Syllabus | Paper-5 Ocular Biochemistry | Bachelor of Optometry

S. No	Topic	Domain	Hours
Module 1	Introduction to various biochemical test	Must Know How to do and clinical significance of: KFT-Blood urea, Serum Creatinine, S electrolytes LFT-SGOT, SGPT, S. Alkaline phosphatase S lipid profile	30 hours
Module 2	Tear film and pH	Must Know Formation of tears, Basic and reflex tear secretion Layers of tear film Desirable to Know pH of tears and significance	10 hours
Module 3	General Introduction to metabolic processes affecting the eye	Desirable to Know Glycolysis HMP shunt Krebs cycle Sorbitol pathway	20 hours
Module 4	Rhodopsin cycle	Must Know Photopigment- Rhodopsin &Iodopin. Chemical nature of Rhodopsin, Visual cycle
Module 5	Aqueous and Vitreous humors	Must Know Formation and drainage of aqueous humor, its composition, functions Primary and secondary vitreous humor
Module 6	Metabolism of lens and cornea	Must Know Biochemical composition of cornea and lens Sources of nutrients-oxygen, Glucose, Amino acid Cataract – Due to biochemical defect of lens. Desirable to Know Lens protein- their types & characteristics. Antioxidant mechanism in the lens

Syllabus | Paper-5 Ocular Biochemistry | Bachelor of Optometry | First Year