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An optometrist is licensed by which governing body? ✔✔State
The person generally responsible for grinding or duplicating lenses is the ________.
✔✔Opticia
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Certified Paraoptometric Questions and
Answers Already Passed
An optometrist is licensed by which governing body? ✔✔State
The person generally responsible for grinding or duplicating lenses is the ________.
✔✔Optician
An instrument worn on the examiners head and used to view the back of the eye is call a/an
_______. ✔✔Binocular indirect opthalmoscope
Kerat (root word) ✔✔Cornea
A test that does not require responses from the patient is called a/an __________ test.
✔✔Objective
The retinoscope will indicate the patient's refractive error when _________. ✔✔All motion in
every direction is stopped when the light is moved across the pupil.
-itis ✔✔Inflamation
Which lens has the same power in all areas of the lens and is used to treat mypoia and
hyperopia? ✔✔Spherical
-osis ✔✔Abnormal condition
The ______ is a clear, cellophane-like tissue that lines the inside surface of the eyelids.
✔✔Palpebral Conjunctiva
The _______ muscle has direct control over the focusing ability of the eye. ✔✔Ciliary
What is the prescription strength of the lens called? ✔✔Lens power
______ is the term for the condition in which an image will focus on the back of the retina when
accommodation is relaxed. These patients will not require any corrective prescription lenses.
✔✔Emmetropia
The choroid consists primarily of blood vessels that nourish the ________. ✔✔Retina
Commonly known as pink eye. ✔✔Conjunctivitis
Term for when small blood vessels rupture between the sclera and conjunctiva.
✔✔Subconjuntival hemorrhage
A doctor of medicine specializing in surgery is a/an ________. ✔✔Opthamologist
The area of the retina responsible for seeing detail is the ______. ✔✔Macula
What are additional curves on the lens that surrounds the optical zone called? ✔✔Peripheral
curves
Which test is used to measure the visual field? ✔✔Perimetry
What type of ametropia occurs when an image is focused in front of the retina and is usually
caused by the eye being too long? ✔✔Myopia
-opia ✔✔Vision condition
The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a/an _______. ✔✔Phoropter
The part of the eye examination that serves as a guide for the tests to be performed during the
office visit is called a/an ________. ✔✔Case history
-pathy ✔✔Disease
The _____ is the area located inside the eye, behind the iris, and in front of the lens.
✔✔Posterior chamber
What is the center area of the lens called that provides optical correction for the patient's vision?
✔✔Optical zone
What condition is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused theoretically
behind the eye resulting in blurry vision called? ✔✔Hyperopia
When the pores in the eyelid become blocked and inflamed, commonly called a stye, is a/an
______. ✔✔Hordeolum
An instrument that can obtain an estimate of the patient's prescription without the patient's
response is called a/an _______. ✔✔Retinoscope
A small lump on the eyelid is called a ______. ✔✔Chalazion
Papill (root word) ✔✔Optic nerve head
What is with accommodation relaxed and the imag
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