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What is binocular single vision?

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Two images from two eyes combine to form one central image

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What is Stereopsis?

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3D depth perception

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Which is greater? Binocular acuity or monocular acuity?

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Binocular acuity

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What is the importance of Stereopsis and Binocular single vision?

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1) Increase field of vision
2) Eliminate the blind spot
3) Depth perception
4) Estimation of distance

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Binocular eye movements are called __.

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Versions

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Monocular eye movements with the other eye covered are called __.

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Ductions

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What are the 6 muscles of the eye?

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1) Medial Rectus
2) Lateral Rectus
3) Superior Rectus
4) Inferior Rectus
5) Superior Oblique
6) Inferior Oblique

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Which muscles of the eye does the third cranial nerve (Oculomotor) supply?

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1) Medial Rectus
2) Superior Rectus
3) Inferior Rectus
4) Inferior Oblique

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Which muscle of the eye does the fourth cranial nerve (Trochlear) supply?

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Superior Oblique

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Which muscle of the eye does the fifth cranial nerve (Trigeminal) supply?

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Lateral Rectus

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The total number of the positions of gaze is _.

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9

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What are Yoke muscles?

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A pair of muscles (one muscle in each eye) moving the eye to the same direction of gaze

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What is squint (strabismus)?

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Misaligned eyes (both eyes are not looking in the same direction)

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What is concomitant (non-paralytic) squint?

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The angle of deviation is not affected by the direction of gaze. (Eye muscles all move normally)

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What causes concomitant (non-paralytic) squint?

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UNCLEAR IMAGES AS A RESULT OF:
1) Refractive error
2) Opacities in the media of eye
3) Abnormalities of the retina that prevent the translation of a correctly formed image into neural impulses

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Is concomitant (non-paralytic) squint congenital or acquired?

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Congenital

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Is non-concomitant (paralytic) squint congenital or acquired?

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Acquired

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When is diplopia at its peak in non-concomitant (paralytic) squint?

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When attempting to look in
the direction requiring the action of the weak muscle.

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What is non-concomitant (paralytic) squint?

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The degree of misalignment varies with direction of the gaze (An eye muscle is not functioning properly)

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Non-concomitant (paralytic) squint may indicate:

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1) A nerve palsy
2) An extra-ocular muscle disease

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Which nerve palsies may cause non-concomitant (paralytic) squint?

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1) 6th nerve (Abducens)
2) 4th nerve (Trochlear)
3) 3rd nerve (Oculomotor)

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What does a 6th nerve palsy cause?

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Failure of Abduction

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What does a 4th nerve palsy cause?

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Defective depression of the eye when in adduction

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What does a 3rd nerve palsy cause?

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1) Failure of adduction, elevation and depression of the eye
2) Ptosis
3) Dilated pupil

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What causes dysthyroid eye disease?
Infiltration of the extraocular muscles with lymphocytes and the depositions of glycosaminoglycans
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Which muscle is most commonly affect in dysthyroid eye disease?
Inferior rectus
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What are the complications of dysthyroid eye disease?
1) Chemosis & corneal ulcers = corneal perforations 2) Compressive optic neuropathy = blindness
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Management of dysthyroid eye disease?
1) Systemic steroids 2) Radiotherapy 3) Surgical orbital decompression 4) Prisms
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How do you diagnose myasthenia gravis?
Edrophonium test
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How do you treat myasthenia gravis?
1) Neostigmine (acetylcholine esterase inhibitor) 2) Thymectomy
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What is ocular myositis?
Inflammation of the extraocular muscles
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Signs and symptoms of ocular myositis?
1) Pain 2) Diplopia 3) Restriction of movement
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Mode of inheritance of Ocular Myopathy?
Mitochondrial DNA mutation
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Describe the eye movement in ocular myopathy?
Slowly and symmetrically reduced
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What is seen pathologically in ocular myopathy?
Ragged red fibers
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What is Brown's syndrome also called?
Superior oblique tendon sheath syndrome
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What is Brown's syndrome?
Movement of inferior oblique muscle is restricted by the superior oblique muscle tendon failing to pass smoothly through its trochlear pulley or a stiff inelastic tendon
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Brown's syndrome results in:
Restriction of elevation in adduction
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Duane’s Syndrome is caused by:
Faulty innervation of the medial and lateral rectus muscles
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Duane’s Syndrome results in:
Faulty abduction and adduction
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Do children in Duane's syndrome develop amblyopia?
No, because binocular alignment is normal is some gaze positions
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What is the Parapontine Reticular Formation (PPRF)?
A part of the pontine reticular formation involved in the coordination of horizontal eye movements
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What happens if there is a lesion in the Parapontine Reticular Formation (PPRF)?
Horizontal gaze palsy to the side of the lesion
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When do we normally see lesions in the Parapontine Reticular Formation (PPRF)?
1) Brainstem disease 2) Vascular diseases 3) Tumors
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What is Internuclear ophthalmoplegia?
Conjugate lateral gaze in which the affected eye shows impairment of adduction
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If the right eye is affected in Internuclear ophthalmoplegia, what will the patient see?
They will see double when looking to the left
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What does divergence of the eyes lead to in Internuclear ophthalmoplegia?
Horizontal diplopia
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What does convergence of the eyes lead to in Internuclear ophthalmoplegia?
Nothing. It is preserved
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What causes Internuclear ophthalmoplegia?
Injury to MLF (medial longitudinal fasciculus)
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What is the cover test?
A test to detect strabismus
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Cover test: If the unaffected eye is covered and the affected eye moves outward, it is:
Esotropic
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Cover test: If the unaffected eye is covered and the eye moves inward, it is:
Exotropic
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Cover test: If the unaffected eye is covered and the eye moves upward, it is:
Hypotropic
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Cover test: If the unaffected eye is covered and the eye moves downward, it is:
Hypertropic
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What is the Hirschberg corneal light reflex?
Objective assessment of ocular alignment
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What are the signs of pseudoesotropia?
1) Small Interpupillary distance 2) Epicanthal folds 3) Flat nasal bridge
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What are the signs of Infantile Esotropia?
1) Not associated with hypermetropia 2) Large angle of deviation 3) Both eyes are convergent (crossed fixation) 4) Left fovea fixes right field & vice versa
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How do you assess infantile esotropia?
1) Fixation reflex 2) Cover uncover test 3) Refraction by cycloplegic drugs 4) Fundoscopy to evaluate any organic disease (retinoblastoma)
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How do you treat infantile esotropia?
Surgery (recession of both medial recti)
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What is Mobius Syndrome?
6th and 7th nerve underdevelopment
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Signs & symptoms of Mobius Syndrome?
1) Crossed eyes (bilateral 6th) 2) Lack of facial expression (facial palsy) 3) Clubbed feet 4) Missing fingers or toes 5) Chest wall anomalies
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The combination of these three movements (__, __ and __) is under the control of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus and is referred to as the near triad.
1) Accommodation 2) Convergence 3) Miosis
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The combination of these three movements (accommodation, convergence and miosis) is under the control of the ____ and is referred to as the near triad.
Edinger-Westphal nucleus
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The combination of these three movements (accommodation, convergence and miosis) is under the control of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus and is referred to as the ___.
Near triad
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Accommodative esotropia occurs as a consequence of:
A reduction in zonular tension induced by ciliary muscle contraction
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Accommodative esotropia is often seen in patients with a moderate amount of:
Hypermetropia
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What are the 2 types of Accommodative Esotropia?
1) Fully accommodative esotropia 2) Convergence excess esotropia
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Non-accommodative esotropia is induced by:
1) Emotional or physical stress (illness) 2) Sensory deprivation (untreated congenital cataract, optic atrophy) 3) Retinoblastoma
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What are the causes of intermittent exodeviations?
1) Divergence excess 2) Convergence weakness 3) Basic
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What are the causes of constant exodeviations?
1) Congenital 2) Sensory 3) Consecutive
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Intermittent exodeviations manifest during times of:
1) Visual inattention 2) Fatigue 3) Stress 4) During illness
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If intermittent exodeviation is exposed to bright light, it causes:
Reflex closure of one eye
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What are the types of concomitant exotropia?
1) Accommodative exotropia 2) Non-accommodative exotropia 3) Consecutive exotropia
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Accommodative exotropia is associated with:
Uncorrected myopia
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Treatment for accommodative exotropia?
Correct myopia
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Accommodative exotropia can be seen when the child looks:
Far away
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What is Crouzon’s syndrome (branchial arch syndrome)/Non-accommodative exotropia caused by?
Defect in Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (Autosomal Dominant, Chromosome 10)
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Signs & symptoms of Crouzon’s syndrome (branchial arch syndrome)/Non accommodative exotropia?
1) Shallow eye sockets after early fusion of surrounding bones 2) Cranial synostosis 3) Hypertelorism (greater than normal distance between the eyes) 4) Patent ductus arteriosus 5) Aortic coarctation
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Secondary exotropia is seen in cases of:
Unilateral loss of vision
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Consecutive exotropia is due to:
Surgical overcorrection of an esodeviation
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What causes amblyopia?
1) Suppression (monocular or cortical process producing absolute scotoma) 2) Non-use of the retino-cortical pathway
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What are the types of amblyopia?
1) Strabismic 2) Anisometropic 3) Form Deprivation
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Adult-onset strabismus usually causes __ rather than amblyopia, since the two eyes are not fixated on the same object.
Double vision
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Refractive amblyopia may result from:
Anisometropia (unequal refractive error between the two eyes)
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Amblyopia is associated with a combination of __ and __.
Anisometropia; Strabismus
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Form-deprivation amblyopia results when:
The ocular media become opaque
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What are some examples of Form-deprivation amblyopia?
1) Cataracts 2) Corneal scarring From forceps injuries during birth
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If not treated quickly, form-deprivation amblyopia may:
Persist even after the cause of the opacity is removed

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