Slit Lamp and Other Procedures

Question 1

What can the slit lamp examine?

Answer 1

anterior segment anatomy

Question 2

How is the anterior angle of the eye graded?

Numbered grading too?

Answer 2

open
narrow
closed

Grade 1= 10 degrees
Grade 2= 20
Grade 3= 30
Grade 40 = 40

Question 3

What should you do before you dilate the eye?

Answer 3

always take a look at the angle to see if its narrow

Question 4

What happens when we see cells flaring (like dust has been kicked up) in the anterior chamber?

Answer 4

White blood cells floating around

Question 5

Is the cornea vascular?

Answer 5

no

Question 6

How does the cornea react to water?

Answer 6

water tight and lipid soluable

Question 7

What does the endothelium act as?

Answer 7

a pump (controls amount of water let in)

Question 8

What happens to the stroma if there is too little or too much water?

Answer 8

cloudy

Question 9

Why do we need to look at the palpebra?

4

Answer 9

• FB
  
  • Allergy
  • Viral infection
  • Bacterial infection

Question 10

What do the flare and cells mean?

Answer 10

inflammation

Iritis or Uveitis

Question 11

Dilator muscle controlled by?

Answer 11

sympatheic

Question 12

constrictor muscle controlled by

Answer 12

parasympatheic

Question 13

What does a preauricular node rule out?

Answer 13

bacterial and allergic etiologies (its viral)

Question 14

What controls accommodation?

Answer 14

ciliary body

Question 15

What makes the aqueous?

Answer 15

ciliary processes

Question 16

Where is the choroid located?

Answer 16

b/w sclera and retina

Question 17

Whats something we can use to make treat corneal abrasion?

Answer 17

bandage contact lens so it can stop irritating the hangnail

Question 18

What is very quick and effective screening for drugs or trauma in the eyes?

Answer 18

Pupils and EOMS

Question 19

What are we testing with a visual field test?

Answer 19

function of the optic nerve and visual pathways

Question 20

Whats are the structures that the nerve impulse goes to get to the brain?
5

Answer 20

Optic Nerve
Chiasm
Lateral             Geniculate Body
Optic Radiations
 Visual Cortex

Question 21

Anything that affects the retina or retinal vasculature will affect what?

Answer 21

vision/refractive satus

Question 22

5% of the retina that is your fovea(macula) is responsible for how much of your vision?

Answer 22

95%

Question 23

What part of your anatomy is responsible for peripheral vision?

How about Central?

Answer 23

rods

Cones

Question 24

What happens if the blood brain barrier becomes plugged?

Answer 24

emboli/vasculature occlusion = STROKE

Question 25

In glaucoma what would happen to the cup size?

Answer 25

LARGE

Question 26

Cupping is what?

Answer 26

bending of small blood vessels across the disc

Question 27

Types of tonometry?

5

Answer 27

goldmann
perkins
air-puff
tono-pen
Keeler or Pulse air