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• glaucoma

  group of eye disease, causes blindness
• AMD


  major cause of visual impairment, leading cause of vision loss

  two types: dry (most common) and wet (forms abnormal new blood vessel)
• clouding of lens

  cataract
• retracts light ray which help the eye to focus

  cornea
• allows light to enter

  pupil
• retracts and focus light on retina

  lens
• receive visual stimula

  retina
• shield and protect eyeball

  eyelid
• filters dust and dirt

  eyelash
• produce tears and drains them

  lacrimal apparatus
• SSLIIM RORORR

  SUPERIOR RECTUS, SUPERIOR OBLIQUQUE, LATERAL RECTUS, INFERIOR OBLIQUE, INFERIOR RECTUS, MEDIAL RECTUS
• snellen chart - test distant visual acuity (letters)

  * client needs to stand 20ft
• rosenbaum chart - handheld cards

  * 14 inches
• jaegaes card - paragraphs

  *14/14
• ishihara test - color
• allen card - pictures used for 2 years olds

  * 15 feet
• entropion

  inverted eyelash
• ectropion


  everted eyelash
• ptosis - drooping eyelid
• xanthelasma - yellowish plaque on eyelid, caused by lipid disorder
• basal cell carcinoma - common human cancer on lower eyelid, sun exposure
• conjunctivitis - irritation or infection
• conjunctival pallor - anemic
• cataract - clouding of lens
• nevus - pigmented growth
• papilloma - tumor, wart like, hpv infection
• exotropia - outward

  esotropia - inward

  hypertropia - upward

  hypotropia - downward
• anisocoria - not same size
• misosis - maliit na pupil
• mydriasis - malaking pupil
• tymphanic membrane (eardrum) - seperates external ear from middle ear
• middle ear and internal ear cannot be directly inspected
• external ear secretes cerumen
• middle ear is also known as tympanic cavity
• three auditory ossicle of the middle ear: malleus, incus, stapes (transmits sound waves from eardrum to inner ear)
• transmission of sound wave in inner ear is perceptive
• rinnging in the ear: tinnitus
• otitis - inflammation
• tophi - nodular masses
• rhinitis - reaction caused by inflammation