Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

OPT 605 — Lens and Cataract

OPT department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• describe lens anatomy
• discuss cataract, definition, epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, classification
• list symptoms attributable to cataract
• explain abnormal lens features by direct ophthalmoscopy
• describe physiology of accommodation and presbyopia
• discuss lens abnormality found in important systemic diseases like Marfan’s syndrome; and

Course contents

Anatomy of lens, intraocular location of lens behind the iris, optical clarity of normal lens, suspension of normal lens in retroiridic position by zonules. Proptosis, definition, causes of proptosis in adults and children. Cataract, definition, classification, epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, management of cataract.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study OPT 605.

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