Clinic Trivia
Eye Anatomy
Optics
Eye Diseases
Acronyms
100

Our address

What is 101-838 Broughton Street

100

Things that blink

What are your eyelids

100

This type of lens makes an image smaller

What is a concave/minus lens

100
Flashes and floaters are common symptoms of what sight-threatening condition?

What is a retinal detachment

100

CL

What is contact lens

200

Our moto

What is "Helping our patients have
clear vision and healthy eyes
throughout their lives"

200

The part of the eye is responsible for our physiological blind spot?

The optic nerve

200
These lenses most commonly cause pincushion distortion
What are convex/plus lenses
200

This condition is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world

What is cataract

200

NCT

Non-contact tonometer

300

His paintings decorate our office

Who is Dr. Bob Grundison

300

These two parts of the eye combined are responsible for the eye's focusing power

What are the crystalline lens and the cornea

300

A number given to describe the amount of chromatic aberration of an ophthalmic lens material

What is the Abbe value

300

A longstanding bump on the eyelid caused by a blockage and swelling of an oil gland 

What is a chalazion

300

IOP

What is interocular pressure

400

Year the clinic opened

What is 1981

400

These cells are responsible for our colour vision

What are cone photoreceptors

400
Proper name for temporary prism that can be placed over someone's existing glasses and cut to fit the size of the lens

What is a Fresnel prism

400

The medical term for when vision in one or both eyes is reduced because they eye(s) and the brain are not working properly together. Also the most common cause of vision impairment in children.

What is amblyopia

400

OCT

optical coherence tomography

500

The structure where fluid drains from the anterior chamber

What is the trabecular meshwork

500

formula used to calculate the prism power of a lens at any point on its surface, in prism diopters, related to the distance away from the optical center

Prentice's rule

Prism (diopters) = Power (diopters) X Decentration (centimeters)

500

This type of infection is much more common in people who wear contact lenses

What is microbial keratitis

500

BRVO

What is branch retinal vein occlusion

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