Ophthalmic Medical Assisting Exam Q & A 2024.
What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - ANSWER Joint Commission on
Allied Health Personnel in
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What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - ANSWER
Performing certain diagnostic tests
Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - ANSWER Ophthalmologist
Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - ANSWER
Optician
What does an orthoptist do? - ANSWER Evaluates double vision
What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? -
ANSWER A subspecialist
Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - ANSWER
Ocularist
What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAPO's
certification ladder? - ANSWER Certified ophthalmic technician
What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - ANSWER Rotates the
eye inward toward the nose
Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? -
ANSWER Cornea
Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - ANSWER Anterior chamber
angle, through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - ANSWER Palpebral
conjunctiva
Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - ANSWER Eyelid
What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? -
ANSWER Aqueous humor
Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - ANSWER Iris, ciliary body, choroid
What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus
Ophthalmic Medical Assisting Exam Q & A 2024
on a near target? - ANSWER Accommodation
What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula? -
ANSWER Detailed central vision
What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the
main structural component of the globe? - ANSWER Sclera
What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - ANSWER
Change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the eye
What is amblyopia? - ANSWER Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual
deprivation in the first decade of life
What is diplopia? - ANSWER Double vision
What does the suffix -itis mean? - ANSWER Inflammation
What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball
forward? - ANSWER Exophthalmos (proptosis)
What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - ANSWER
Eye muscles
Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? -
ANSWER Optic nerve
What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye
is covered? - ANSWER Esophoria
What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? -
ANSWER Ischemic
What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while
examining a patient? - ANSWER A sign
What is a cataract? - ANSWER An opacification of the crystalline lens
What is a chalazion? - ANSWER A lump that develops after inflammation and
infection of the meibomian glands
Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - ANSWER Metabolic
What condition has symptoms that include flashes of light in the corner of the eye,
followed by a sensation of a curtain moving across the vision? - ANSWER Retinal
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