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Reichert Technologies recently named Christopher A. Thatcher as division vice president and business unit manager. In his new role, Thatcher will be responsible for Reichert’s global businesses. Christopher A. Thatcher, Reichert Technologies Match Eyewear has appointed Sam Herskowitz to the position of chief operating officer. Prior to joining Match, he spent 17 years at Emerging Vision, Inc., most recently serving as president of both the Combine Buying Group in the U.S. and The Optical Group in Canada. Sam Herskowitz, Match Eyewear Viva International Group has promoted Mark Mischik to director of sales, retail sun division. In his new role, Mischik will oversee retail sales and will report directly to Jan Cory, Viva’s senior vice president of sales for the U.S. and Canada. Mark Mischik, Viva International Group Optometry Giving Sight has announced that Juan Carlos Aragon, OD, senior vice president, Americas region for CooperVision, will be the inaugural chair of the organization’s new Global Development Board (GDB). Other board members include Claude Darnault, chief sustainability officer, Essilor; Glenn Ellisor, OD, CEO, Vision Source; Tony Hanks, OD, founder and chairman, Eyecare Plus (Australia); Rob Lynch, CEO, VSP Global; Andrea Saia, board member, Coca-Cola Enterprises; Al Ulsifer, OD, president and CEO, FYI Eye Doctors; and Rick Weisbarth, OD, FAAO, vice president, professional affairs, Alcon. Juan Carlos Aragon, OD, Optometry Giving Sight

AWARDS

At the Prima Eye Group conference, Irving Bennett, OD, was honored for his many years of leadership and service to the profession. Prima co-founders Neil Gailmard, OD, and Jerry Hayes, OD, presented Bennett with a plaque at a special dinner event, which was held at Disney World’s Great Hall of China in Epcot Center in Florida.

Irving Bennett, OD, (c) accepts his award from Prima Eye Group’s Jerry Hayes, OD, (l) and Neil Gailmard, OD (r)

As part of its 40th Anniversary celebration, Santinelli International is holding a “Think Outside the Box Edge” rimless eyewear contest. ME Lens Edger clients are invited to submit a pair of highly imaginative rimless eyewear using the edger’s innovative Design Cut technology. First, second, and third place winners will receive a credit of $500, $250, and $100, respectively, toward the company’s product line.

INFO: santinelli.com/ThinkOut-sidetheBoxEdge

Santinelli International is accepting entries for its Think Outside the Box Edge contest

BUSINESS UPDATES

Marking its 40th Anniversary, the nonprofit American Health Assistance Foundation, an organization which funds cutting-edge, early-stage research and provides public education to help eradicate Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma, has changed its name to BrightFocus Foundation.

WORD SEARCH

Below, the answers to the Contact Lens Terminology word search by Jenean Carlton, BA, ABOC, NCLC.

Knowledge Center

As part of the Back to Basics series, the March issue of EB featured a crossword puzzle as an accompaniment to “Understanding Ocular Structures” by Jenean Carlton, BA, ABOC, NCLC. Here, we provide the clues and answers to the puzzle.

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3 A highly vascular mucous membrane attached to the sclera.

4 This membrane lies between the stroma and endothelium.

5 A plasma-like substance secreted from the ciliary processes. (Two words)

7 The_______chamber is the space between the back of the iris and the front of the crystalline lens.

8 The_______conjunctiva lines the inside of the upper and lower eyelids.

9 With 45 diopters of power, the_______provides the greatest focusing capacity of all ocular structures.

11 Accommodation is the adjustment of the focal power of the eye and is achieved by the action of the_______muscle.

12 This layer of the cornea is the innermost layer and consists of a single layer of cells.

14 The_______oculi closes the eyelid.

19 The_______chamber is the space between the iris and the endothelium.

20 Human eye color is dependent upon this pigment.

23 These fibers are fine suspensory ligaments attached at the edge of the crystalline lens capsule to the ciliary processes.

24 This structure is a continuation of the iris and ciliary body and lies between the retina and sclera.

25 This membrane is a cellophane-like layer of the cornea made of collagen fibrils.

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1 A ring-shaped structure that connects the iris with the choroid. (Two words)

2 The ocular condition in which one iris is a different color from the other.

3 The anterior segment contains the_______lens and all structures in front of it.

6 The_______functions as a pump to maintain the proper amount of tears on the surface of the cornea.

10 The_______is the first line of defense and offers protection for the cornea.

13 A circular structure that regulates the amount of light entering the eye by adjusting the size of the pupil.

15 The human eye can be divided into two principal parts, the_______and posterior segments.

16 These cells in the conjunctiva produce mucin, an integral part of the tear film.

17 This layer of the cornea accounts for 90 percent of the corneal thickness.

18 This gland produces the middle layer of the tear film.

21 The crystalline lens consists of three parts: capsule, cortex, and_______

22 The_______conjunctiva lines the sclera up to the limbus.