Year 1 Week 12 Flashcards
Diffuse Magnification
Low - 6 to 10
Diffuse uses
General Overview of the eye and Adnexa
Optic section Magnifcation
Low to High - 6 to 40
Optic section Uses (4 marks)
1) Cataracts
2) Blood vessels
3) Infiltrates
4) Nerve fibres
Parallel piped magnification
Low to high - 6 to 40
Parallel piped uses (2 marks)
1) Punctate keratitis
2) corneal nerve fibres
Conical Beam Angle
40 to 60 degrees
Conical Beam Magnification
Medium 16-25
Conical Beam uses (1 mark)
Infection
What effect do you get with a conical beam?
Tyndall effect - WBC indication
In-direct is coupled or de-coupled?
DE-COUPLED - same technique as parallel piped from side
In-direct uses (4 marks)
1) Iris Sphincter
2) Iris Pathology
3) Epithelial vesicles
4) Epithelial Erosion
Retro-illumination Magnification
Medium to high - 16 to 40
Retro-illumination uses (5 marks)
1) Microcysts
2) vacuole
3) Opacities
4) contact lens
5) vascularisation
Important fact about specular reflection
Angle of illumination = angle of reflection