Syllabus For The Subject PHYSICAL & OPTICS

UNIT - 01

EYES AS A REFRACTING APPARATUS - CATOPTRIC IMAGERY OF THE EYE - PURKINJESANSON

IMAGES

THE CORNEAL AND LENTICULAR SYSTEM - REFRACTIVE INDEX OF CORNEA -

CURVATURE OF ANTERIOR SURFACE

UNIT - 02

OPTICAL RESOLUTION OF THE EYE - SCHEMATIC EYE OF GULL STRAND - LISTING`S

REDUCED EYE - DONDER`S REDUCED EYE - VISUAL ANGLES - VISUAL ACUITY - VISUAL

AXES AND AXIAL LENGTH OF EYE - VISUAL ANGLE - LINE ACUITY - VERNIER ACUITY

UNIT - 03

VISUAL ACUITY - DISTANCE VISION - NEAR VISION - OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF VISION

- OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS - OSCILLATORY MOTION - ARRESTING NYSTAGMUS - AXIS

OF THE EYE

UNIT - 04

OPTICAL AXIS - VISUAL AXIS - FIXATION AXIS - VISUAL ANGLES AXIAL LENGTH -

OPTICAL ABERRATIONS OF THE EYE - CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS - MONO CHROMATIC

ABERRATIONS - SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS - DEPTH OF FOCUS - SINE CONDITION -

UNIT - 05

CURVATURE AND DISTORTION - ERRORS OF REFRACTION - INTRODUCTION - AXIAL -

CURVATURE - RELATIVE POSITIONS OF REFRACTING SURFACES - INDEX - ABSENCES

OF ELEMENTS - DISTRIBUTION OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS - CLINICAL SYMPTOMS -

VISUAL SYMPTOMS

UNIT - 06

OCULAR SYMPTOMS - REFERRED SYMPTOMS - FUNCTIONAL SYMPTOMS -

HYPERMETROPIA - CLASSIFICATION - CLINICAL SYMPTOMS - TREATMENT - APHAKIA -

OPTIC OF APHAKIA - VISION IN APHAKIA - FIELD IN APHAKIA - TREATMENT

UNIT - 07

PSEUDOPHAKIA - MYOPIA - SIMPLE MYOPIA - PATHOLOGICAL MYOPIA - TREATMENT

UNIT - 08

ASTIGMATISM - REGULAR ASTIGMATISM - WITH THE RULE - AGAINST THE RULE -

HYPERMETROPIC - ASTIGMATISM - MYOPIC ASTIGMATISM - MIXED ASTIGMATISM -

IRREGULAR ASTIGMATISM - BASIC KERATOCONUS - TREATMENT

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

1 Yr.

PHYSICAL & OPTICS[B.SC-BOPT](1060204)

UNIT - 09

BINOCULAR OPTICAL DEFECTS - ANISOMETROPIA - SIMPLE COMPOUND -

UNIT - 10

MIXED - SIMPLE ASTIGMATIC ANISOMETROPIA - COMPOUND ASTIGMATIC

ANISOMETROPIA -

UNIT - 11

MIXED ASTIGMATIC - ANISOMETROPIA

UNIT - 12

ANISEIKONIA - SYMMETRICAL - ASYMMETRICAL - AETIOLOGY - SYMPTOMS - CLINICAL -

MEASUREMENT - TREATMENT