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Ophthalmology General 4935454a

On performing refraction using a plane mirror on a patient who has a refractive error of -3 D sphere with -2 D cylinder at 900 from a distance of 1 metre under no cycloplegia, the reflex would be seen to move

A
With the movement in the horizontal axis and against the movement in the veical axis
B
With the movement in both the axes
C
Against the movement in both the axes
D
With the movement in the veical axis and against the movement in horizontal axis
High-Yield Explanation
C i.e. Against the movement in both the axis The patient in question is having astigmatism because he has different refractive power in two axis (-3 D in horizontal & -2D in veical axis). Thus in both the axis, myopia is of > 1D.

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