Optometry
The scientific term for nearsightedness.
Myopia
This is the Texas State bird.
Mockingbird.
This is what POPS stands for.
Pre-Optometry Professional Society
The number of Optometry Schools in Texas
2
The white part of the eye
Sclera
the medical condition where the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque.
Cataracts
Texans were overwhelmed by the Mexican army after a two week siege in San Antonio...but because of this battle, Texas won its independence from Mexico.
Battle of the Alamo.
The theme for the Spring Conference sticker competition.
Through the Looking Glass.
The individual who is the Assistant Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management for UIWRSO.
Eric Tradup.
This muscle pulls the eyeball upward.
Superior Rectus
This condition results in blindness in one eye due to lack of use.
Amblopia.
In addition to the city, a national forest & a fort in Texas are named for him.
Sam Houston
The event where POPS typically goes on a road trip to Austin to meet other POPS chapters and learn more about optometry in Texas.
TOA
The organization that is dedicated to increasing minority representation in Optometry and is a valuable support group for minority students.
What is the National Optometric Students Association (NOSA).
When the lens projects an image onto the retina, it strikes this area of the eye.
Macula
The condition where a person's lens gets less elastic with age.
This ranch in Texas is larger than all of Rhode Island.
King Ranch
The person that was previously a president for POPS and is now the president for TOA
Steve Nguyen
The year that the University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry was founded.
2008
The small anterior cavity of the eye is filled with this.
aqueous humor
This fluid of the eye, when improperly drained, can cause pressure buildup and eventually glaucoma.
aqueous humor
This person wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence.
George Childress.
The single challenge in the last in-person TOA scavenger hunt that gives the most points.
Multiple people with their head under water at the pool in the JW Marriott Austin.
The year UHCO was founded.
1952
This drains fluids from the eye.
Canal of Schlemm.