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Corneal Layers that are permeable to water

  • Descemet and Bowmans Membrane
  • Stroma
  • Epithelium and Bowman’s Membrane
  • Endothelium and Epithelium
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Endothelium and Epithelium

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A pinch on the skin is considered to be:

  • Mechanical Stimulus
  • Thermal Stimulus
  • Electrical Stimulus
  • Chemical Stimulus
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Mechanical Stimulus

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A painful stimulus applied to the skin may cause:

  • Pupillary dilatation
  • Pupillary fibrillation
  • Pupillary constriction
  • Pupillary hippus
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Pupillary dilatation

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This process of seeing involves the impinging of the incident ray of light upon the eye and its transmission through various transparent media.

  • Physical Process
  • Neuro-Muscular Process
  • Physiological Process
  • Pyschological Process
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Physical Process

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Also known as the Yellow Spot

  • Fundus
  • Macula Lutea
  • Optic Disc
  • Fovea Centralis
  • Optic Nerve Head
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Macula Lutea

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This is referred to as the retinal area of greatest acuity

  • Fovea Centralis
  • Fundus
  • Optic Disc
  • Optic Nerve Head
  • Macula Lutea
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Fovea Centralis

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Deficiency of this vitamin affects the sclero-corneal coat:

  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin C
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Vitamin A

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critical for vision as an essential component of rhodopsin, a protein that absorbs light in the retinal receptors, and because it supports the normal differentiation and functioning of the conjunctival membranes and cornea.

  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin C
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Vitamin A

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supports cell growth and differentiation, playing a critical role in the normal formation and maintenance of the heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs

  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin C
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Vitamin A

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A substance that is most concentrated in aqueous humor

  • Potassium
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin B
  • Hyaluronic Acid
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Vitamin C

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supplies nutrients and some oxygen to the ocular avascular tissue, namely cornea, and lens.

  • Aqueous Humor
  • Vitreous Humor
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Aqueous Humor

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It removes waste products, macrophages, blood and other debris from the posterior of the cornea and anterior of the lens.

  • Aqueous Humor
  • Vitreous Humor
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Aqueous Humor

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Which is NOT a function of aqueous humor?

  • Supplies nutrition to avascular structures
  • gives constant shape to the cornea
  • removes waste products from avascular structures
  • maintains rigidity of the optic nerve
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maintains rigidity of the optic nerve

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Percentage of Tears lost by evaporation

  • 35%
  • 25%
  • 15%
  • 75%
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25%

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The excessive secretion of tears by the lacrimal gland

  • Xerophthalmia
  • Blepharoclonus
  • Epiphora
  • Blepharospasm
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Epiphora

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Inflammation of the lacrimal gland is called:

  • Dacryomyosis
  • Dacryocyctitis
  • Dacryoadenitis
  • Lacrimal Sacculitis
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Dacryoadenitis

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Inflammation of the lacrimal sac is called:

  • Dacryomyosis
  • Dacryocyctitis
  • Dacryoadenitis
  • Lacrimal Sacculitis
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Dacryocyctitis

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The transformation of the radiant energy of light into some other form of energy is called:

  • Reflection
  • Diffraction
  • Refraction
  • Absorption
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Absorption

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This part covers about 5/6 of the interior eyeball and is regarded as a dense, flat network blood vessels

  • Retina
  • Iris
  • Choroid
  • Ciliary Body
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Choroid

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Tenon’s capsule is otherwise known as:

  • Schlemm’s Canal
  • Bulbus Oculi
  • Conjunctival fornix
  • Fascia Bulbi
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Fascia Bulbi

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The following are the divisions of the Uveal Tract. EXCEPT

  • Ciliary Body
  • Retina
  • Choriod
  • Iris
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Retina

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Muscles working together in pairs in a precisely coordinated movement

  • Antagonist Muscles
  • Yoke Muscles
  • Agonist Muscles
  • Synergist Muscles
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Yoke Muscles

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(contralateral synergists) are pairs of muscles, one in each eye, that produce conjugate ocular movements.

  • Antagonist Muscles
  • Yoke Muscles
  • Agonist Muscles
  • Synergist Muscles
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Yoke Muscles

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The opening of the eye determined by the levator and orbicularis oculi muscle:

  • Palpebral fissure
  • Canthus
  • Puncta
  • Optic Canal
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Palpebral fissure

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The muscle which inserts nearest to the fovea centralis region is the: * Superior Oblique * Inferior Rectus * Inferior Oblique * Superior Rectus
Inferior Oblique
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located mostly superior and slightly posterior to the posterior border of the IO insertion. * blind spot * fovea
fovea
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A muscle that maintains the elevated position of the eyelids * Levator Palpebrae Superioris * Orbicularis Oculi * Ciliary Muscles * Muellers Muscle
Levator Palpebrae Superioris
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Muscles in the same eye having opposite actions * Synergists * Yoke * Agonist * Antagonist
Antagonist
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The shift between maximum luminosity in photopia to maximum luminosity in scotopia is called: * Purkinje-Sanson Images * All of the Choices * Purkenji Images * Purkinje Shift
Purkinje Shift
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The angle created between the line of sight and the pupillary axis * Angle Beta * Angle Kappa * Angle Alpha * Angle Gamma
Angle Kappa
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The angle created between the line of fixation and the optic axis * Angle Beta * Angle Kappa * Angle Alpha * Angle Gamma
Angle Gamma
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The angle created between the visual axis and the optic axis * Angle Beta * Angle Kappa * Angle Alpha * Angle Gamma
Angle Alpha
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A theoretical line passing through all the six cardinal points * Principal Plane * Horizontal Axis * Principal Axis * Vertical Axis
Principal Axis
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To possess a good stereoscopic vision * The accommodation mys be equal * The convergence must be equal * The fusion should be equal * The visual acuity should be equal
The fusion should be equal
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An object that is seen with extreme clearness which is judged to be much larger is: * Aerial Perspective * Disclosure of Images * After Image * Motion Parallax
Aerial Perspective
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Blindness in half of the visual field of one or both eyes * Sparring * Anopsia * Hemianopsia * Scotoma
Hemianopsia
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An entity of myopia which results in blurring of vision brought about by spasm of the ciliary muscle: * Pseudomyopia * Nocturnal Myopia * Degenerative Myopia * Simple Myopia
Pseudomyopia
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An entity of myopia in which the eye has greater difficulty in seeing in low illumination areas even though daytime vision is normal. * Pseudomyopia * Nocturnal Myopia * Degenerative Myopia * Simple Myopia
Nocturnal Myopia
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Which of the following is not included in the distinct sensations that the eye gives rise to according to Parinaud: * Form * Movement * Color * Light
Movement
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The amount of hyperopia is not revealed and can only be abolished by cycloplegia is called: * Total * Manifest * Latent * Facultative
Latent
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Night blindness is caused mainly by * Deficiency in Vit D * Avitaminosis * lack of Amino Acids * Deficiency in Calcium
Avitaminosis
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Another term for BLUE Blindness * Amerythropsia * Achloropsia * Acyanopsia * Ionopsia
Acyanopsia
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A condition wherein light reflex is absent but the near response is intact * Nyctalopia * Dyscoria * Anisocoria * Light Near dissociation
Light Near dissociation
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Pupil abnormality which is the hallmark of neuro-syphilis * Adies Tonic Pupil * Amaurotic Pupil * Argyll-Robertsons Pupil * Hutchinson's Pupil
Argyll-Robertsons Pupil
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A condition wherein the size of the pupil is 1.5mm or less * Miosis * Aniseikonia * Mydriasis * Anisocoria
Miosis
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Abnormally shaped pupil is called: * Polycoria * Corectopia * Aniridia * Dyscoria
Dyscoria
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Displacement of pupil * Polycoria * Corectopia * Aniridia * Dyscoria
Corectopia
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Absence of pupil * Polycoria * Corectopia * Aniridia * Dyscoria
Aniridia
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Abnormal neovascularization of the iris * Rubeosis Iridis * Iridocyclitis * Iridodialysis * Iridodonesis
Rubeosis Iridis
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Phenomenon of "pupillary escape" is present in: * Afferent Pupillary Defect * All of the choices * Normal Pupil * Efferent Pupillary Defect
Afferent Pupillary Defect
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The following are signs and symptoms that makeup Horner's Syndrome. EXCEPT: * Exophthalmia * Anhydrosis * Miosis * Ptosis
Exophthalmia
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A condition where there's a loss of direct and consensual pupil constriction, as well as near and palpebral reflexes, is called: * Iridoplegia * Iridodialysis * Ophthalmoplegia Interna * Iridodonesis
Iridoplegia
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A condition that causes paralysis or weakness of the eye muscles. It can affect one or more of the six muscles that hold the eye in place and control its movement. * Iridoplegia * Iridodialysis * Ophthalmoplegia Interna * Iridodonesis
Ophthalmoplegia Interna
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States that when a muscle contracts, its direct antagonists relax to an equal extent allowing eye movement to take place * Sherrington's Law of Reciprocal innervation * Herring's Law of Equal Innervation * Webers Law * Listing's Law
Sherrington's Law of Reciprocal innervation
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Sherrington's Law of Reciprocal innervation * Webers Theory * Tshernings Theory * Helmholtz Theory * Herings Theory
Herings Theory
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________ of colors is based upon an analysis of color-sensations. It only shows that the threshold for black white vision is lower than that for the two color processes. * Webers Theory * Tshernings Theory * Helmholtz Theory * Herings Theory
Herings Theory
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The failure of a lens to focus all colors to the same point * Spherical Aberration * All of the choices * Chromatic Aberration * Aberration
Chromatic Aberration
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It is a type of color vision where all 3 color wavelengths must be employed in order to produce all possible color sensations * Memochrimacy * Dichromacy * Trichromacy * Monochromacy
Trichromacy
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Rods for Scotopic Vision and Cones for Photopic Vision * Fechners Law * Parinauds Theory * Webers Law * Duplicity Theory
Duplicity Theory
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Theory of visual projection where it is mutually referring any sensation to some part of the space * Nativistic Theory * Acquiring Theory * Empirical Theory * Evolution Theory
Empirical Theory
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``` The law which holds that the innervation which gives rise to conjugate eye movements are themselves symmetrical is: Webers Law Herings Law Sherringtons Law Donders Law ```
Herings Law
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This is a failure of an optic system to produce a perfect image of an object * Diplopia * Suppression * Aberration * Optical Blur
Aberration
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Presbyopia is earliest in: * Hyperopes * Myopes * Everyone * Astigmats
Hyperopes
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AA of a 40 year old according to Donders: * 2.50D * 4.50D * 3.50D * 5.00D
4.50D
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The three synkinetic reactions by mediating the 3rd cranial nerve are: * Constriction-Convergence-Elevation * Divergence-Constriction-Accommodation * Convergence-Accommodation-Constriction * Accommodation-Dilation-Convergence
Convergence-Accommodation-Constriction
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A type of hyperopia that a person can voluntarily overcome with the accommodation * Absolute * Congenital * Hereditary * Facultative
Facultative
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A cognition in which objects or persons are not recognized * Aphasia * Opsia * Agnosia * Alepsia
Agnosia
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A condition that occurs when the posterior iris become attached to the lens surface in iritis. * Anterior Synechia * Pupillary occulusion * Posterior Synechia * Pupillary Block
Posterior Synechia
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The ability of the human eye to focus a blur image is called:
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The ability of the human eye to focus a blurred image is called: * blur circles * accommodation * blinking * convergence
accommodation
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The bouncing back of light from a surface is called: * Refraction * Polarization * Reflection * Diffraction
Reflection
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Who gave the term presbyopia? * Donders * Tscherning * Babbage * Helmholtz
Donders
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'The following are TRUE of PRESBYOPIA. EXCEPT: * Always associated with pupil dilatation * Needs a plus lens to restore vision at near * May be due to the hardening of the lens * Sooner in onset among hyperopes
Always associated with pupil dilatation
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The unit of refractive power of the lens * Centimeter * Focal Length * Meter * Diopter
Diopter
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An imaginary straight line passing through the nodal point terminating at the fovea centralis * Visual Axis * Fixation Axis * Pupillary Axis * Optic Axis
Visual Axis
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The entopic phenomenon of muscae vollitantes usually refer to: * Vitreous opacities * Lenticular opacities * Corneal tear fiber irregularities * Red Blood Cells circulating in the retinal vascular network
Vitreous opacities
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The linear distance from nearest point of accommodation to the farthest point is called: * total accommodation * range of accommodation * amplitude of accommodation * available accommodation
range of accommodation
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As the human eye accommodates, the Purkinje-Sanson Images: * I and II decrease in size and move toward the cornea * III and IV increase in size and move away from the cornea * I and II increase in size and move away to the cornea * III and IV decrease in size and move toward the cornea
III and IV decrease in size and move toward the cornea
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Which plane of the eye divides the eyeball into anterior and posterior halves? * Equatorial Plane * Vertical Plane * Median Plane * Visual Plane
Equatorial Plane
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This plane of the eye divides the eyeball into right and left halves * Equatorial Plane * Vertical Plane * Median Plane * Visual Plane
Median Plane
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First to advance proof that accommodation is a lenticular process * Tscherning * Young * Cramer * Helmholtz
Young
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PR stands for * Punctum Roximum * Punctom Remutum * Punctom Remotum * Punctum Remotum
Punctum Remotum
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The patient has a near point of 5cm and a far point of 25cm. How much is the AA? * 5.00D * 3.25D * 16.00D * 19.25D
16.00D
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The greatest distance thru which a given object can be moved to or from the eye yet remained clearly visible * Depth of Field * Depth of Sight * Depth of Focus * Focal Depth
Depth of Focus
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Organs in which the irritability to the environmental changes is very highly developed: * Afferent Nerve * Effectors * Efferent Nerve * Receptors
Receptors
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The generation of a nerve impulse in the retina and its transmission by a chain of neurons to the CNS * Pyschological Process * Physiological Process * Neuro-Muscular Process * Physical Process
Neuro-Muscular Process
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The generation of a nerve impulse in the retina and its transmission by a chain of neurons to the CNS * Pyschological Process * Physiological Process * Neuro-Muscular Process * Physical Process
Neuro-Muscular Process
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A very simple device for helping patients recognize their fusion status * Cross Cylinder * Maddox Rod * Prism * Red Filter
Red Filter
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An important pigment found in Rods * All of the Choices * Retinene * Rhodopsin * Iodopsin
Rhodopsin
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Visual Purple is * Carbohydrates * Lipid * Calcium * Protein
Protein
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A destructive change characterized by thickening, ulceration, and softening of the cornea due to Vitamin A Deficiency is: * Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca * Nyctalopia * Keratomalacia * Xerophthalmia
* Keratomalacia
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Sclera comes from the word scleros which means: * All of the Choices * Opaque * White * Hard
Hard
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In order for a small media opacity to interfere with vision, it must be near the: * Lens * Retina * Nodal Point * Corneal Point
Nodal Point
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Index of refraction of the cornea: * 1.38 * 1.40 * 1.37 * 1.33
1.37
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Index of refraction of the Aqueous Humor * 1.38 * 1.40 * 1.37 * 1.33
1.33
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Index of refraction of the Lens Cortex * 1.38 * 1.40 * 1.37 * 1.33
1.38
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Index of refraction of the Lens Core * 1.38 * 1.40 * 1.37 * 1.33
1.40
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The power of the Crystalline Lens with active accommodation * 19.00D * 15.00D * 43.00D * 33.00D
33.00D
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The power of the Cornea with active accommodation * 19.00D * 15.00D * 43.00D * 33.00D
43.00D
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The power of the Cornea with relaxed accommodation * 19.00D * 15.00D * 43.00D * 33.00D
43.00D
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The nuclei of the rods and cones are found of what retinal layer * Inner Plexiform Layer * Outer Molecular Layer * Outer Nuclear Layer * Inner Nuclear Layer
Outer Nuclear Layer
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It is the layer of the retina of hexagonal cells with minutes black pigments that is so clearly applied to the choroid and adherent to it: * Nerve Fiber Layer * Pigmented Epithelium * Internal Limiting Membrane * Photoreceptor layer
Pigmented Epithelium
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It is a part of the retina. lying 3mm to the temporal side of the optic disc; 1mm temporal to posterior pole and 0.8mm below the horizontal plane * Physiological Cup * Macula Lutea * Blind Spot * Ora serrata
Macula Lutea
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This is situated 3mm to the nasal side of the posterior pole of the eye and 1mm below the horizontal plane * Physiological Cup * Macula Lutea * Blind Spot * Ora serrata
Blind Spot
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The meningeal sheath that covers the optic nerve that blends with the sclerotic coat. * Arachnoid * Dura * Scleros * Pia
Dura
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Foveas are not formed until the: * Eighth Month of Life * Second Month of life * Fifth Month of Life * Third Month of life
Third Month of life

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