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Stack #183295
Special Senses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accommodation | adjustment of the eye for various distances so that the image falls on the retina of the eye |
| acutiy | clearness or sharpness of a sensory function |
| adnexa | tissues or structures in the body adjacent to or near a related structure |
| articulate | to join or connect together loosely to allow motion between the parts |
| gustation | sense and act of tasting foods, beverages, or other substances |
| humor | any fluid or semifluid of the body |
| labyrinth | series of intricate communicating passages |
| olfaction | the act and sense of smelling |
| ossicle | any small bone, espically one of the three bones of the ear |
| photopigment | light-sensitive pigment in the retinal cones and rods that absorbs light and initiates the visual process; also called visual pigment |
| slit lamp | microscope with a specialized light that allows magnification of eye structures-especially the lens, cornea, and iris- and, with additional attachments, th vitreous humor and retina |
| tunic | a layer or coat of tissue; also called membrane layer |
| ambly/o | dull,dim |
| aque/o | water |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| core/o pupill/o | pupil |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye; circular, cycle |
| dacry/o lacrim/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
| dacryocyst/o | lcrimal sac |
| glauc/o | gray |
| goni/o | angle |
| irid/o | iris |
| ocul/o ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o optic/o | eye, vision |
| phac/o | lens |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| scot/o | darkness |
| vitr/o | vitreous body (of eye) |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o ot/o | ear |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| salping/o | tubes (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes) |
| staped/o | stapes |
| myring/o tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| -opia -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | turning |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -cusis | hearing |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| achromatopsia | severe congenital deficiency in color perception; also called complete color blindness |
| chalazion | small, hard tumor developin on the eyelid, somewhat similar to a sebaceous cyst |
| conjunctivitis | inflammation of the conjunctive with vascular congestion, producing a red or pink eye; may be secondary to viral, chlamydial, bacterial, or fungal infections or allergy |
| convergence | medial movement of the two eyeballs so that they are both directed at the object being viewed |
| diopter | measurement of refractive error |
| ectropion | eversion, or outward turning, of the edge of the lower eyelid |
| emmetropia | normal condition of the eye in refraction in which, when the eye is at rest, parallel rays focus exactly on the retina |
| entropion | inversion, or inward turning, of the edge of the lower eyelid |
| epiphora | abnormal overflow of tears |
| exophthalmos | protrusion of one or both eyeballs |
| hordeolum | localized, circumscribed, inflammatory swelling of sone of the several sebaceous glands of the eyelid, generally caused by a bacterial infection; also called sty |
| metamorphopsia | visual distortion of objects |
| nyctalopia | inability to see well in dim light; also called night blindness |
| nystagmus | involuntary eye movements that appear jerky and may reduce vision or be associated with other, more serious condtions that limit vision |
| papilledema | edema and hyperemia of the optic disc usually associated with increased ocular pressure resulting from intracranial pressure; also called choked disc |
| photophobia | unusual intorlerance and sensitivity to light |
| presbyopia | loss of accommodation of the crystalline lens associated with aging process |
| retinopathy | any disorder of retinal blood vessels |
| trachoma | chronic, contagious form of conjunctivitis common in the southwestern United States that typically leads to blindness |
| visual field | area within which objects may be seen when the eye is in a fixed position |
| anacusis | deafness; also called anacusia |
| conduction impairment | blocking of sound waves as they are conducted through the external and middle (conduction pathway) |
| labyrinthitis | inflammation of the inner ear that usually results from an acute febrile process |
| meniere disease | disorder of the labyrinth that leads to progressive loss of hearing |
| otitis enterna | infection of the external auditory canal |
| presbyacusis | impairment of hearing resulting from old age; also called presbyacusia |
| pressure-equalizing (PE) tubes | tubes that are inserted through the tympanic membrane, commonly to treat chronic oititis media; also called tympanostomy tubes or ventilation tubes |
| tinnitus | preception of ringing, hissing, or other sounds in the ears or head when no external sound is present |
| vertigo | hallucination of movement, or a feeling of spinning or dizziness |
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