Ch8 Comprehensive Medical Eye Examination

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Of the following, which is the test that evaluates disturbances or defects in the visual field?

Amsler grid test

What should the ophthalmic medical assistant do when recording the patient's chief complaint?

Include only the facts as stated by the patient.

If a pinhole acuity test is found to significantly improve a patient's poor visual acuity, the patient probably has which of the following?

a refractive error

What does indirect ophthalmoscopy provide?

a wider field of view of the fundus than does direct ophthalmoscopy

Intraocular pressure is measured by flattening a small area of the central cornea using what procedure?

applanation tonometry

Which instrument can be used for close examination of the eyelids, lashes, cornea, and lens?

biomicroscope

In a normal consensual reaction, when a light is directed into the pupil of one eye, what will the pupil of the other eye do?

constrict

What does the number 100 represent when reading the Snellen acuity recording 20/100?

distance in feet at which a normal eye can see a particular line on the chart

How of often should healthy, asymptomatic individuals between the ages of 40 and 64 have a comprehensive medical eye examination?

every 2 to 4 years

Having a patient follow a finger in the 6 cardinal positions of gaze is a method of evaluating which of the following?

extraocular muscle function

Jaeger notations, Snellen M units, and distance equivalents are various units of measuring which of the following?

near visual acuity

What is the procedure called gonioscopy used to view?

structures of the anterior chamber angle

What part of the comprehensive medical eye examination includes the inspection of the visible parts of the lacrimal apparatus?

the external examination

Of the following, which procedure must be performed before pupillary dilation?

the swinging-light test

What is the prism and alternate cover test used for?

to measure deviation in a misaligned eye

A reading of 3 on the Goldmann tonometer dial indicates an intraocular pressure of which of the following?

30 mm Hg


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