Lecture 5/6 Flashcards
how is fixation disparity different from binocular disparity?
fixation disparity is a misalignment of the visual axes and binocular disparity is non-correspondence of the retinal regions stimulated by a target located off the horopter
what is Hering’s law of binocular visual direction?
the visual direction of fused images which fall on slightly disparate on retinal points is the average of the two visual direction
what is is fixation disparity angle under exo fixation disparity?
aL > 0 and aR < 0 = n is positive (crossed binocular disparity)
what is the fixation disparity angle under eso fixation disparity?
aL < 0 and aR > 0 = n is negative (uncrossed binocular disparity)
how are fixation disparity and heterophoria’s related?
FD and heterophoria is usually correlated (exophoria = exo FD and esophoria = eso FD) - but do not always agree
what are the testing conditions for fixation disparity?
test under binocular conditions using prisms to find the associated phoria
what are the testing conditions for heterophorias?
test under monocular conditions using prisms to find the dissociated phoria (need to break binocular fusion)
what is an associated phoria?
the amount of prism needed to eliminate fixation disparity (horizontal associated phoria is usually smalelr than dissociated phoria)
what are the two common features shared by most clinical tests for FD?
binocular fusion lock (seen by both eyes with angular width of 1.5) and two nonius lines (seen monocularly)
what are some tests that assess FD and the associated phoria?
Bernell lantern, malett box, wesson card, sheedy disparometer, and Saladin card
what is fixation disparity?
a very small deviated of the visual axes during normal binocular fusion - the fixated object is still seen as fused
can a fixation disparity exist if the patient has a strabismus?
no - it is a deviation that only exists during binocular fusion
which clinical test is the most accurate for the measurement of FD?
sheedy disparometer (Saladin card uses the same method)
using the wesson card, are the polarized lines deviated or centered?
they are centered - the lines mark the intended fixation point but each eye’s visual axis misses it (appear deviated due to FD)
using the sheedy disparometer, are the polarized lines deviated or centered?
they are actually deviated - each line falls on the visual axis of that eye and appear centered due to FD
what does the sheedy disparometer display?
the location of the visual axes of each eye (actual position of OS and OD)