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A test called the visual fields by confrontation is used to evaluate for:
Peripheral vision
When checking a red reflex in a small child you note a white reflection in one eye.
What condition should be ruled out?
Retinoblastoma
When assessing visual acuity, your patient is said to have 20/40 in both eyes.
What do theses numbers mean?
The top number is the normal distance at which the patient should stand from the eye
chart.
The bottom number indicates the distance at which a person with normal eyesight could
read the same line.
In a middle-aged person, you notice sharp disc margins and a yellowish orange
color in the macular area and a ratio of veins to arteries of 3:2. What does this
signify?
A normal exam.
A triangular growth on the white part of the eye that also extends onto the cornea.
Pterygium
A ring around the edge of the cornea is
Corneal arcus