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Lesson 9 Flashcards

1
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It is a refractive error

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Hyperopia

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2
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The eye does not bend or refract light properly to a single focus to see images clearly

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Hyperopia

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3
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Distant objects look somewhat clear, but close objects appear more blurred

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Hyperopia

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4
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Eyes gradually lose the ability to see things clearly up close

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Presbyopia

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5
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It is a changes in vision that is a normal part of aging

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Presbyopia

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6
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It comes from a Greek word which means “old eye”

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Presbyopia

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7
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Presbyopia may start to notice shortly after what age

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40

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8
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A common vision condition in which you can see objects near to clearly, but objects farther away are blurry

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Myopia

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9
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The shape of eyes causes light rays to bend (refract) incorrectly, focusing images in front of your retina instead of on your retina

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Myopia

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10
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An area partial alteration in the field of vision consisting a partially diminished or entirely degenerated visual acuity

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Scotomas

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11
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It is thr double vision

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Diplopia

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12
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When eyes are not lined up properly and they point in different directions

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Strabismus

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13
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It is called the areas you can’t see

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Blind spots

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14
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Partial loss of vision

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Scotomas

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15
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When you see two images of the same thing

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Double vision / Diplopia

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16
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Eye discomfort in bright light

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Photophobia

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17
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Fesr of light

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Photophobia

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18
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4 examples of changes in vision

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Hyperopia
Presbyopia
Myopia
Scotomas

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19
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What are the areas of history interview in the eye

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Eye history
Family history
Lifestyle habits

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20
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Components of eye examination

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Vision test
Extraocular movements

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21
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This physical examination includes assessment of cardinal fields, convergence, corneal light test, cover-uncover test

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Extraocular movements

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22
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Expressed as two numbers

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Visual acuity

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23
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This part indicates the distance of the patient from the chart and this number should always be 20 unless the patient moved closer to see

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Numerator

24
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The distance at which a normal eye can read the line of letters

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Denominator

25
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A special hand held card which helps identify the need of reading of glasses or biforcals in patients older than 45 years

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Rosenbaum Chart

26
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This can be utilized to test visual acuity at the bedside

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Rosenbaum Chart

27
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Held 14 inches from the patient’s eyes, the card stimulates a _______

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Snellen Chart

28
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What to check in external eye examination

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Position and allignment of the eye
Eyebrows
Eyelids

29
Q

Open area between the upper and lower eyelids

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Palpebral fissures

30
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What to check or inspect in the cornea and lens

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Opacity

31
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It is normally fairly flat and forms a relatively oprn angle with the cornea, the lightnings cast no shadow

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Iris

32
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What to inspect in pupils

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Size, shape, and symmetry

33
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What size if the pupil large

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5 mm

34
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What size if the pupil small

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3 mm

35
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The nurse would examine the patient’s eyes without dilating pupils

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Opthalmic Examination

36
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The view is therefore limited to the posterior structures of retina

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Ophthalmic examination

37
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Opthalmologists dilate the pupils the patients with the use of

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Mydriatic Drops

38
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A fine rhythmic oscillation of the eyes

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Nystagmus

39
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A fine rhythmic oscillation in the eyes

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Nystagmus

40
Q

This test helps identify the cause of excessive tearing

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Nasolacrimal duct obstruction

41
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Known as lazy eye

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Amblyopia

42
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This loss of vision is du4 to an alteration in neutral pathways in the developing brain which in turn decreases

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Amblyopia

43
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Drooping of eyelid

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Ptosis

44
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More commonly in the elderly, in an inward turning of the lid margin

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Entropion

45
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The margin of the lower lid is turned outward

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Ectropion

46
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The eyeball protudes forward

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Exophthalmos

47
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Wide eye stare

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Lid retraction

48
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A superficial grayish white opacity in the cornea, secondary to an old injury inflammation

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Corneal Scar

49
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A thin grayish white arc or not quite at the edge of the cornea

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Corneal Arcus

50
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Opacities of lenses through pupil

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Cataract

51
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A triangular thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva that grows slowly across the surface of cornea, usually from the nasal side

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Pterygium

52
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Looks gray when seen by the flashlight, gray opacity is surrounded by a black rim

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Nuclear Cataract

53
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Produces spoke like shadows that point inward-gray against black, as seen with the flashlight, or black against red with ophthalmoscope

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Peripheral Cataract

54
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E chart

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Snellen chart

55
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Near vision card

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Rosenbaum Eye Chart

56
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What to inspect in internal eye examination

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Cornea and Lens
Iris
Pupils

57
Q

Cranial nerve of Optic

A

Cranial II

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