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OPHTHALMOLOGY,
WRITTEN STATE EXAM
2024 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT
ANSWERS!!
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Evatee 9/26/24 OPHTHALMOLOGY
,OPHTHALMOLOGY, WRITTEN STATE EXAM
2024 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS!!
Funduscopy of the right eye should be made in the following order, except:
A) the examiner sits or stands on the right side of the patient
B) the retinoscope is held in the right hand of the examiner and he/she
examines with the right eye
C) possibly performs the examination in a dark room
D) the left hand is positioned on the forehead of the patient and with her/his
thumb lifts the upper eyelid
E) asks the patient to look directly into the light Answer - E) asks the patient to
look directly into the light
EXPLANATION
During direct funduscopy the right eye should be examined by the right eye,
the left eye with the left one, the approach is easier that way. The examination
should be carried out in a dark room, eyelid might be lifted. Patients should not
look directly into the light, because in that case the pupil narrows and the
peripheral part of the fundus cannot be observed.
The following reflexes are needed to watch nearby objects, except:
A) convergence
B) pupillary dilation
C) contraction of the ciliary muscle
, D) thickening of the crystalline lens
E) enlarged refraction Answer - B) pupillary dilation
EXPLANATION
To watch nearby object, accommodation is needed, in that case the pupil is not
dilating, on the contrary it is narrowing.
The most important cause of the visual deterioration in people over 80 years:
A) diabetes mellitus
B) myopia
C) age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
D) glaucoma
E) cataract Answer - C) age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
EXPLANATION
The age-related macular degeneration affects approximately 30% of the people
above the age of 80 yrs.
The most important early characteristics of hypertensive retinopathy:
A) arteriovenous crossing
B) constriction of arterioles
C) widening of the light reflex of the arterioles
D) copper wire arterioles
E) silver wire arterioles Answer - B) constriction of arterioles
EXPLANATION
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