What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - correct answer Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - correct answer performing certain diagnostic tests
Which eye care professional is a medical...
JCAHPO COA exam 2023 with 100% correct answers
What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - correct answer Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - correct answer performing certain diagnostic tests
Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - correct answer ophthalmologist
Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - correct answer optician
What does an orthoptist do? - correct answer evaluates double vision
What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? - correct answer a subspecialist
Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - correct answer ocularist
What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAHPO's certification ladder? - correct answer certified ophthalmic technician
What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - correct answer rotates the eye inward toward the nose
In this figure of the visual pathway, the structures are correctly identified as which of the following? - correct answer (1) optic nerve (2) optic chiasm (3) visual cortex
Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? - correct answer cornea Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - correct answer anterior chamber angle, through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - correct answer palpebral conjunctiva
Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - correct answer eyelid
What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? - correct answer aqueous humor
Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - correct answer iris, ciliary body, choroid
What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a near target? - correct answer accommodation
What kind of vision loss is associated with Injury or degeneration of the macula? - correct answer detailed central vision
What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main structural component of the globe? - correct answer sclera
In this figure of the lacrimal system, the structures are correctly identified as which grouping? - correct answer (1) lacrimal gland (2) lacrimal sac (3) punctum
What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - correct answer change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the eye
What is amblyopia? - correct answer poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation in the first decade of life
What is diplopia? - correct answer double vision What does the suffix itis mean? - correct answer inflammation
What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball forward? - correct answer exophthalmos (proptosis)
What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - correct answer eye muscles
Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - correct answer optic nerve
What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is covered? - correct answer esophoria
What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? - correct answer ischemic
What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while examining a patient? -
correct answer a sign
What is a cataract? - correct answer an opacification of the crystalline lens
What is a chalazion? - correct answer a lump that develops after inflammation and infection of the meibomian glands
Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - correct 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? - correct answer retinal detachment
What is another name for dry eye? - correct answer keratoconjunctivitis sicca
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