The term for the "bending of light"
What is refraction?
The term for parallel rays of light that come into focus just in front of the retina.
What is myopia?
This condition most often presents as a red, irritated eye with mucus discharge.
What is conjunctivitis?
Visual field loss due to optic nerve cupping is a result of this condition.
What is glaucoma?
This is the strength of the middle segment of a trifocal lens when compared to the reading segment.
What is 50%?
Retinoscopy is an example of this type of refractometry.
What is objective?
Imaging that provides a cross-sectional view of the retina and is useful for evaluating glaucoma.
What is OCT?
A granulated inflammation of the eyelid that may be removed surgically if it does not subside.
What is a chalazion?
An area of complete or partial blindness in an otherwise normal visual field.
What is a scotoma?
The number of degrees needed to change the axis to transpose a prescription from minus cylinder to plus.
What is 90 degrees?
These are the steps to convert a spherocylindrical lens into its spherical equivalent.
What is divide the cylinder power in half, then add the spherical power?
This test is used to view blocking or vascular filling defects in fundus blood vessels
What is fluorescein angiogram?
This condition may require treatment with probing of the tear duct.
What is epiphora?
This is the best method for kinetic testing of the central visual field.
What is the tangent screen?
The distance from the anterior surface of the eye to the back surface of the spectacle lens
What is vertex distance?
A test that illuminates the screen with a filter that is red on one side and green on the other.
What is duochrome?
This slit lamp technique is used to evaluate for TID's in the iris.
What is retroillumination?
This condition may be characterized by a white pupillary reflex in a pediatric patient.
What is retinoblastoma?
The number of degrees of central vision that the Amsler grid is used to evaluate.
What is 20 degrees?
This is the minus cylinder form of the following prescription: -2.00 +1.00 x 090
What is -1.00 -1.00 x 180?
The area between the two focal points of a spherocylindrical lens
What is the Conoid of Sturm?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The phase of an FA that shows a "choroidal flush"
What is pre-arterial?
The term used to describe surgical removal of the contents of the globe.
What is evisceration?
This visual field defect is caused by a lesion at the optic chiasm.
What is bitemporal hemianopsia?
The term to describe the downward tilt of glasses to minimize oblique astigmatism.
What is pantoscopic tilt?