Mod D Unit 4

Front 1

Abrasion

Back 1

Rubbing off of the superficial layer.

Front 2

Acanthamoeba

Back 2

Protozoan known for contaminating homemade saline and hot tubs, thus a problem for some contact lens wearers; can cause severe corneal infection.

Front 3

Afterimage

Back 3

Image of an object that remains on the retina after the lids are closed

Front 4

Albinism

Back 4

Hereditary loss of pigment in the eye, skin and hair; usually associated with lowered visual acuity, nystagmus and light sensitivity.

Front 5

Apical clearance

Back 5

Distance between the back surface of a contact lens and the cornea.

Front 6

Blepharitis

Back 6

Inflammation of the margins of the eye lids.

Front 7

Blepharoconjunctivitis

Back 7

Inflammation of the eye lid and conjunctiva.

Front 8

Blepharospasm

Back 8

Excessive winking, chronic spasm of the orbicularis oculi muscle.

Front 9

Blue sclera

Back 9

Thin altered sclera.

Front 10

Corneal refractive therapy (CRT)

Back 10

Use if rigid contacts during sleep to reshape the cornea and correct myopia and small amounts of astigmatism.

Front 11

Giant papillary conjunctivitis

Back 11

A condition associated with soft contact lens wear, marked by increasing lens awareness, itching, mucus discharge and inflammation.

Front 12

Iritis

Back 12

Inflammation of the Iris marked by pain and photophobia.

Front 13

Karatitis sicca

Back 13

Dryness of the cornea.

Front 14

Keratoplasty

Back 14

Corneal transplant operation.

Front 15

Lagophthalmos

Back 15

Condition in which the eye lids cannot completely close.

Front 16

Mires

Back 16

The targets in the ophthalmometer that are reflecting back from the cornea.

Front 17

Pinguecula

Back 17

Yellowish triangular thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva.

Front 18

Aniridia

Back 18

Congenital absence of the Iris.

Front 19

Anisocoria

Back 19

Inequality of pupil size.

Front 20

Amplitude of accommodation

Back 20

Total adjustment ability for near and distant objects.