Introcular pressure, ocular alignment, refractory issues Flashcards
What is another name for Heterotropia?
Strabismus
What is it called when one eye is elevated relative to the other?
Hypertropia
What is it called when one eye is depressed relative to the other?
Hypotropia
What is it called when one eye is abducted relative to the other eye?
Exotropia
What is it called when one eye is adducted relative to the other eye?
Esotropia
T/F: All heterotropias can lead to double vision and possibly cortical blindness
True
What is defined as a protrusion of the globe greater than 18mm?
Exophthalmos
What is defined as a protusion equal to or less than 18 mm
Protusion
What is defined as recession of eye into orbit?
Enophthalmus
What is it called when patients have appropriate refraction
Emmetropic
What is it called when patients have refractory errors?
Ametropic
What is the normal refracting power of the human eye?
65 diopters (45 from cornea and 20 from lens)
What is the average axial length of the human eye?
24mm
What Refractory Error results from a mismatch between the refracting power of the optical elements of the eye and the axial length of the globe when neither of these components lies outside the normal range?
Physiologic Myopia
What Refractory Error is a heritable condition in which the eye is abnormally long with normal refracting apparatus?
Pathologic Myopia