Anatomy of the Eye
Caring for Your Eyes
Vision Conditions/Diseases
Eye Care Professionals
Miscellaneous
100
Who is Pupil
What is the black part of the eye called?
100
Wear quality sunglasses and/or a hat
What can you do to protect your eyes against UV rays?Wear quality sunglasses and/or a hat
100
Nearsightedness or myopia
If you see nearby objects clearly but distant one appear blurred, you may have what vision condition?
100
Optometrist
What eye care professional diagnoses and treats vision problems, eye diseases, contact lenses and prescribes eye medication to treat eye disorders, but cannot perform surgery?
100
E
What letter is located on the top row of a traditional eye chart?
200
Iris
What is the colored part of the eye called?
200
Get a yearly eye exam
What is the most important thing you can do to maintain good vision?
200
Red/green color blindness
What is the most common type of color blindness?
200
Ophthalmologist
What eye care professional can perform surgery?
200
Brown
What is the most common human eye color?
300
Sclera
What is the white part of the eye called?
300
Vitamin A
What vitamin plays an important role in the eyes adaptation to dim light?
300
Farsightedness or hyperopia
If you see far away objects clearly but near ones appear blurred, you may have what vision condition?
300
Optician
What eye care professional helps select and fit eyeglasses and contact lenses for patients?
300
To get a better view inside your eye
Why does your doctor dilate you pupils during an eye exam?
400
Optic Nerve
What nerve transmits information from the retina to the brain?
400
Infants should have their first eye exam by 6 months of age. An additional exam at age 3 and again no later than before they enter the first grade — at about age 5 or 6.
According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), when should children have their eyes examined?
400
A cataract
What is a cloudy or opaque area in the normally clean leans, which can interfere with normal vision?
400
Doctor of Optometry
After graduation, one of the eye care professionals obtains the abbreviation “OD” behind their name. What does “OD” stand for?
400
Blue
What eye color is the most sensitive to light compared to all other eye colors?
500
Cornea
What is the clear part of the eye covering the iris and the pupil called? It lets light into the eye permitting sight.
500
Glasses, contact lenses or laser surgery
What are 3 options that patients with nearsightedness have for seeing clearly?
500
Diabetes, glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration
Name one of the leading causes of blindness.
500
Orthoptist
What relatively unknown eye professional uses eye exercises to treat patients with eye muscle disorders?
500
About once every 5 seconds or 12 times a minute
How often do you blink?
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