Anatomy/Disease
Something visible, like redness or swelling
What is a sign?
The first step in using equipment with an eye piece.
Rapid, involuntary movement of the eyes
What is nystagmus?
The patient's chart is considered this
What is a legal document?
Do this before and after patient interaction
What is wash your hands?
Something felt, like pain, floaters or vision loss
What is a symptom?
A measure of gas permeability
What is dk value?
A misalignment of the eyes apparent without a cover/uncover test
What is a tropia?
Flashes of light, floaters, areas of sudden vision loss
What is retinal detachment?
What is the spouse?
The abbreviation for normal pupils
What is PERRL?
Photograph of the posterior pole/posterior segment
What is fundus photography?
Both eyes moving together in the same direction
What is version?
Patient is informed re: risks and benefits
What is informed consent?
This binds the epithelium to the underlying choroid
The largest layer of the cornea
A lens that contains both spherical and astigmatic correction
What is a toric lens?
An abnormality of movement of each eye separately when one eye is covered or patched
Gradual decrease of vision, lost glasses, presbyopia are examples of this.
What are nonemergency symptoms?
This is the distance between the eye and corrective lens
What is the vertex distance?
This is the average corneal power
What is the 42-44D?
This is the "A" in A-Scan
What is amplitude?
What is a phoria?
What is angle closure glaucoma/acute angle closure?
A medication for RA that can cause retinal disease