POST TEST FOR MODULE 24:  The Posterior Segment, Part 2        Catalog

                                                                   

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1. Type II diabetes generally begins:

A. at birth

B. after drinking a lot of coffee 

C. after age 75

D. after age 35          

2. Diabetic retinopathy is a disease of:

A. the retinal blood vessels

B. the RPE

C. the NFL

D. the rods and cones 

3. "PDR" stands for:

A. pinpoint diabetic retinopathy

B. proliferative diabetic retinopathy

C. premature diabetic retinopathy

D. past due review 

4. PDR is commonly treated with:

A. photodynamic therapy

B. vitreous steroid injection

C. scleral buckling

D. pan-retinal photocoagulation 

5. Those over the age of 75 have a ___ probability of developing macular degeneration.

A. one in three

B. one in ten

C. one in twenty-five

D. one in one hundred          

6. Which is more associated with vision loss?

A. macular drusen

B. wet AMD

C. dry AMD

D. RPE changes

7. Wet AMD is usually treated with:

A. a vitreous injection (e.g. Lucentis)

B. a steroid injection into the anterior chamber

C. scleral buckling

D. pan-retinal photocoagulation 

8. Which instrument does the best job imaging a macular hole?

A. fundus camera

B. B-scan ultrasound

C. GDX

D. OCT                                 

9. Macular holes cannot be treated.

A. true

B. false  

10. Which is the term for a retinal detachment secondary to a retinal tear?

A. RPE detachment

B. PED

C. rhegmatogenous

D. traction RD   

11. A C/D ratio of .5 means that:

A. the cup is half as wide as the total nerve head

B. the cup is .5mm across

C. the patient definitely has glaucoma

D. your music collection is seriously lacking 

12. The GDX measures:

A. axial length

B. visual field changes

C. nerve fiber layer thickness

D. RPE layer thickness

13. Which is a swelling of the optic nerve head due to increased intracranial pressure?

A. optic nerve atrophy

B. papilledema

C. ION

D. AION

14. The choroid is:

A. part of the protective layer of the eye

B. part of the nourishing layer of the eye

C. devoid of blood vessels

D. between the retina and the vitreous

15. The cornea can be thought of as an extension of the:

A. retina

B. choroid

C. sclera

D. iris