Parts of the Eye
This is the white of the eye.
What is the sclera?
This is a clouding that develops in the lens capsule, varying in degree from slight to complete opacity and obstructing the passage of light.
What is a cataract?
Procedure to remove the lens of the eye, and often times replace it with an artificial one.
What is cataract surgery?
Chart used to measure visual acuity.
What is the snellen chart?
The athletic animal mascot for the Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal.
Who is Tony the Tiger?
This is the opening that allows light into the eye.
What is the pupil?
This is a medical condition which usually affects older adults and results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field.
What is ARMD?
What is chalazion/stye removal?
Instrument with different lenses to measure patient's refractive error (prescription).
What is the phoropter?
The president on the $20 bill.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This part of the eye sends to your brain from your optic nerve, allowing you to see.
What is the retina?
What is glaucoma?
Surgical procedure that may involve the repair of droopy eyelids or removal of excess skin.
What is blepharoplasty?
Book used to detect color deficiency (color blindness).
What is the Ishihara?
A show popular in the 1950s where a redheaded wife gets into crazy trouble with her latin husband.
What is I Love Lucy?
This is a transparent cover over the front part of the eye that serves several purposes, such as protection, refraction, and filtration of some ultraviolet light.
What is the cornea?
This is a condition of the eye where the light that comes in does not directly focus on the retina but in front of it. It is also known as near-sightedness.
What is myopia?
A laser procedure to removal corneal tissue to improve eyesight.
What is Lasik?
Instrument used to measure IOP.
What is a tonometer?
The world's longest river?
What is the Amazon River?
This is an oval-shaped highly pigmented yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye and is specialized for high acuity vision.
What is the macula?
This is an infection of the sebaceous glands at the base of the eyelashes, or an infection of the sweat glands.
What is a stye or hordeolum?
An in office procedure of professional eyelash plucking.
What is epilation?
Instrument used to create a map of the surface of the cornea (often needed before contact lens fittings).
Capital of the state of Tennessee.
What is Nashville?