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26 Cards in this Set
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Normal vision is called _______________
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emmetropia
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Nearsightedness is called ___________
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myopia
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In myopia, the image focal distance is in ________ of the retina, as if the eyeball were too long.
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In myopia, the image focal distance is in FRONT of the retina, as if the eyeball were too long.
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Farsightedness is called ____________
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Farsightedness is called HYPEROPIA
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In hyperopia the image focuses __________ the retina, as if the eyeball were too short.
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In hyperopia the image focuses BEHIND the retina, as if the eyeball were too short.
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In ________________ the image enters in two planes and the two cannot focus on the retina at the same time.
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In ASTIGMATISM the image enters in two planes and the two cannot focus on the retina at the same time.
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_______________ occurs with normal aging as the lens hardens and the person has difficulty focusing at near vision
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PRESBYOPIA occurs with normal aging as the lens hardens and the person has difficulty focusing at near vision
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Distance Visual Acuities ___________ chart is standard
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snellen
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_________ grid determines whether the patient has distortion or blind spots
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AMSLER grid determines whether the patient has distortion or blind spots
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__________ An eye turns in toward the nose
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Esotropia
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__________ An eye turns out temporally
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Exotropia
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_____________ An eye turns up
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Hypertropia
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A strabismus is ____________ if it is the same size regardless of where the patient looks.
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A strabismus is COMITANT if it is the same size regardless of where the patient looks.
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If there is a significant difference from one position of gaze to another, it is called _________________
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If there is a significant difference from one position of gaze to another, it is called noncomitant
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VA
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Visual acuity
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OD
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Right eye
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OS
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Left eye
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OU
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Both eyes
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XP
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exophoria
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EP
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esophoria
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XT
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exotropia
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et
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esotropia
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AA
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accomadative amplitude
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VF
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visual field
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PERRL
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pupils equal, round, respond to light
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wnl
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within normal limits
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