QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH
100%GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
IntraoculargPressureg(IOP)g-gCORRECTgANSWER-
thegfluidgpressureginsidegthegeye,gisgnecessarygtoginflategthegeyegandgmaintaingproper
gshapegandgopticalgpropertiesgofgthegglobe,gandgisgangimportantgaspectgingthegevaluat
iongofgpatientsgatgriskgfromgdisease
HighgIntraoculargPressureg(IOP)g-gCORRECTgANSWER-
leadsgtogopticgnervegdamageg(glaucoma)
LowgIntraoculargPressureg(IOP)g-gCORRECTgANSWER-
indicatesgag"sick"geyegfromgdisease,ginflammation,gorginjury
PropergShapegandgOpticalgPropertiesgofgthegGlobeg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
aregmaintainedgbyginflationgofgthegeyegviagIOP
CiliarygBodyg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
epitheliumglininggthegciliarygprocessesgthatgsecretesgaqueousgatgagrategofg2.5-2.75gμ
L/min
Aqueousg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
isgsecretedgbygthegciliarygbody,gflowsgfromgthegposteriorgchambergtogtheganteriorgcha
mber,gandgdrainsgoutergthroughgthegtrabeculargmeshworkgtogSchlemm'sgcanalgandgt
heguveoscleralgpathways
Tonometryg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
thegmethodgwegusegtogmeasuregIOPg(screensgforgglaucoma)
Glaucomag-gCORRECTgANSWER-
whengthegpressuregingthegeyegisgtooghighgforgthegeyegandgdamagegoccursgtogthegopticg
nervegwithgresultantgcharacteristicgfieldglossg(cangoccurgwithghighgorgnormalgpressu
resgandgisgthegnumberg1gcausegofgirreversiblegblindness)
mmHgg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
unitgwhichgmostgtonometersgaregcalibratedgtogmeasuregIOP
GlaucomagTreatmentgOptionsg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
eyegdrops,goralgmedication,gsurgery,gdiscretegIOPgmeasurements
, GlaucomagChallengesg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
infrequentgpressuregrecordings,geyegpressuregfluctuates,gslowgassessmentgofgtreatm
ents
10-21gmmHgg-gCORRECTgANSWER-normalgIOPgrange
21gmmHgg-gCORRECTgANSWER-upperglimitgofgnormalgIOP
5-7%g-gCORRECTgANSWER-
percentgofgthegpopulationgwhoghavegnormalgIOPgexceedingg21gmmHg
98%g-gCORRECTgANSWER-
percentgofgthegnormalgpopulationgwhoghavegagdifferencegingIOPgbetweengtheirgeyesgo
fglessgthang4gmmHg
4gmmHgg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
amountgofgIOPgasymmetrygbetweengeyesgthatgsuggestsgpathology
LonggTermgInfluencesgongIOPg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
geneticsgandgfamilyghistory,gage,ggender,grace,grefractivegerror,gseasonalgvariation
ShortgTermgInfluencesgongIOPg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
heartbeat,gbreathing,gdiurnalgvariation,gsystemicgconditions,gintraoculargconditions,g
posturalgvariation,geyelidgmovement,gdoctorgtechnique,gexertion,gepiscleralgvenousg
pressure
IOPgPhenotypeg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
isgdeterminedgbygatgleastg2gorgmoreggenesgongatgleastg2gorgmoregchromosomesgwithg
environmentalgfactorsg(polygenicgandgmultifactorial)
HighlygHeritableg-gCORRECTgANSWER-describesgtheggeneticsgofgIOP
IncreasedgIOPgwithgAgeg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
isgmostlygaccountedgforgbygincreasedgBP,gobesity,gpulsegrate,gandgreducedgfacilitygofg
aqueousgoutflowgandguveoscleralgoutflow
IOPgofgFemalesg-gCORRECTgANSWER-isghighergthangthatgofgmalesg(0.7gmmHg)
IOPgofgBlacksg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
isghighergthangthatgofgwhitesg(ex.g18.7gvs.g16.5,gmayghavegtogdogwithgthinnergcorneas
)
IncreasedgAxialgLengthgandgMyopiag-gCORRECTgANSWER-
refractivegerrorsgthatgcangresultgingincreasedgIOP
Winterg-gCORRECTgANSWER-seasongingwhichgmeangIOPgisghighest