visual fields 3

Question 1

what does contralateral mean

Answer 1

opposite side

Question 2

ipsilateral

Answer 2

same side

Question 3

homonymous

Answer 3

affecting the same side of visual field in both eyes

Question 4

heteronymous

Answer 4

affecting opposite sides of the visual field in both eyes

Question 5

congruous

Answer 5

defects in both visual fields are identical

Question 6

incongruous

Answer 6

defects in both visual fields differ (asymmetrical)

Question 7

hemianopia

Answer 7

loss of vision in one half of the visual field

Question 8

quadrantanopia

Answer 8

loss of vision in one quarter of the visual field

Question 9

homonymous hemianopia

Answer 9

cut off exactly after optic chiasm
both same sides and half of the eye are blacked off

Question 10

homonymous superior quadrantanopia (pie in the sky)

Answer 10

quarter of the top halfs on each same sides of the eye

when optic radiation are affected the outer loop
meyers loop

Question 11

homonymous inferior quadrantanopia (pie on the floor)

Answer 11

bottom quarter of the same sides of the eye is blacked out

baums loop. inner loop of optic radiation

Question 12

homonymous hemianopia with macular sparing

Answer 12

black on both same sides of each eye with a little semi ring cut out the middles of each