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Optometrists - CORRECT ANSWER Doctors of Optometry focused on regular vision care
including routine eye health exams and vision tests, prescribing eyewear, and monitoring eye
conditions.

Orthoptist - CORRECT ANSWER Specializes in diagnosing and managing eye movement and
coordination problems
Change a bifocal Rx to a single vision Rx - CORRECT ANSWER Add the bifocal power to the
sphere powers.
OD: -0.50
OS: -0.25-0.25x172
Add: +1.75

Turns into-
OD: +1.25
OS: +1.50-0.25x172

Anisometropia - CORRECT ANSWER There is a difference of 3 diopters between both eyes;
when the vision of the eyes differs by a large margin.

Antimetropia - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to Rx's that differ in sign.
Ex. OD: +0.25
OS: -0.75

Simple Hyperopia - CORRECT ANSWER The Rx will be a + sphere

Simple Myopia - CORRECT ANSWER The Rx will be - sphere

Marcus Gunn - CORRECT ANSWER Tests to see if both pupils constrict when a light is shined
in one eye. Tests for abnormalties in pupillary reaction.

optotypes - CORRECT ANSWER letters on the Snellen Chart

Who is said to be the pioneer lens designer (1268) - CORRECT ANSWER Roger Bacon

Who is generally credited with the invention of spectacles? - CORRECT ANSWER Salvino
d'Armati of Florence, Italy (1285)

When were minus or concave lenses invented? - CORRECT ANSWER 16th century for
correction of myopic eyes (nearsightedness)




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When were toric lenses invented and by whom? - CORRECT ANSWER 19th century by
Suscipi

Who is credited with making the first bifocals? - CORRECT ANSWER Benjamin Franklin
(1784)

Who aroused the interest of physicians concerning the exam of the eye and prescribing spectale
lenses? - CORRECT ANSWER F.C. Donders (1800)

Ocularist - CORRECT ANSWER a paramedical technician who designs, fabricates, hand paints,
and fits ocular protheses for those who have lost one or both eyes

photophobia - CORRECT ANSWER fear of light

iritis - CORRECT ANSWER an inflammation of the iris.

contraocular - CORRECT ANSWER pertaining to the opposite eye

enophthalmos - CORRECT ANSWER recession of the eyeball into the orbit

heterotropia - CORRECT ANSWER eyes do not maintain parallelism, but take a permanent
position of convergence or divergence

uvetis - CORRECT ANSWER inflammation involving the uveal tract

hyphema - CORRECT ANSWER blood in the anterior chamber of the eye

binocular - CORRECT ANSWER pertaining to both eyes, the use of both eyes simutaneously

anophthalmos - CORRECT ANSWER abscence of an eyeball (newborn)

aspheric - CORRECT ANSWER a curve of multiple radii

achromat - CORRECT ANSWER a totally color blind individual, a lens free from chromatic
abberation

hemophthalmia - CORRECT ANSWER blood (hemmorrhage) within the eye

aniridia - CORRECT ANSWER complete or partial absence of the iris

endophthalmitis - CORRECT ANSWER inflammation of the tissues of the internal structures of
the eye

ansiotropia - CORRECT ANSWER unequal turning of the eyes




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diplopia - CORRECT ANSWER double vision

exophthalmos - CORRECT ANSWER abnormal protrusion of the eyeball outward and forward

hemianopsia - CORRECT ANSWER blindness in half the visual field of one or both eyes

opthalmoscope - CORRECT ANSWER an instrument for viewing the fundus and interior of the
eye

supraduction - CORRECT ANSWER an upward rotation of the eye

retinoscope - CORRECT ANSWER an instrument for viewing or shinning light on the retina to
determine the refractive state of the eye

keratitis - CORRECT ANSWER inflammation of the cornea

keratoconus - CORRECT ANSWER deformity of the cornea in which it becomes cone shapped,
due to stretching of tissues in its central area.

kerat-;kerato- - CORRECT ANSWER cornea

blaph-; blapharo- - CORRECT ANSWER eyelid

lach- - CORRECT ANSWER tears

dacry- - CORRECT ANSWER tears (abnormal)

core- - CORRECT ANSWER pupil

phac- - CORRECT ANSWER lens

phoria- - CORRECT ANSWER muscular imbalance

heterophoria - CORRECT ANSWER the tendency for one eye to deviate as the other remains
fixed

exophoria - CORRECT ANSWER muscular imbalance where an eye has a tendency to move
outward

hyperphoria - CORRECT ANSWER tendency for one eye to deviate upward

orthophoria - CORRECT ANSWER normal muscular balance and alignment of the eyes with no
tendency to deviate

keratoscope - CORRECT ANSWER instrument for examining the curvature of the cornea




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dicoria - CORRECT ANSWER two pupils in one eye

blepharedema - CORRECT ANSWER abnormal excess of watery fluid in the tissue spaces of
the eyelid.

hypophoria - CORRECT ANSWER tendency for one eye to deviate downward

convert m to cm - CORRECT ANSWER move decimal 2 places right

convert cm to mm - CORRECT ANSWER move decimal 1 place right

convert m to mm - CORRECT ANSWER move decimal 3 places right

convert mm to m - CORRECT ANSWER move decimal 3 places left

convert mm to cm - CORRECT ANSWER move decimal 1 place left

convert cm to m - CORRECT ANSWER move decimal 2 places left

system of angular measurement - CORRECT ANSWER A circle= 360 degrees
1 degree= 60 minutes
1 minute= 60 seconds

conversion between units of angular measurements - CORRECT ANSWER 1. degrees to
minutes: multiply degrees by 60
2. minutes to seconds: multiply minutes by 60
3. seconds to minutes: divide seconds by 60
4. minutes to degrees: divide minutes by 60

Isaac Newton's corpuscular theory of light - CORRECT ANSWER light is small particles of
energy

Christian Huygens wave theory of light - CORRECT ANSWER light is a series of waves of
varying lengths

the speed of light - CORRECT ANSWER 186,000 miles per second (in air)

visible spectrum - CORRECT ANSWER violet: 380 nm
blue: 460 nm
green: 510 nm
yellow: 560 nm
orange: 610 nm
red: 660 nm

Light rays which diverge - CORRECT ANSWER - rays




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