Syllabus For The Subject OPTOMETRY PRACTICE

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LIGHT-PROPERTIES, PROPAGATION. WAVES- TYPES, MEASURABLE PARAMETERS OF

WAVES, ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. PHOTOBIOLOGY, PHOTON, RAY, LAW OF

INVERSE SQUARES, FORMATION OF IMAGE. INTERFERENCE, HUYGENS` PRINCIPLE,

USES OF INTERFERENCE, LASER INTERFEROMETER, POLARIZATION, CLINICAL

APPLICATIONS OF POLARIZATION

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REFLECTION- LAWS, REFLECTION THROUGH PLANE MIRRORS, REFLECTION THROUGH

SPHERICAL MIRRORS. REFRACTION OF LIGHT. REFRACTION- LAWS, REFRACTIVE

INDEX, CRITICAL ANGLE, TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION. REFRACTION THROUGH

VARIOUS SURFACES. POLYCHROMATIC EFFECTS, NOMENCLATURE OF PRISMS,

ROTATING PRISMS, USES OF PRISMS

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LENSES-TYPES, FORMATION OF CONVEX AND CONCAVE LENSES. GEOMETRICAL

CONSTRUCTION OF IMAGES, DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL CENTRE OF THE LENS, 3.5

IMAGE FORMED BY VARIOUS LENSES, SIZE AND POSITION OF IMAGE, CYLINDRICSL

LENSES, COMBINATION OF LENSES

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VISUAL ANGLE, VISUAL ACUITY, COMPONENTS OF VISUAL ACUITY, FACTORS

AFFECTING VISUAL ACUITY, MEASUREMENT OF VISUAL ACUITY, TEST TYPES USED IN

ADULTS, TEST TYPES USED IN CHILDREN, OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF VISION,

ASSESSMENT OF NEAR VISION

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AXES OF THE EYE, VISUAL ANGLES, THE DIOPTRIC NOTATION OF LENSES (VERGENCE)

OPTICAL SYSTEMS, REFRACTION BY COMBINATION OF LENSES, COMPOUND

HOMOCENTRIC SYSTEMS, THICK LENSES

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OPTICAL ABERRATIONS OF LENSES, ABERRATIONS DEPENDING UPON THE LIGHT,

MONOCHROMATIC ABERRATIONS, OPTICAL ABERRATIONS OF THE EYE-ABERRATIONS

DEPENDING UPON THE LIGHT- MONOCHROMATIC ABERRATIONS, ANOMALIES AS A

DIOPTRIC APPARATUS

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GENERAL HISTORY, SYSTEMIC ILLNESS, TREATMENT HISTORY, PERSONAL AND

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY, FAMILY HISTORY, HISTORY OF ALLERGIES, OCULAR

HISTORY, CHIEF COMPLAINTS, HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS, PAST HISTORY

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VISUAL ACUITY, COLOUR VISION, EXAMINATION OF FACE, OCULAR ADNEXA, POSITION

OF THE EYES, OCULAR MOVEMENTS

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

3 Yr.

OPTOMETRY PRACTICE(1050146)

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TORCH, LOUPE AND SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION, EXAMINATION OF CONJUNCTIVA,

EXAMINATION OF SCLERA, EXAMINATION OF CORNEA, EXAMINATION OF ANTERIOR

CHAMBER, EXAMINATION OF THE IRIS. EXAMINATION OF THE PUPIL-NUMBER-LOCATION

-SIZE-SHAPE-REACTIONS, EXAMINATION OF THE LENS

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NORMAL FUNDUS, COLOUR, TEXTURE, FUNDUS PATTERN, NERVE FIBRE PATTERN,

RETINAL REFLEXES, OPTIC DISC, MACULA, RETINAL VESSELS. EXAMINATION OF

RETINA, DISTANT DIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY, DIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY, BINOCULAR

INDIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY, POSERIOR FUNDUS LENSES, FUNDUS CAMERA, FUNDUS

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY, INDOCYANINE GREEN

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FLUORESCEIN STAINING, CONJUNCTIVAL SMEAR, LACRIMAL SYRINGING, THE INTRAOCULAR

PRESSURE, KERATOMETER, PTOSIS EVALUATION, VISUAL FIELDS

EXAMINATION, CONFRONTATION TEST, LISTER`S PERIMETER, SCOTOMETRY,

AUTOMATED PERIMETRY

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ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL TESTS, ELECTRO-RETINOGRAM, VISUAL EVOKED

RESPONSE, ELECTRO-OCULOGRAM, DARK ADAPTATION, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, A-SCAN,

B-SCAN, IMAGING INVESTIGATIONS, X-RAY, CT-SCAN, MRI, BIOPSY-EXCISION/LNCISION

BIOPSY, FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY.