Parts of the Eye
This is the white of the eye.
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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.
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What is a cataract?
Procedure to remove the lens of the eye, and often times replace it with an artificial one.
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What is cataract surgery?
Chart used to measure visual acuity.
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What is the snellen chart?
The athletic animal mascot for the Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal.
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Who is Tony the Tiger?
This is the opening that allows light into the eye.
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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.
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What is ARMD?
A procedure that often requires the making of a small incision and fluid drainage.
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What is chalazion/stye removal?
Instrument with different lenses to measure patient's refractive error (prescription).
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What is the phoropter?
The president on the $20 bill.
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Who is Andrew Jackson?
This part of the eye sends to your brain from your optic nerve, allowing you to see.
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What is the retina?
This is the condition condition occurs when pressure builds up due to inadequate drainage of the aqueous humor.
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What is glaucoma?
Surgical procedure that may involve the repair of droopy eyelids or removal of excess skin.
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What is blepharoplasty?
Book used to detect color deficiency (color blindness).
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What is the Ishihara?
A show popular in the 1950s where a redheaded wife gets into crazy trouble with her latin husband.
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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.
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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.
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What is myopia?
A laser procedure to removal corneal tissue to improve eyesight.
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What is Lasik?
Instrument used to measure IOP.
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What is a tonometer?
The world's longest river?
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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.
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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.
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What is a stye or hordeolum?
An in office procedure of professional eyelash plucking.
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What is epilation?
Instrument used to create a map of the surface of the cornea (often needed before contact lens fittings).
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What is a topo (corneal topography)?
Capital of the state of Wyoming.
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What is Cheyenne?