Ophthalmology for NEET PG

What Ophthalmology covers

• Anatomy and physiology of the eye
• Conjunctiva and cornea
• Lens and cataract
• Glaucoma
• Uvea
• Retina
• Neuro-ophthalmology and pupils
• Community ophthalmology

A study map from the standard curriculum. Check the official bulletin for the authoritative topic list.

How to study it

1. 1

   Group the red eye by what to examine and what the pupil does.

2. 2

   Memorise glaucoma drugs by mechanism and side effect.

3. 3

   Use images for fundus findings and corneal signs.

Where students slip

• Mixing up the causes of a painful red eye.
• Confusing pupillary reflex abnormalities.

Where the Ophthalmology practice questions concentrate

Our 891 worked Ophthalmology questions fall into these areas, largest first. This shows what our practice set emphasises. It is not a prediction of the exam's weightage.

• Retina 117
• Glaucoma 89
• Cornea 50
• Uvea 48
• Neuro-ophthalmology and pupils 47
• Conjunctiva and cornea 42
• Lens and cataract 25
• Neuro-ophthalmology 22
• Conjunctiva 21
• Uveitis 21
• Refraction 20
• Anatomy and physiology of the eye 19

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Four quick-revision cards

• Leading cause of blindness in India?

  Cataract: largely curable by surgery.

• Mechanisms of the main glaucoma drops?

  Prostaglandins ↑ uveoscleral outflow; beta-blockers and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors ↓ aqueous production; pilocarpine ↑ trabecular outflow.

• Gene and presentation of retinoblastoma?

  RB1 on 13q14; leukocoria in a young child.

• First visible sign of diabetic retinopathy?

  Microaneurysms.

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