MASTERPASS
MCQs for FRCOphth
and ICO Basic
Sciences
Examinations
Sameer Trikha, Samantha de Silva,
Hemal Meht a and Simon Keightley
Foreword by Andrew Lotery
-
,MCQs for FRCOphth and ICO
Basic Sciences Examinations
SAMEER TRIKHA
BM BSc (Hons) MRCOphth
Specialty Registrar, Ophthalmology
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
SAMANTHA DE SILVA
MA MRCP MRCOphth
Specialty Registrar, Ophthalmology
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
HEMAL MEHTA
MAMBBS
Specialty Registrar, Ophthalmology
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
SIMON KEIGHTLEY
FRCS FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, UK
Foreword by
ANDREW LOTERY
MD FRCOphth
Professor of Ophthalmology
Southampton General Hospital, UK
Radcliffe Publishing
London • New York
,Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
33-41 Dallington Street
London
EClVOBB
United Kingdom
www.radcliffepublishing.com
© 2012 Sameer Trikha, Samantha de Silva, Hemal Mehta and Simon Keightley
Sameer Trikha, Samantha de Silva, Hemal Mehta and Simon Keightley have asserted their right
under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the authors of this work.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system
or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording
or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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ISBN-13:9781846195464
The paper used for the text pages of this book
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Typeset by Darkriver Design, Auckland, New Zealand
Printed and bound by TJI Digital, Padstow, Cornwall, UK
, Contents
Foreword v
Preface vi
About the authors viii
Acknowledgements X
Anatomy 1
50 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 3
50 ICO true/false MCQs 12
2 Physiology 25
50 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 27
50 ICO true/false MCQs 35
3 Biochemistry and cell biology 47
30 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 49
30 ICO true/false MCQs 54
4 Pathology 61
30 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 63
30 ICO true/false MCQs 68
5 Microbiology and immunology 75
20 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 77
20 ICO true/false MCQs 81
MCQs for FRCOphth
and ICO Basic
Sciences
Examinations
Sameer Trikha, Samantha de Silva,
Hemal Meht a and Simon Keightley
Foreword by Andrew Lotery
-
,MCQs for FRCOphth and ICO
Basic Sciences Examinations
SAMEER TRIKHA
BM BSc (Hons) MRCOphth
Specialty Registrar, Ophthalmology
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
SAMANTHA DE SILVA
MA MRCP MRCOphth
Specialty Registrar, Ophthalmology
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
HEMAL MEHTA
MAMBBS
Specialty Registrar, Ophthalmology
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
SIMON KEIGHTLEY
FRCS FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, UK
Foreword by
ANDREW LOTERY
MD FRCOphth
Professor of Ophthalmology
Southampton General Hospital, UK
Radcliffe Publishing
London • New York
,Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
33-41 Dallington Street
London
EClVOBB
United Kingdom
www.radcliffepublishing.com
© 2012 Sameer Trikha, Samantha de Silva, Hemal Mehta and Simon Keightley
Sameer Trikha, Samantha de Silva, Hemal Mehta and Simon Keightley have asserted their right
under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the authors of this work.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system
or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording
or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN-13:9781846195464
The paper used for the text pages of this book
f) MIX
is FSC® certified. FSC (The Forest Stewardship ".,_,.} Paper from
responsible aources
Council®) is an international network to promote :!:_~ FSC" C013056
responsible management of the world's forests.
Typeset by Darkriver Design, Auckland, New Zealand
Printed and bound by TJI Digital, Padstow, Cornwall, UK
, Contents
Foreword v
Preface vi
About the authors viii
Acknowledgements X
Anatomy 1
50 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 3
50 ICO true/false MCQs 12
2 Physiology 25
50 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 27
50 ICO true/false MCQs 35
3 Biochemistry and cell biology 47
30 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 49
30 ICO true/false MCQs 54
4 Pathology 61
30 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 63
30 ICO true/false MCQs 68
5 Microbiology and immunology 75
20 FRCOphth best-fit MCQs 77
20 ICO true/false MCQs 81
