A disorder in which a person cannot see a distant object clearly is called what? A. Hypermetropia B. Night Blindness C. Myopia D. Strabismus

A disorder in which a person cannot see a distant object clearly is called what? A. Hypermetropia B. Night Blindness C. Myopia D. Strabismus Correct Answer C

The correct answer is Myopia.

• Nearsightedness (myopia) is a common vision condition in which you can see objects near to you clearly, but objects farther away are blurry.
• It occurs when the shape of your eye causes light rays to bend (refract) incorrectly, focusing images in front of your retina instead of on your retina.

Additional Information

• Far-sightedness, also known as long-sightedness, hypermetropia, or hyperopia, is a condition of the eye where distant objects are seen clearly but near objects appear blurred.
  • This blurred effect is due to incoming light being focused behind, instead of on, the retina wall due to insufficient accommodation by the lens.
• Night blindness is a type of vision impairment also known as nyctalopia.
  • People with night blindness experience poor vision at night or in dimly lit environments.
  • Although the term “night blindness” implies that you can't see at night, this isn't the case.
• Strabismus, also called squint, misalignment of the eyes.
  • The deviant eye may be directed inward toward the other eye (cross-eye, or esotropia), outward, away from the other eye (exotropia), upward (hypertropia), or downward (hypotropia).