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what is the palpebral fissure?
Distance across eye between eye lids.
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What is the Canthus?
- Where eyelids meet.
- Can be inner and outer.
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What is the Tarsal plate?
Boney structure which gives eyes shape.
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Where are the meibomian glands?
- Within the upper and lower eyelids.
- Can be plugged-->pain. Assess by folding eylid back to inspect.
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What is a nystagmous?
Extra twitch or bounce to eye when doing the "follow my finger" test.
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What is consensual light reflex?
When pupil of one eye constricts when the other is stimulated by light.
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What is Accommodation?
Pupils will constrict when tracking a far object as it moves towards the face.
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What is Presbyopia.
- Decreased visual accuity and night vision.
- Happens in elderly
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What is Stravismus?
Cross-eyed.
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What is diplopia?
Double vision.
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What is the Hirschberg Test?
- Also called Extraocular Muscle Test
- Pt and examiner on same plane, light shined between pt's eyes.
- Light should reflect from same locatino off of pupils. (ie 2:00, 5:00, etc.
- If fails then cover each eye independently, then drop cover. Slight jump of eye ball will indicate weak eye.
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What are Pingueculae?
Yellowish elevated nodules due to thickening of bulbar conjunctiva from prolonged exposure to sun, wind, and/or dust. Appear at 3 and 9 oclock position.
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What is Xanthelasma?
- Soft, raised yellow plaques at inner canthi.
- Commonly occure during 5th decade of life, more frequent in women. Occure with high and normal levels of cholesterol.
- Not a concern.
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Exophthalmos?
Bulging eyes
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