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Eye Conditions and Diseases
Protect Your Eyes
Caring for Your Eyes
Vision Terms
Eye Parts
100
This is an inflammation of the eye that causes redness, discomfort, and discharge.
What is Pinkeye or Conjunctivitis?
100
True or False. Wear normal prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses in place of eye protectors.
What is False?
100
If you have your sight, you use it to acquire more than _____________ percent of your knowledge. Name the percentage.
What is 80% ?
100
Name the other word for nearsightedness.
What is myopia?
100
This part is the colored part of your eye.
What is Iris?
200
This is a condition in which pressure of the fluid in the eye is high and may damage the optic nerve.
What is Glaucoma?
200
Name a reason why you would want to remove your contact lenses every day.
What is contact lenses can trap debris and chemicals behind them?
200
This person is a physician that specializes in the medical and surgical care and treatment of the eyes.
What is an ophthalmologist?
200
Name the other word for farsightedness.
What is hyperopia?
200
This is the black part of your eye.
What is Pupil?
300
True or False. Pinkeye may result in permanent loss of vision.
What is True?
300
Name a reason why you should wear goggles while swimming.
What is prevents your eyes from getting chlorine and other substances in the water from irritating your eyes?
300
Name two types of doctors that you can see to get an eye examination.
What are ophthalmologist and optometrist?
300
Name the term that means irregularly shaped cornea that causes blurred vision.
What is astigmatism?
300
This is the clear layer in front of the eye.
What is cornea?
400
This is the clouding of the lens of the eye that obstructs vision.
What is Cataract?
400
Name something you should wear to protect your eyes from the exposure of UV radiation in sunlight.
What are sunglasses and wide-brimmed hats?
400
This type of doctor can test vision and prescribe corrective lenses.
What is a optometrist?
400
This term is when the eye muscles are weakened and the cornea gets hardened due to age.
What is presbyopia?
400
This is the inner lining of the eye.
What is retina?
500
This is an incurable eye disease that causes deterioration of the central portion of the retina.
What is Macular Degeneration?
500
From your textbook, name three things you should avoid using to protect your eyes from permanent eye damage and loss of vision.
What are BB guns, slingshots, and fireworks?
500
Name three things that an eye-care professional can examine your eyes for.
What are refractive errors, color blindness, lazy eye, crossed eyes, eye coordination, depth perception, eye disease, and general eye health?
500
Name four things that can help your eyes when you have poor vision.
What are glasses, contact lenses, bifocals, radial keratotomy, photorefractive keratectomy, and LASIK?
500
This is the nerve fibers that transmit messages from the retina to the brain.
What is optic nerve?