Terms

Question 1

Amblyopia

Answer 1

Lazy eye. One eye becomes dependent on the other eye to focus. Cannot be corrected with glasses or surgery.

Question 2

Strabismus

Answer 2

Eye misalignment caused by an imbalance in the muscles holding the eye.

Question 3

Anisometriopia

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Condition of the eyes in which the eyes have unequal refractive power.

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Aphakia

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Absence of a lens in the eye.

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Asthenopia

Answer 5

Eye strain

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Binocular vision

Answer 6

Simultaneous use of the two eyes. Allows for a wider field of vision.

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Canthus

Answer 7

Where the upper lid meets the lower lid

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Convergence

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Turning both eyes inwards so that they are both aimed toward the near object.

Question 9

Cycloplegia

Answer 9

Paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation or … A dilated pupil.

Question 10

Diploplia

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Double vision.

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Exopthalmos

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Bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit.

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Floaters

Answer 12

Light spots or streaks and dark moving specks due to vitreous traction on the retinal and solid vitreous material or blood.

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Hemianopia

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A blindness or reduction in vision in one half of the visual field due to damage of the optic pathways in the brain.

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Hyphema

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Blood in the the anterior chamber.

Question 15

Legal blindness

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Means central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with use of a correcting lens.

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Limbus

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The edge of the cornea, where it joins the sclera. also called limbus corneae.

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Chemosis

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Swelling or edema of the conjunctiva

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Papilledema

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Swelling of the optic disc caused by increased intracranial pressure (ICP)

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Pterygium

Answer 19

A painless non-cancerous growth of the conjunctiva that lays over the sclera.

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Pinguecula

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Non-cancerous yellowish-brown subconjunctival elevation composed of degenerated elastic tissue; may occur on either side of the cornea.

Question 21

Ptosis

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“drooping eyelid“ caused by weakness of the muscle responsible for raising the eyelid, damage to the nerves that control those muscles, or looseness of the skin of the upper eyelids.

Question 22

Miosis

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Constriction of the pupil

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Mydriasis

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Dilation of the pupil

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Nystagmus

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is a vision condition in which the eyes make repetitive, uncontrolled movements, often resulting in reduced vision

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Synechia

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an eye condition where the iris adheres to either the cornea (i.e. anterior synechia) or lens (i.e. posterior synechia). �

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Scintillating scotoma

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Often is accociated w/ migraine. usually begins as a spot of flickering light near or in the center of the visual fields, which prevents vision within the scotoma. The scotoma area flickers, but is not dark. The scotoma then expands into one or more shimmering arcs of white or colored flashing lights

Question 27

Emmetropia

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Normal state, perfect focus of light rays onto the retina when the ciliary muscles are totally relaxed.

Question 28

Hyperopia

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Far-sightedness. Cannot see close objects very well. | Contact or glasses prescription begins with a +

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Hyperopia complications

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Can be a risk factor for glaucoma and lazy eye.

Question 30

Myopia

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Near-sightedness. Cannot see distant objects well. Runs in the family, affects 1/3 of the population. The prescription is a negative number.

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Astigmatism

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A misshaped lens that cannot focus light rays properly. May accompany both far-sightedness or near-sightedness.

Question 32

Presbyopia

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Old fart eyes Usually occurs around age 40 The eye gradually becomes less awesome in every aspect than it was previously.