Prof. R.

AYACHE TUTORIAL SERIES N° 7 : Eye and Vision March 2024

University of Batna2
Faculty of Medicine
Pharmacy Department
Module of Pharmaceutical Physics

Exercise N°1:

The reduced eye is a perfect example of a single refracting surface. The spherical refracting surface
is the cornea, with air on one side and aqueous fluid (n = 1.33) on the other side. If the radius of the
cornea is 7.5 mm, what is the power of the reduced eye? If the length of the eye is 31 mm, where
must an object be placed in front of the eye to form the image on the retina (back of the eye)?

Exercise N°2:

a- An object is located 33.33 cm in front of the cornea of an emmetropic eye. How much must
the eye accommodate for the object to be imaged on the retina?
b- How much must a patient with 1.00 D of uncorrected myopia, as measured at the surface of
the eye, accommodate for an object located at a distance of 33.33 cm to be imaged on the
retina?

Exercise N°3:

A myopic person (without astigmatism) has a far point of 100 cm and a near point of 15 cm.
(a) What power contact lens should an optometrist prescribe to move the myopic far point out to
infinity?

(b) With this correction, can the myopic person also read a book held at the normal near point, 25
cm from the eye?

Exercise N°4:

The near point of a certain eye is 100 cm in front of the eye. What lens should be used to see clearly
an object 25 cm in front of the eye?

Exercise N°5:

The far point of a nearsighted eye lies at 1 m from it. Determine the power of a correction spectacle
lens worn at 15 mm from the eye. What is the power of a contact correction lens?

Exercise N°6:

Consider three 50-year-old patients. Each has an amplitude of accommodation of 2.00 D. One
patient has emmetropia, another has 2.00 D of uncorrected myopia, and the third has 2.00 D of
uncorrected hyperopia (all measured in the corneal plane). Determine the NPA for each patient