Ophthalmic Assistant Exam 2024
Questions & Answers 100% Correct!!
One structure of the adnexa - ANSWEREyelid
Media rectus muscle rotates the eye - ANSWERInward toward nose
Membrane that lines the inner eyelid - ANSWERPalperbal Conjunctiva
Tough transparent membrane that provides 2/3 eyes focusing power - ANSWERCornea
White tissue surrounding the cornea & forming main structural component of the globe -
ANSWERSclera
Structures of the uveal tract - ANSWERiris, ciliary body, choroid
Clear transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber - ANSWERaqueous humor
Primary function of the sphincter and dilator muscle - ANSWERControl amount of light entering the
inner part of the eye
Lacrimal system identification - ANSWER1 lacrimal gland
2 lacrimal sac
3 punctum
Under normal conditions aqueous fluid leaves the eye in this sequence - ANSWERAnterior chamber
angle, thru trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlem
Injury or degeneration of the macula will result in loss of - ANSWERDetailed central vision
Visual pathway structures - ANSWER1 optic nerve
2 optic chasm
3 visual cortex
Body part deprived of its normal blood supply due to blockage or breakage of a vessel -
ANSWERIschemic
Diabetes Mellitus is example of what disease process - ANSWERMetabolic
Abnormal change observed by physician while examining patient is - ANSWERSign
Orbital contents swell pushing eyeball forward resulting in this condition - ANSWERExophthalmos
Treatment of congenital strabismus includes surgery of - ANSWEREye muscles
Inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when that eye is covered - ANSWEREsophoria
Amblyopia refers to - ANSWERThe suppression of visual images from a deviating eye
Questions & Answers 100% Correct!!
One structure of the adnexa - ANSWEREyelid
Media rectus muscle rotates the eye - ANSWERInward toward nose
Membrane that lines the inner eyelid - ANSWERPalperbal Conjunctiva
Tough transparent membrane that provides 2/3 eyes focusing power - ANSWERCornea
White tissue surrounding the cornea & forming main structural component of the globe -
ANSWERSclera
Structures of the uveal tract - ANSWERiris, ciliary body, choroid
Clear transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber - ANSWERaqueous humor
Primary function of the sphincter and dilator muscle - ANSWERControl amount of light entering the
inner part of the eye
Lacrimal system identification - ANSWER1 lacrimal gland
2 lacrimal sac
3 punctum
Under normal conditions aqueous fluid leaves the eye in this sequence - ANSWERAnterior chamber
angle, thru trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlem
Injury or degeneration of the macula will result in loss of - ANSWERDetailed central vision
Visual pathway structures - ANSWER1 optic nerve
2 optic chasm
3 visual cortex
Body part deprived of its normal blood supply due to blockage or breakage of a vessel -
ANSWERIschemic
Diabetes Mellitus is example of what disease process - ANSWERMetabolic
Abnormal change observed by physician while examining patient is - ANSWERSign
Orbital contents swell pushing eyeball forward resulting in this condition - ANSWERExophthalmos
Treatment of congenital strabismus includes surgery of - ANSWEREye muscles
Inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when that eye is covered - ANSWEREsophoria
Amblyopia refers to - ANSWERThe suppression of visual images from a deviating eye
