Instruments In Optometric Practice Midterm Flashcards

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-Also known as “OPHTHALMOMETER”.
-DIAGNOSTIC MEASURING THE CURVATURE OF THE (FRONT):ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE CORNEA, MAINLY FOR ASSESSING THE EXTENT AND AXIS OF ASTIGMATISM.
-CURVATURE OF FRONT CORNEA
-KERATOCONUS

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-KERATOMETER

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used to obtain an objectives (x response px) measurements of the refractive error (EOR) of a patient’s eyes.
-subject response

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-RETINOSCOPE

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USED IN (RESPONSE)SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE EOR OF THE PATIENT

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-TRIAL LENS AND FRAME

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  • OPHTHALMIC DEVICE USED IN SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION.
    -IT CONTAINS DIFFERENT LENSES USED TO MEASURE AN INDIVIDUALS REFRACTIVE ERROR AND DETERMINE OF EYEGLASSES PRESCRIPTION
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PHOROPTER

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USED IN A EYE EXAMINATION TO PROVIDE AN OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS OF A. INDIVIDUALS REFRACTIVE ERRORS.
Estimation amount EOR

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-AUTO-REFRACTOR
AUTOKERATOREFRACTOMETER

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USED BY THE OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIANS TO VERIFY THE PRESCRIPTION IN PAIR OF EYEGLASSES, TO ORIENT AND MARK AN UNCUT LENS.

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LENSMETER

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-USED TO DETERMINE THE SMALLEST LETTERS YOU CAN READ ON A STANDARDIZED CHART.

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-VISUAL ACUITY CHART/PROJECTOR
-TUMBLING E CHART

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-USE TO SEE INSIDE THE FUNDUS OF THE EYE (INSIDE OF THE EYE) AND ITS STRUCTURES SUCH AS OPTIC DISK,MACULA,VEINS AND ARTERIES ETC.
-CRYSTALLINE LENS->CATARACT

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Ophthalmoscope

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-IS A MICROSCOPE WITH A BRIGHT LIGHT USED DURING AN EYE EXAM.
-IT GIVES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AT THE FRONT OF THE EYE AND INSIDE THE EYE
-IT’S A KEY TOOL IN DETERMINING THE HEALTH OF YOUR EYES AND DETECTING EYE DISEASE.
-CONTACT LENS (FLAT,STEEP,IDEA)
-DRY EYES ASSESSMENT
-internal and external

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SLIT LAMP

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-USED TO MEASURE ALL AREAS OF YOUR EYESIGHT MAINLY YOUR CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL VISION (,SIDE VISION)
-VISUAL FIELD TEST IS AN EYE EXAMINATION THAT CAN DETECT DYSFUNCTION IN CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL VISION.

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VISUAL FIELD INSTRUMENT
(EX: END-STAGE GLAUCOMA->TUNNEL VISION

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USED TEST FOR COLOR VISION.
-USED IN TESTING COLOR VISION.
-SCREENING->PRESENCE OR ABSENCE C.V.D (1,OR 2 MISTAKES)

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ISHIHARA PLATES

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  • IS USED TO PROVIDE A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF COLOR DEFIENCY. TO IDENTIFY ON WHAT DEFIENCY HAS THE PATIENT HAS.
A

-D-15 FARNSWORTH (confirm cvd + identify the type.)

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13
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Red color deficiency

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RED PROTANOMALY

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14
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GREEN COLOR DEFIENCY

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Green DEUTERANOMALY

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BLUE COLOR DEFIENCY

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BLUE TRITANOMALY

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16
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The 3 kinds of deficiency

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PROTANOMALY
DEUTERANOMALY
TRITANOMALY
-OPIA=COLOR BLINDNESS-ABSENT
-MALY=COLOR DEFIENCY-PRESENT

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17
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-also known as “Synoptopher” it is an instrument designed to develop the fusion faculty of a patient.

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AMBLYSCOPE

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18
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3 FUSION TEST USED IN SYNOPTOPHORE

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1.SIMULTANEOUS PERCEPTION
2.FLAT FUSION
3.STEREOPSIS-(3-D VISION)
l>depth perception -judge distance of objects
(Binocular vision)

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19
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USED IN MEASURING OCULAR ALIGNMENT
-STRABISMUS,PHORIA

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PRISM BARS

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20
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USED FOR ASSESSING A PATIENT’S DEGREE OF BINOCULAR VISION

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Worth 4-Dot

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-IS A TEST USED TO CHECK FOR STEREOSCOPIC DEPTH PERCEPTION AT ANY AGE LEVEL.
-IT CAN MEASURE HOW TWO EYES CAN DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DISTANCE OF OBJECTS FROM THE OBSERVER.

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Stereo fly test

22
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-are contact lens made of gas- permeable materials that allow oxygen to reach the cornea.
-they correct refractive errors, including astigmatism.
10mm to 12mm

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HARD CONTACT LENS

23
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This is AN EXAMPLE OF HARD CONTACT LENS WHICH ALLOWS OXYGEN TO PASS THROUGH THE LENS.

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RGP “RIGID GAS PERMEABLE”

24
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-SOFT(SILICON HYDROGEL) CONTACT LENS VERY FLEXIBLE PLASTIC IS THAT ABSORB WATER .
-SOFT LENSES ARE MORE FRAGILE AND REQUIRE MORE INTENSIVE CLEANING.
-14mm (larger than cornea dimmeter)

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SOFT CONTACT LENS

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-THESE ARE PRISMS USED TO MEASURE THE DEGREE OF MISALIGNMENT.

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MEASURING PRISM

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Visually impaired patients

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LOW VISION AIDS

27
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ROP

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Retinopathy of prematurity

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-IT IS AN OPTICAL DEVICE USED FOR VIEWING DETAILS OF AN OBJECT OR WORDS WITH THE USE OF MAGNIFICATION.
-THESE ARE WIDELY USED OR PROVIDED TO LOW VISION

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MAGNIFIERS

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-IT IS AN OPTICAL DEVICE USED FOR SPECIFIC WORKING DISTANCE OR SIMPLY LOOKING AT FAR.
-IT CAN BE FOCUSABLE OR FIX FOCUS.

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TELESCOPIC AIDS

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-IT IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLE FOR THIS WHERE IT IS MOUNTED THROUGH THE SPECTACLE LENS

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BIOPTIC TELESCOPE

31
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-An infection of the sebaceous glands
-the base of eyelashes

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STYE

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-TENDERNESS PAIN
-REDNESS IN THE AFFECTED AREA
-SWELLING
-WATERING OF THE EYE
-SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT (PHOTOPHOBIA)
-discomfort during blinking
-YELLOWISH BUMP DEVELOPS IN THE AFFECTED AREA

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STYE

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-SWELLING IN THE EYELID
-SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT
-INCREASED TEARING

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CHALAZION

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-REDNESS OF THE EYE
-ITCHING & IRRITATION OF THE EYELIDS
-FLAKY DEBRIS AT THE LASH MARGINS
-GRITTY (SANDY) SENSATION

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BLEPHARITIS

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-REDNESS & PAIN AROUND THE EYE
-SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT & WIND
-SAGGING SKIN AROUND THE EYE
-EXCESSIVE TEARING
-DECREASED VISION ESP IF CORNEA IS DAMAGED
-VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BEC LASHES RUB AGAINST THE CORNEA CONSTANTLY

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ENTROPION

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-REDNESS AND PAIN AROUND
-PX EXPERIENCE DRY EYE SINCE LOWER LID SAGS & EXPOSES THE EXTERNAL EYE MORE

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ECTROPION

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-ITCHINESS
-DISCOMFORT
-PRICKING PAIN ON CORNEA

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TRICHIASIS

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-INFECTION FROM BACTERIA OR VIRUS
-MOST COMMONLY DUE TO AN ALLERGIC REACTION
SIGN & SYMPTOMS
-RED EYES DUE TO ENGORGED BV
-IF BACTERIAL +FOR EXUDATES
-IF VIRAL WATERY APPEARANCE

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CONJUNCTIVITIS

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CONDITON:
-OCCURS WHEN LPS (LEVATOR PALPEBRAE SUPERIOR MUSCLE) IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH
-DAMAGE/TRAUMA TO THE
-MUSCLE WHICH RAISES THE EYELID OR THE NERVE WHICH CONTROLS THIS MUSCLE.

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PTOSIS

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CONDITION:
-VITAMIN A DEFIENCY
SIGN & SYMPTOMS
-SUPERFICIAL IRREGULARLY-SHAPED,FOAMY GRAY OR WHITE PATCHES THAT APPEARS ON THE CONJUNCTIVA.

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XEROPTHALMIA

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CONDITION:
-UNKNOWN
-BUT MORE COMMON IN PEOPLE W/EXCESS OR PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SUN,DUST SAND ETC
SIGN& SYMPTOMS:
-PAINLESS
-MAY BECOME INFLAMED
-DRY EYES BURNING SENSATION

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PTERYGIUM

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-PAIN
-PHOTPHOBIA (SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT)
-FOREIGN BODY SENSATION
-REFLEX PRODUCTION OF TEARS
-CONJUNCTIVAL INJECTION

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CORNEAL ABRASION

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-CROSS EYES OR SQUINTING
-DEVIATED EYES
-SOMETIME EVI-DENT WHEN THERE GLARE

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STRABISMUS

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CONDITION:
-Retinal detachment
-CATARACTS
SIGN & SYMPTOMS
-WHITE PUPILS

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LEUKOCORIA

45
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UNEQUAL PUPIL SIZES

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ANISOCORIA
(NORMAL SIZE ROUND IN EYE 4.0 TO 4.5MM

46
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WHITE GRAY DEPOSIT ENCIRCLING THE LIMBAL AREA

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ARCUS SENILIS

47
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Loss of lashes

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MADAROSIS

48
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IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CHARTS DURING REFRACTION.

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Snellen chart