Lecture 1 - Retinoscopy

Question 1

What is position called when the sleeve of the retinoscope is in the down position?

Answer 1

Plane mirror - location of effective light is behind doctor

Question 2

What is the position called when the sleeve of the retinoscope if in the up position?

Answer 2

Short concave - in front of doctor

Question 3

When you want the pt.’s accommodation to be at 0D, what type of retinoscopy is this called?

Answer 3

Static Retinoscopy

Question 4

When the far point of the pt. eye is at the doctor’s entrance pupil, what type of condition is this called?

Answer 4

Neutrality

Question 5

When you see “with” motion, where is the reflex focused?

Answer 5

Behind the doctor’s eye

Question 6

When conducting Direct Opthamoscopy, how much higher, in degrees, do you want the line of sight to be?

Answer 6

Higher than 30 to 40 and 20 to 30 temporal

Question 7

What type of filter on your Direct Opt. will you use to detect the depth of a lesion?

Answer 7

Red-free filter. If the lesion disappears, the lesion is located at the level of the choroid