Pre-optometry
This exam tests its takers on general science knowledge for optometry school.
What is the Optometry Admissions Test?
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What is the OAT?
What is the iris?
Caused by the degeneration of protein in the eye's lens, this condition clouds vision.
What are cataracts?
This specialty focuses on eye health for children.
What is pediatric optometry?
Comparable to CommonApp, this website/portal is used to apply to optometry schools.
What is the Optometry Centralized Application System?
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What is OptomCAS?
This dark part of your eye becomes small with light and large in light's absence.
What is the pupil?
This is also known as "far-sightedness."
What is hyperopia?
This specialty supports patients with visual deficits caused by physical disabilities and traumatic brain injury.
What is neuro-optometry?
Name the 3 main cones
What is red, green, and blue?
This degree is earned from optometry school.
What is a Doctor of Optometry?
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What is an OD?
These specialized light-sensitive cells are responsible for motion detection.
What are rods?
Caused by pressure in the eye that damages the optic nerve, this condition causes loss of vision.
What is glaucoma?
This specialty focuses on eye health for older adults.
What is geriatric optometry?
This transparent part of the eye covers the iris and pupil.
What is the cornea?
This exam needs a score of at least 300 to pass.
What is the NBEO exam?
Made of rods and cones, this part of the eye converts light into electrical signals.
What is the retina?
This condition describes blurry vision due to a mishappen cornea that refracts light onto several places on the retina.
What is astigmatism?
This specialty focuses on slowing the progression of near-sightedness in children.
What is myopia control?
Name the 2 out of the 3 layers a part of a tear film
mucous, aqueous (water), and lipid (oil)
This group represents all accredited schools and colleges of optometry in the United States.
What is the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry?
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What is ASCO?
This bundle of fibers carries visual information from the eye to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
This condition has 4 classifications: esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, and hypotropia.
What is strabismus?
Intense pulsed light therapy for dry eye was pivotal in the approval of this specialty into the field of optometry.
What is ocular aesthetics?
This part of the eye is responsible for central vision and is impacted in AMD.
What is the macula?