Please sign up for the course before taking this quiz. Melanoma is the most common type of eye cancer and starts in the melanocytes where pigment is made.10 True False A large pupil is called mydriasis and can be caused by injury to the sphincter muscle.10 True False If a person has one blue eye and one brown eye, it may be normal and a result of genetics.10 True False Albino eyes appear very light or pink due to a lack of pigmentation in the anterior border layer, but normal pigmentation in the posterior epithelium in back of the iris.10 True False With Fuch’s Heterochromic Iridocyclitis, the disturbed eye is often light blue and inflamed.10 True False Cataracts occur when the lens located behind the iris and in front of pupil becomes cloudy from hardened minerals clumping together.10 True False Xanthelasma is a condition in which lipid deposits appear in the tissues of the iris stroma.10 True False With Wilson’s Disease, a golden to greenish brown ring appears at the edge of the iris in the cornea, caused by a build-up of copper in the liver and blood.10 True False The lens in the eyes of children is strong and hard, while the lens in older people becomes hardened and weak.10 True False A person who has a defect in the pupil called Coloboma should get lots of sunshine and wear sunglasses as little as possible.10 True False
