The Eye – Chapter 29

Question 1

Diseases that increase orbital contents and displace the eye forward produce a condition known as

Answer 1

Proptosis

Question 2

Diseases that increase orbital contents and displace the eye forward produce a condition known as

Answer 2

Proptosis

Question 3

Axial proptosis is an important clinical manifestation of

Answer 3

Graves disease

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Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that can cause hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid.

Question 4

The most common malignancy of the eyelid is

Answer 4

Basal cell carcinoma

Question 5

A local ocular mass that mimics chalazion or may diffusely thicken the eyelid is known as

Answer 5

Sebaceous carcinoma

Question 6

What structures make up the major refractive surface of the eye?

Answer 6

Cornea and its overlying tear film

Question 7

What structures make up the major refractive surface of the eye?

Answer 7

Cornea and its overlying tear film

Question 8

The ____ layer, situated just beneath the epithelial basement membrane, is acellular and forms an efficient barrier against the penetration of malignant cells from the epithelium into the underly stroma.

Answer 8

Bowman

Question 9

The ____ layer, situated just beneath the epithelial basement membrane, is acellular and forms an efficient barrier against the penetration of malignant cells from the epithelium into the underly stroma.

Answer 9

Bowman

Question 10

A progressive thinning and ectasia of the cornea without evidence of inflammation or vascularization is known as _

Answer 10

Keratoconus

Question 11

Keratoconus is associated with

Answer 11

Down syndrome, Marfan syndrome, and atopic disorders

Question 12

What are the two major clinical manifestations of Fuchs endothelial dystrophy?

Answer 12

Stromal edema and bullous keratopathy

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Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy is a non-inflammatory, sporadic or autosomal dominant, dystrophy involving the endothelial layer of the cornea

Question 13

Lenticular opacities that may be congenital or acquired are known as

Answer 13

Cataracts

Question 14

A collection of diseases characterized by distinctive changes in the visual field and in the cup of the optic nerve is known as

Answer 14

Glaucoma

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What is glaucoma? Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss and blindness by damaging a nerve in the back of your eye called the optic nerve.

Question 15

The most common primary intraocular malignancy of adults is

Answer 15

Uveal melanoma

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A rare cancer that begins in the cells that make the dark-colored pigment, called melanin, in the uvea or uveal tract of the eye. The uvea is the middle layer of the wall of the eye and includes the iris, the ciliary body, and the choroid.

Question 16

separation of neurosensory retina from the RPE is known as

Answer 16

Retinal detachment

Question 17

Retinopathy of prematurity or retrolental fibroplasia occurs in premature infants treated with

Answer 17

Oxygen

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Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease that can happen in babies who are premature (born early) — or who weigh less than 3 pounds at birth.

ROP happens when abnormal blood vessels grow in the retina (the light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of your eye).

Question 18

The most common primary intraocular malignancy of children is _

Answer 18

Retinoblastoma

Question 19

edema of the head of the optic nerve is known as

Answer 19

Papilledema

google: Papilledema is a term that is exclusively used when a disc swelling is secondary to increased intracranial pressure (ICP). It must be distinguished from optic disc swelling from other causes which is simply termed “optic disc edema”

Question 20

Trauma, intraocular inflammation, chronic retinal detachment can give rise to an eye that is both small (atrophic) and internally disorganized. This is known as _

Answer 20

Phthisis bulbi

Question 21

Congenitally small eyes are known as

Answer 21

Microphthalmia

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Microphthalmia is an eye condition that happens before birth. In this condition, one or both eyeballs are abnormally small.

Question 22

The most common intraocular tumor of adults is

Answer 22

Choroidal melanoma

Question 23

Damage to the macula which is required for central vision and occurs in dry and wet forms is known as________.

Answer 23

Age-related macular degeneration

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Question 24

neoangiogensis occurs in what form of age related macular degenerartion?

Answer 24

Wet form

Question 25

The absence of neoangiogenesis occursin what form of age-related macular degeneration?

Answer 25

Dry form

Question 26

An inherited condition resulting from mutations that affect rods and cones is known as

Answer 26

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Question 27

in well differentiated retinoblastoma, there are ___ reflecting photoreceptor differentiation?

Answer 27

Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes

google: the Flexner-Wintersteiner rosette is pathognomonic of retinoblastoma and consists of a single row of tumor cells surrounding a central lumen; these are found exclusively in retinoblastoma