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Fuller Ch 26 Ophthalmic Surgery

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A common technique to repair a retinal detachment is to produce ________ between the detached layers.
Adhesions
The tissue that refracts light rays as they enter the eye is called the ________.
Cornea
Surgical removal of the eyeball after the eye muscles and optic nerve have been severed is called _____________.
Enucleation
Clear, watery fluid that fills the anterior and posterior chambers in the front of the eye is called ________.
Aqueous Humor
________________ is a procedure performed to treat glaucoma.
Trabeculectomy
Following a cataract extraction, a(n) ________ vitrectomy may be indicated, which is considered a complication of the surgery.
Anterior
Glaucoma is classified as ________________________ and then further classified as primary or secondary.
Open angle or Closed angle
A condition in which the crystalline lens of the eye or its capsule, or both, becomes opaque, with consequent loss of vision, is known as ________.
A Cataract
The ________ is a thick, white, fibrous tissue that encloses about three fourths of the eyeball.
Sclera
________ is an abnormal inversion of the lower eyelid.
Entropion
A pigmented contractile membrane composed mainly of muscle tissue is known as the _______________.
Iris
_____________ is the bending of light rays through a transparent medium.
Refraction
A process in which the lens continually changes shape to maintain the focus of an image on the retina is ________.
Accommodation
When the surgeon is required to look away from the field, he or she ______________.
loses concentration and the rhythm of the surgery
Surgery in which the eye muscle is moved back to release the globe is muscle ________.
Recession
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