Semester 1 Flashcards
(38 cards)
When focusing the eyepieces of the slit lamp, you must focus them: monocularly or binocularly?
Both!
Another word for “slit lamp”
A Biomicroscope
When doing a general overview of the eye you must start on the OD temporally and:
Scan along the upper lid down to the caruncle and then along the lower lid. (Then scan across: sclera, conjunctiva, limbus and cornea)
Why do we place saline solution in the concave mount of the radiuscope?
To neutralize the front surface of the RGP lens in order to accurately read the BCOR of the lens.
When using the formula to convert diopters into radius of curvature of the K readings, why do you -4.00D the dioptric value for a soft lens fit ?
Because we need to consider the fact that the cornea flattens between 3-5 diopters when going to the sclera.
Another word for keratometer?
Ophthalmometer
CCC is a good fit! CBC is a _____ fit ?
Flat fit ! Too loose
BCB is a ______ fit ?
Steep fit !! Too tight
The mean K reading must be recorded to the nearest ___D
0.13D
The horizontal and the vertical reading of the keratometer must be within __D of the correct reading
0.25D (0.05 mm of radius)
The 2 primary variables that affect the fit of a contact lens, which deal with the amount of sagittal height are?
Radius(BCOR) and Diameter
A flat BCOR and a small Diameter =
Looser fit
A steeper BCOR and a bigger Diameter =
Tighter fit
If the diameter is a 14.0 and a 8.6 BCOR lens is too steep on the patient would you fit a 8.9 or 8.4 to loosen it?
8.9 is flatter/looser/less tight (less sagittal height)
Anoxia
Pathological condition where there is lack of oxygen
Back optic zone
The BOZD is the diameter of the central optic zone of a cl lens (also know as the optic diameter). The BOZR is the radius of curvature of the central optic zone of a hard cl (also known as the back central optic radius BCOR)
Back toric
Lens design where part or the entire back surface is toric. The front surface may either be spherical or toroidal (bi-toric)
Bandage lens
Soft cl used to protect the cornea, reduce pain as well as helping to heal in conditions such as ulcers and burns.
Bi-toric
Lens design with both front and back toric surfaces
Desiccation
The process of the eye drying up due to excessive loss of moisture
Front optic zone
The diameter of the optic zone measured to the surrounding junction
Front central optic radius FCOR
The curvature of the front of a cl
Front toric
A lens with a spherical back and bi-toric front surface
Hypoxia
Condition where there is oxygen deficiency in a body tissue