Eyes

Question 1

exam technique order

Answer 1

inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate

Question 2

clouding of lens signifies

Answer 2

cataracts

Question 3

mottling of macula signifies

Answer 3

macular degeneration

Question 4

change with optic disk signifies

Answer 4

glaucoma

Question 5

refractory errors

Answer 5

shape of eye does not bend light correctly resulting in nearsighted or farsightedness

Question 6

strabismus

Answer 6

one eye doesnt look in same direction of other eye (lazy eye)

Question 7

Dacryostenosis

Answer 7

blocked tear duct

Question 8

Conjunctivitis

Answer 8

pink eye

Question 9

Visual Field Defect

Answer 9

loss of part of usual field of vision

Question 10

Pteryglum

Answer 10

growth on eyeball that can spread to cornea

Question 11

myopia

Answer 11

nearshightedness, light focuses in front of retina

Question 12

hyperopia

Answer 12

farshightedness, light focuses behind the retina

Question 13

presbyopia

Answer 13

loss of accommodation

Question 14

amblyopia

Answer 14

lazy eye in children that can lead to blindness

Question 15

ishihara book

Answer 15

used to test for color blindness

Question 16

what is the purpose of confrontation tests

Answer 16

to detect any lesions in the anterior and posterior visual pathway

Question 17

hemianopsia

Answer 17

vision loss on half of visual field

Question 18

circumferential blindness

Answer 18

loss of the outer half of vision in one eye and loss of the inner half of the other eye

Question 19

unilateral blindness

Answer 19

blindness in one eye

Question 20

what does 20/60 mean

Answer 20

It measures the sharpness of your sight at 20 feet from an object. Having 20/60 vision means that you must be at 20 feet to see what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet.

Question 21

cover-uncover test

Answer 21

tests for strabismus (uneven gaze)

Question 22

Corneal light reflex (Hirschberg test)

Answer 22

tests for strabismus, looking for uneven gaze

Question 23

esotropia

Answer 23

one eye turns inward

Question 24

exotropia

Answer 24

one eye turns outward

Question 25

corneal reflex is associated which which cranial nerve?

Answer 25

V (5)

Question 26

what are you looking at when preforming an ophthalmoscopic exam?

Answer 26

optic disk, cup, retina: arteries, veins, AV crossing, macula, fovea and any lesions

Question 27

normal near vision acuity

Answer 27

14 inches

Question 28

normal pupil size

Answer 28

2-6cm

Question 29

physiologic cup size

Answer 29

<1/2 size of disc

Question 30

color of optic disc

Answer 30

pink to orange