Study Guide Ch.16 Flashcards
What must the surgical filed must be free of?
Lint
What irrigation is commonly used?
Basic Salt Solution (BSS)
What is used to constrict the pupil?
Acetylocholine
What do rods see?
Dark
What do cones see?
Colors
What is the incision of the sclera?
Scleratomy
What is the inflammation of meibomian glands?
Chalazion
What types of anesthesia is used in chalazion surgery?
General or Local
True or False: A chalazion surgery is a contaminated case.
True
What is the abnormal inversion of the lower lid margins, causes the eyelashes to rub against the cornea, resulting in pain, irritation, and chronic tears (usually from aging)?
Entropin
What is the outward turning of the eyelid leaves the inner eyelid surface exposed and prone to irritation?
Ectropin
What procedure may be done to treat glaucoma?
Iridectomy
What is often used during an iridectomy?
Laser
What is the other surgery is often performed with an iridectomy?
Trabeculectomy
What type of block is used with an iridectomy?
Retrobulbar
What does amblypia mean?
Lazy eye
What does hypertrophia mean?
Upward
What does exotropia mean?
Walled
What muscle rotates the eye upward and medially?
Superior rectus
What muscle rotates the eye downward and medially?
Inferior rectus
What muscle rotates the eye medially?
Medial rectus
What muscle rotates the eye laterally?
Lateral rectus
What rotates the eye downward and laterally?
Superior oblique