid