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If you see white going across the top of the eye that means there is ...

A protrusion of the eye. You should check the thyroid
pupil is

the black dot in middle of the eye
Limbus =

border between cornea and sclera
sclera =

white part of the eye
conjugate gaze =

eyes working together to follow something
disconjugate gaze =

when eyes do not follow or look at the same thing
oblique muscles cause what when they contract

they turn the eye
the rectus muscles when they contract they do what to the eye

move up, down, righ t, left
6 eye muscles =
- superior rectus
- inferior rectus
- lateral rectus
- medial rectus
- superior oblique
- inferior oblique
internal layers of eye =
- outer = sclera
- middle = choroid
- Inner= retina
- inner inner = vitrous body
what is it called when someone does not notice you do to eye damage

neglect
visual reflexes =
- pupillary light reflexes =
- fixation
- accommodation
direct pupillary reflexes vs
consentual =
- direct = pupil constricts when light is shined in it
- consentual = when pupil of eye constricts when opposite eye has light shinned in it
- deals with cranial nerve 2 and 3
fixation

reflex of eye towards a person or thing of attention
cover test =
- covering one eye and see if the covered eye drifts away and then snaps back = weak muscle
- glasses in babies correct this
accomodation
- look far away = dilate
- look close = eyes converge and constrict
glaucoma =

increased occular pressure
Macualr degeneration =
- peripheral vision ok
- central vision defficit
- dengeneration of macule of eye
senile arcus =
- deposit of lipids around the eye
- does not change vision
as you get older what happens to pupils

they get smaller
Strabismus =

cross eyed
diplopia =

double vision
foreign body sensation =

feel like something in your eye
subjective data
health history question =
- vision difficulty
- pain
- strabismus, diplopia
- redness, swelling
- watering discharge
- hx. of ocular problems
- glaucoma
- glasses or contacts
- self-care behaviors (do you go to the dr.? Use eye drops?)
additional history question for aging adult
- visual difficulty
- glaucoma test
- cataracts
- eye dryness
- decreased activities
numerator of snellen chart =

20 ft away from test
denominator of snellen chart =
- how you vision compares to normal vision
- bigger bottom # the worse the vision
20/80 =

you can see at 20 ft what a normal person sees at 80 ft
Jager chart =

like news print tests to see if person can read close up
equipment for eye tests
- snellen chart
- handheld visual screener
- opaque card or occluder
- penlight
- applicator stick = used to depress eye lid to remove foreign body
- Ophthalmoscope
confrontation test

tests peripheral vision compared to pt
EOM
- extraoccular movement
- have pt follow finger side to side u and down to each side and look for ability to move eye and nystagnus
pink eye =

conjuctivitis = inflammation of conjuctiva
lacrimal apparatus =

tear duct
PERRLA=

pupils equal round reactive to light and accommodation
one thing PERRLA doesnt ask

pupils concentual = pupil react alond with the other
accommodation =

eyes move in and constrict with near vision
xanthelasma =

patch of lipid tissue on top eye lid
exopthalmus =

prtruding eye
enopthalmos =

sunken eyes
upward palpebral slant happens in

own syndrome
ptosis =

drooping of upper eye lid
periorbital edema =
- edema around the orbit
- puffiness around the eye
iritis =

redness all around the iris of the eye
important to look at light reflection of the eye why
- see if the light is reflected in the same please on each eye
- means difference in shape of the eye

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2013-03-08T13:49:39Z