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Lecture 5/6 Flashcards

1
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how is fixation disparity different from binocular disparity?

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fixation disparity is a misalignment of the visual axes and binocular disparity is non-correspondence of the retinal regions stimulated by a target located off the horopter

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what is Hering’s law of binocular visual direction?

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the visual direction of fused images which fall on slightly disparate on retinal points is the average of the two visual direction

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what is is fixation disparity angle under exo fixation disparity?

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aL > 0 and aR < 0 = n is positive (crossed binocular disparity)

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what is the fixation disparity angle under eso fixation disparity?

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aL < 0 and aR > 0 = n is negative (uncrossed binocular disparity)

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5
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how are fixation disparity and heterophoria’s related?

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FD and heterophoria is usually correlated (exophoria = exo FD and esophoria = eso FD) - but do not always agree

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what are the testing conditions for fixation disparity?

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test under binocular conditions using prisms to find the associated phoria

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what are the testing conditions for heterophorias?

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test under monocular conditions using prisms to find the dissociated phoria (need to break binocular fusion)

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what is an associated phoria?

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the amount of prism needed to eliminate fixation disparity (horizontal associated phoria is usually smalelr than dissociated phoria)

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what are the two common features shared by most clinical tests for FD?

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binocular fusion lock (seen by both eyes with angular width of 1.5) and two nonius lines (seen monocularly)

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what are some tests that assess FD and the associated phoria?

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Bernell lantern, malett box, wesson card, sheedy disparometer, and Saladin card

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what is fixation disparity?

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a very small deviated of the visual axes during normal binocular fusion - the fixated object is still seen as fused

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can a fixation disparity exist if the patient has a strabismus?

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no - it is a deviation that only exists during binocular fusion

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which clinical test is the most accurate for the measurement of FD?

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sheedy disparometer (Saladin card uses the same method)

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using the wesson card, are the polarized lines deviated or centered?

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they are centered - the lines mark the intended fixation point but each eye’s visual axis misses it (appear deviated due to FD)

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using the sheedy disparometer, are the polarized lines deviated or centered?

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they are actually deviated - each line falls on the visual axis of that eye and appear centered due to FD

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what does the sheedy disparometer display?

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the location of the visual axes of each eye (actual position of OS and OD)

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what does the wesson card display?

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the perceived location of the fixation point relative to each visual axis (apparent location of OS and OD)

18
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what does introducing prism do when a patient has a fixation disparity?

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used to shift the images to match their visual axis (image will follow the apex)

19
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what does BI prism stimulate?

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negative fusional vergence (divergence)

20
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what does BO prism stimulate?

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positive fusional vergence (convergence)

21
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if BI prisms are introduced in front of both eyes - what happens to the image for the OD and what does the eye do in response?

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BI prism moves the image temporally (nasal retina) (for OD) - creates a small disparity, within panum’s area which stimulates disparity vergence (divergence) and foveal fixation is restored

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what do you do if a patient has a 2’ exo FD?

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start adding BI prism - causing the image to shift temporal (decreasing the exo FD) - eventually with the right amount of BI prism (4 BI) the FD will be zero

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what happens to a 2’ exo FD if you introduce too much BI prism?

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more BI prism will shift the images further to the right - beyond the visual axis and the patient will now have an eso FD

24
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what is forced vergence?

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using prisms to force the eyes to diverge or converge to eliminate an FD (using BI or BO)

25
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what is the x-axis in the forced vergence fixation disparity curve?

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the prism that you use to neutralize the associated phoria (BI or BO) where FD = 0

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what is the y-axis in the forced vergence fixation disparity curve?

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the patient’s fixation disparity (Eso or Exo) without any prism

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what do the ends of the curve plotted represent in the forced vergence fixation disparity curve?

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the break points for BI and BO prisms - after these points the patient is outside Panum’s area and will have diplopia

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what is the forced vergence fixation disparity curve?

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characterizes how the vergence system will respond to the demand - more dynamic measurement than a single phoria or vergence measure

29
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what is the slope at the y-intercept indicate in the forced vergence fixation disparity curve?

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how “good” the vergence system is (flatter is better/stronger)

30
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what does a flat central part (stays around zero) indicate in the forced vergence fixation disparity curve?

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there is no fixation disparity

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what does a greater/longer slope indicate across the middle section in the forced vergence fixation disparity curve?

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fixation disparity is slowly changing with addition of prism (eyes tend to lag behind prism when they stimulate vergence)

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what is the type 1 FD curve?

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the more common and considered a normal response (can be EXO or ESO)

33
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what is the type 1 eso FD curve?

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eso FD with no prism - then add BO prism to decrease eso FD until it is zero

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what is the type 1 exo FD curve?

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exo FD without prism - add BI to decrease until it becomes zero

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what is the type 2 FD curve?

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usually found in patients with large eso-phorias (curve is all in eso portion)

36
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why does the type 2 curve stay the same no matter how much BO prism is given?

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the eyes are too good at converging and they stop following the prism

37
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what is the type 3 FD curve?

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usually found in patients with large exo-phorias (curve is all in exo portion)

38
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why does the type 3 curve stay the same no matter how much BI prism is given?

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the eyes are too good at diverging and they stop following the prism

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what is the type 4 FD curve?

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the patient has a small exo FD - very rare (5% of population)

40
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what happens to the type 4 curve when BI increases?

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the FD quickly converts from exo to eso - the eyes are not following the prism very closely

41
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what everyday task may increase FD, associated phoria or the FD curve slope?

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sustained near visual tasks (reading) produce stress in the binocular system

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