Comprehensive Ophthalmology and Optometry Key Terms
for Students Exam#1 Questions with correct answers
Medial Rectus - ✔✔Rotates eyes medially or towards the nose. Attaches to the
side of the eye and runs straight back.
Lateral Rectus - ✔✔Rotates eyes laterally or towards the ear. Attaches to the side
of the eye and runs straight back.
Emmetrope - ✔✔A person who requires no correction
Superior Rectus - ✔✔Eyes look up. Attaches to the top of the eye and runs
straight back.
Prism Minus Lens - ✔✔2 Prisms stacked apex to apex
Retinal Imaging - ✔✔High definition camera capable of taking an image of the
patients retina
Sun-Conjunctiva Hemorrage - ✔✔Broken blood vessel on the white of the eye
Lateral Canthus - ✔✔Point where the upper and lower eyelids meet towards your
ear.
Auto-Refraction - ✔✔Provides a computer generated prescription for the patients
, Tonometry/ Non-Contact Tonometry (NTC) - ✔✔Measures internal pressure of
they eye. "eye puff"
Polycarbonate - ✔✔1) Shatter Resistant
2) As thin as 1.00mm
3) Best for children sports, safety
4) Good for high-power Rx
5) Does not tint easy
*Some patients experience rainbow effect on edges
CR-39 - ✔✔1) Not shatter proof
2) Can scratch
3) Easy tint
Eyelashes - ✔✔Strong hair that run along the upper and lower palpebral margins
Palebrae - ✔✔Another term for eyelid
Medial Canthus - ✔✔The point where the upper and lower eyelids meet near the
nose. "corner of the eye"
Glaucoma - ✔✔The aqueous humor is a fluid that flows through the anterior and
posterior chambers and exit through the eye. "canal of schlemm". If the canal is
blocked and the fluid has nowhere to go it builds up pressure in they eye. If not
corrected the pressure can cause blindness.
for Students Exam#1 Questions with correct answers
Medial Rectus - ✔✔Rotates eyes medially or towards the nose. Attaches to the
side of the eye and runs straight back.
Lateral Rectus - ✔✔Rotates eyes laterally or towards the ear. Attaches to the side
of the eye and runs straight back.
Emmetrope - ✔✔A person who requires no correction
Superior Rectus - ✔✔Eyes look up. Attaches to the top of the eye and runs
straight back.
Prism Minus Lens - ✔✔2 Prisms stacked apex to apex
Retinal Imaging - ✔✔High definition camera capable of taking an image of the
patients retina
Sun-Conjunctiva Hemorrage - ✔✔Broken blood vessel on the white of the eye
Lateral Canthus - ✔✔Point where the upper and lower eyelids meet towards your
ear.
Auto-Refraction - ✔✔Provides a computer generated prescription for the patients
, Tonometry/ Non-Contact Tonometry (NTC) - ✔✔Measures internal pressure of
they eye. "eye puff"
Polycarbonate - ✔✔1) Shatter Resistant
2) As thin as 1.00mm
3) Best for children sports, safety
4) Good for high-power Rx
5) Does not tint easy
*Some patients experience rainbow effect on edges
CR-39 - ✔✔1) Not shatter proof
2) Can scratch
3) Easy tint
Eyelashes - ✔✔Strong hair that run along the upper and lower palpebral margins
Palebrae - ✔✔Another term for eyelid
Medial Canthus - ✔✔The point where the upper and lower eyelids meet near the
nose. "corner of the eye"
Glaucoma - ✔✔The aqueous humor is a fluid that flows through the anterior and
posterior chambers and exit through the eye. "canal of schlemm". If the canal is
blocked and the fluid has nowhere to go it builds up pressure in they eye. If not
corrected the pressure can cause blindness.
