PRELIM REVIEW Flashcards
THE PROCESS OF BENDING LIGHT TO PRODUCE A FOCUSED IMAGE ON THE RETINA
REFRACTION
MULTIPLE FOCAL POINTS RESULTS IN BLURRY IMAGE
ASTIGMATISM
VISUAL IMAGE IS FOCUSED BEHIND THE RETINA
HYPEROPIA
VISUAL IMAGE IS FOCUSED IN FRONT OF THE RETINA
MYOPIA
THE LENS IS CONTROLLED BY THE MUSCLE
CILIARY
SEGMENT HEIGHT IS THE
DISTANCE FROM THE NEAR VISION PORTION OF THE LENS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LENS IN MILLIMETERS
LASIK MEANS
LASER IN SITU KERATOMILEUSIS
THE LIGHT SENSITIVE TISSUE AT THE BACK OF THE EYE. IT CONVERTS LIGHT INTO ELECTRICAL IMPULSES THAT ARE SEND TO THE BRAIN THROUGH THE OPTIC NERVE
RETINA
MAIN REFRACTIVE MEDIUM OF THE EYE
LENS
A PERSON WHO IS PROFICIENT IN THE SCIENCE OF OPTICS
OPTICIAN
SUB-SPECIALTY IN OPTOMETRY THAT EMPHASIZES VISUAL TRAINING AS A WAY TO IMPROVE THE WAY A PATIENT USES HIS OR HER EYES
BEHAVIORAL OPTOMETRY
SUB-SPECIALTY IN OPTOMETRY THAT FOCUSED ON AGE-RELATED EYE CARE PARTICULARLY THE OLD
GERIATRIC OPTOMETRY
SUB-SPECIALTY IN OPTOMETRY THAT IS CONCERNED WITH THE EFFICIENT AND SAFE VISUAL FUNCTIONING OF AN INDIVIDUAL WITHIN WORKPLACE
OCCUPATIONAL OPTOMETRY
CX MEANS
WITHOUT CORRECTION
PROVIDES 2/3 OF THE EYE’S REFRACTING POWER
CORNEA
POSTERIOR 2/3 PORTION OF THE OUTERMOST LAYER
SCLERA
INNERMOST LAYER OF THE CORNEA
ENDOTHELIUM
IT IS CONTROLLED BY THE DILATOR AND THE SPHINCTER MUSCLES
IRIS
STRUCTURE BETWEEN THE IRIS AND THE CHOROID
CILIARY BODY
PART OF THE MIDDLE VASCULAR LAYER, EXCEPT
RETINA
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OPEN UPPER AND LOWER LID MARGINS.
PALPEBRAL APERTURE
THE BORDER OF THE CORNEA AND THE SCLERA
LIMBUS
THIS EYE STRUCTURE IS OFTEN EVALUATED TO CHECK THE PERSON’S NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION
PUPIL
IT IS A LAYER BETWEEN RETINA AND THE SCLERA
CHOROID
THE TYPE OF PHOTORECEPTOR THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CENTRAL VISION
CONES
THE TYPE OF PHOTORECEPTOR THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PERIPHERAL VISION
RODS
THE TYPE OF PHOTORECEPTOR THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETECTING DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT
CONES
AREA OF CLEAREST VISION
FOVEA
IT IS THE AREA BETWEEN THE IRIS THE LENS AND ZONULES
POSTERIOR CHAMBER
AREA BETWEEN THE CORNEA AND THE IRIS
ANTERIOR CHAMBER
THE AQUEOUS HUMOR IS FORMED IN THE
CILIARY BODY
THE AQUEOUS HUMOR BY THE
CILIARY PROCESS
IT IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF WATER AND COMPRISES ABOUT 2/3 OF THE EYE’S VOLUME GIVING IT FORM AND SHAPE
VITREOUS HUMOR
A THIN TRANSPARENT MUCOUS MEMBRANE THAT COVERS AND PROTECTS THE SCLERA AND INNER LIDS
CONJUNCTIVA
PREVENTS SWEAT WATER AND OTHER DEBRIS FALLING INTO THE EYE
EYELASHES
INNERMOST LAYER OF TEAR FILM
MUCIN
LAYER OF THE TEAR FILM THAT PREVENTS THE OTHER LAYERS FROM THE EVAPORATING
MUCIN
A CONDITION IN WHICH THE EYELIDS TURNED OUTWARDS
ECTROPION
PRIMARY ACTION OF LATERAL RECTUS MUSCLES
ABDUCTION
TERTIARY ACTION OF SUPERIOR RECTUS MUSCLES
ADDUCTION
TERTIARY ACTION OF INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLES
ABDUCTION
PRIMARY ACTION OF INFERIOR RECTUS MUSCLES
DEPRESSION
PRIMARY ACTION OF MEDIAL RECTUS
ADDUCTION
PRIMARY ACTION OF INFERIOR OBLIQUE
EXTORSION
PRIMARY ACTION OF SUPERIOR OBLIQUE
INTORSION
A CONDITION OF TWO ROW IN EYELASHES
DISTICHIASIS
ABNORMALLY POSITIONED EYELASHES THAT GROW BACK TOWARDS THE EYE
ENTROPION
STRUCTURE THAT BEGINS AT THE OUTER EDGE OF THE CORNEA COVERING THE VISIBLE PART OF THE SCLERA AND LINING INSIDE OF THE EYELIDS
CONJUNCTIVA