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Ophthalmology: notes and exam prep for MU Pleven

Ophthalmology for Year 3 Medicine at the Medical University, Pleven: all 68 syllabus topics in 2 sections, with exam-focused notes, figures and flashcards.

What Ophthalmology has on SuperMed

  • Notes on 56 of the 68 topics so far, written to answer the syllabus question as it is asked, with 217 figures and diagrams.
  • 1,620 flashcards for the facts you have to recall, with spaced review.

The Ophthalmology syllabus

Every topic, numbered as the department numbers it.

Anatomy and physiology of the eye22 topics

  1. 1Skull - orbitfree
  2. 1Orbital region. Clinical significance
  3. 2External muscles of the eyeball. Eyelids. Conjunctiva
  4. 3Lacrimal apparatus
  5. 5Fibrous layer of the eyeball. Sclera and cornea
  6. 6Vascular layer of the eyeball
  7. 7Neural layer of the eyeball - retina. Optic nerve. Blood supply of the retina
  8. 8Special sensory systems. Visual sensory system
  9. 8Retina. Visual sensory pathway
  10. 8Central processing of visual information. Light adaptation. Visual acuity
  11. 9Physiology of vision. Adaptation. Disorders in the adaptation
  12. 10Color vision. Eye movements and binocular vision
  13. 10Optic nerve disorders and other eye diseases - Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, colour vision disorders
  14. 11Visual field. Methods of examination. Pathologic changes in the visual field
  15. 12Visual acuity. Methods of examination. Principles
  16. 13Physical and clinical refraction, ametropias
  17. 14Refraction - subjective and objective methods of examination
  18. 15Accommodation. Disorders in the accommodation
  19. 17Myopia. Clinical features, complications, treatment
  20. 18Hypermetropia. Clinical features, treatment
  21. 19Systematical order of the eye examination (ophthalmic status)
  22. 20Most frequently used drugs in ophthalmology and methods of their administration

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Eye diseases46 topics

  1. 21Diseases of the orbit
  2. 22Diseases of the eyelids
  3. 23Diseases of the lacrimal system
  4. 24Conjunctivitis. Allergic conjunctivitis
  5. 25Trachoma - aetiology, clinical features, treatment, complications, prophylaxis
  6. 26Superficial non-purulent keratitis
  7. 27Purulent keratitis
  8. 28Stromal (interstitial) keratitis
  9. 29Degenerations of the cornea - treatment
  10. 30Scleritis
  11. 31Iridocyclitis - aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment
  12. 32Chorioretinitis - aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment
  13. 33Uveitis - aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment
  14. 34Pupil. Pupillary reactions - normal and pathological
  15. 35Hereditary and congenital cataract
  16. 36Acquired cataract
  17. 37Treatment of cataract
  18. 38Diseases of the retina - subjective and objective symptoms
  19. 39Changes in the eye fundus in hypertensive disease and atherosclerosis
  20. 40Vascular diseases of the retina. Retinal vein occlusion
  21. 41Vascular diseases of the retina. Retinal artery occlusion
  22. 42Vascular diseases of the retina. Diabetic retinopathy
  23. 43Macular degeneration - forms, clinical features, treatment
  24. 44Retinal pigment degeneration
  25. 45Retinal detachment
  26. 46Optic neuritis
  27. 47Papilloedema and vascular diseases of the optic nerve
  28. 48Toxic damages and atrophy of the optic nerve
  29. 49Diseases of the optic chiasm and the central part of the visual pathway
  30. 50Eye diseases connected to metabolic disorders
  31. 51Glaucoma. Definition, types and forms. Methods for examination
  32. 52Open-angle glaucoma
  33. 53Angle-closure glaucoma
  34. 54Secondary and congenital glaucoma
  35. 55Drug treatment and surgery of glaucoma
  36. 56Paralytic and concomitant strabismus
  37. 57Ocular trauma. Classification, methods of examination, clinical features. Common principles of treatment
  38. 58Traumatic injuries of the orbit and eyelids
  39. 59Blunt trauma of the eyeball
  40. 60Injuries of the eyeball, first aid
  41. 61Chemical and thermal burns of the eye, first aid
  42. 62Retinoblastoma
  43. 63Tumours of the uvea
  44. 64Emergencies in ophthalmology - trauma, vascular occlusion, acute angle-closure glaucoma, burns
  45. 65Causes of blindness - anatomical localisation
  46. 66Causes of blindness. Fight against blindness

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