Julia Patricia on Instagram: "Day in the life: Lab edition 🔬👩‍🏫🥼 This semester we have a full day spent in lab practicing our clincial skills. These labs include • Ophthalmic optics 3 - gaining experience in dispensing spectacles • Contact lenses - learning how to fit and assess soft CLs, sclerals, and RGPs • Low vision - modifying our eye exam for the visually impaired • Diseases of the eye 3 - practicing advanced clinical skills such as gonioscopy, scleral indentation BIO, dilation and irr

ᴠᴇᴛ ᴀʀɢᴇɴᴛᴜᴍ on Instagram‎: "Re-Posted • @aachensv 🔃 GONIOSCOPY Etymology: “Gonia” (angle) + “Skopein” (examine). It is used to examine the iridocorneal angle. What does this additional test to the ophthalmological examination consist of? Topical anesthetic, cohesive gel to hold the lens and some form of magnification (slit lamp, direct ophthalmoscope) are used. In dogs a special lens (goniolens) is used and in cats the angle can be observed directly without the need for a lens, although with i