Midterms Review Flashcards
Describe the following conversions:
Degree to circle
Minute to degree
Second to minute
1 degree = 1/360 of a circle
1 minute = 1/60 degree
1 second = 1/60 minute
5 minute = 5/60 degrees
How does letter size correlate to subtending distance?
The larger the letter the bigger the distance.
Describe recognition, detection, resolution, and localization acuity.
I have to be able to see the letter and know what is it
Baby looks to the object until they can’t see it anymore
Resolve= can you see it (tumbling E and Landolt C)
What is the smallest gap between lines that can be resolved
What happens to the angular subtense when you halve the viewing distance? When you double the viewing distance?
Halve the viewing distance, angular subtense doubles
Double the viewing distance, angular subtense halves
What does OD, OS, and OU stand for?
Ocular dextra
Ocular sinister
Ocular uterque
When testing visual acuity when do we stop?
Identify the lowest line that the patient can read at least half the letters correctly.
How do you calculate MAR? How do you calculate logMAR?
Take reciprocal of VA and divide.
VA= 20/40 MAR= 40/20= 2’
Take log for MAR for logMAR
How is the logMAR chart organized (spacing)?
5 letters on every line
Each line is 0.10 logMAR less then previous
Space between each letter is equal to the width of the letter
Space between each line is equal to the height of the letters in the lower line
How is logMAR scored? What is a better score?
Each line= 0.10 logMAR
Each letter= 0.02
Lower score is better
Every line or letter read correctly subtract
When using a mirror how can the viewing distance be calculated?
Viewing distance is the patient’s distance to the mirror plus the mirror distance to the chart.
Does MAR change with viewing distance?
NO
What are the next steps in testing VA if moving the patient closer to the chart does not work? Is finger counting reliable?
Hand Motion (are my hands moving)
Light Projection (where is the light)
Light Perception (is light on or off)
No light perception
Finger counting is very non-standardized and not reliable
Where is near VA tested?
40cm (16in)
Also at the distance where they commonly perform near work.
Describe the Jaeger chart.
Letter range from J1 to J20
Very unstandarized and therefore unreliable
Used by ophthalmologists
Describe the M notation chart for near VA.
M is the denominator of the Snellen fraction
When testing at 40cm if smallest letter that can be read is 0.5M, VA= 0.40/0.5
Describe the Point (N) chart for near VA.
One point = 1/72 of an inch
N5 = 5/72 inches high
Refers to size of block so lowercase letter is half
What factors affect VA?
Blur (blur circle formed on retina when image is focused in front or behind)
Contrast (does not affect VA after a certain point in healthy normal eyes)
Retinal Eccentricity (how far a point on the retina lies from the fovea)
What method is used to reduce the size of the blur circle? What does it change, what stays the same?
Pinhole aperture
Restricts light going through to create smaller blur circle
Improves VA, DOES NOT improve refractive error (does not change were the light focuses)
What is the fovea and how does retinal eccentricity involve it?
Fovea is the most sensitive part of the retina
Location of best vision
Images straight ahead are placed on fovea
Eccentricity is angle that an object away from straight view makes with eye and away from retina
As angle increases, VA decreases (eye turn)
What percentage of the adult USA population is myopic?
42%
By 2050 what population of the world is expected to be myopic?
50%
What percentage of the world’s population over 50 years of age has presbyopia?
100%
What are spherical refractive errors? Examples?
Having the same refractive error in all directions (meridia)
Myopia
Hyperopia
What is the most common type of myopia?
Axial
What is the Far Point of the unaccommodated eye conjugate with?
Retina
How do you calculate far point of a myopic or hyperopic eye? What is far point of emmetropic eye?
Distance from far point to front of eye= 1/ refractive error in diopters
Myopic in front
Hyperopic behind
Emmetropic optical infinity