Ophthalmic Terms

Question 1

Enophthalmos

Answer 1

Recession of the eyeball in the orbit

Question 2

Exophthalmos

Answer 2

protrusion of the eyeball out of the orbit

Question 3

Buphthalmos

Answer 3

Enlarged globe (normal placement in the orbit)

Question 4

Entropion

Answer 4

Inward turning of the eyelid

Question 5

Ectropion

Answer 5

outward turning of the eyelid

Question 6

Miosis

Answer 6

Contraction of the pupil

Question 7

Mydriasis

Answer 7

Dilation of the pupil

Question 8

Trichiasis

Answer 8

Normal placed hairs or lashes but the direction of growth is toward the eye rather than away

Question 9

Distichiasis

Answer 9

A second row of eyelashes

Question 10

Ectopic Cilium

Answer 10

A misplaced lash directed toward the cornea from palpebral conjuctiva

Question 11

Evisceration

Answer 11

Removal of the contents of the globe

Question 12

Exenteration

Answer 12

Removal of the contents of the orbit

Question 13

Enucleation

Answer 13

Removal of the globe

Question 14

Globe

Answer 14

the eye proper

Question 15

Orbit

Answer 15

contents surrounded by the bony structure that includes the globe, extraocular muscles, and fatty tissue

Question 16

descemetocele

Answer 16

An ulcer that down to the very last layer of the cornea (generally considered an emergency)