OPHTHALMIC SCRIBE CERTIFICATION TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

OPHTHALMIC SCRIBE CERTIFICATION
TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Outermost layer of tear film - Answer-Lipid

ora serrata - Answer-the serrated boundary between the ciliary muscle and the retina

Canal of Schlemm - Answer-a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from
the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins

CN III - Answer-Oculomotor

CN IV - Answer-Trochlear

CN V - Answer-Trigeminal

CN VI - Answer-Abducens

CN VII - Answer-Facial

inferior rectus - Answer-depresses eye and turns it medially

Lacrimal duct - Answer-tear drainage that extends from lacrimal sac to opening in
mucus membrane in nose

lacrimal sac - Answer-structure that collects tears before emptying into the nasolacrimal
duct

obicularis oculi - Answer-blinking, squinting

bulbar conjunctiva - Answer-overlays the eyeball, with the white sclera showing through

retinal detachment - Answer-separation of photoreceptor portion and pigment layer of
retina

anisocoria - Answer-unequal pupil size

medial rectus - Answer-rotates the eye toward the midline

rods - Answer-Retinal receptors that detect motion, low light vision

AEL - Answer-axial eye length