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Liz API T9 Senses R
ST110 API T9 Rev over Senses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blind spot | Optic disc |
| Auditory Ossicles | Transmit and amplify sound waves, consist of the (Malleus (hammer), Incus (anvil), and Stapes (stirrup)) |
| Ear action when sound waves go through the ear through the pinna, travel down the auditory canal, and strike the TM bt the outer and middle ear | Air conduction |
| Cranial nerve responsible for transmission of information from the inner ear to the brain | CN VIII |
| Corneal transplant | Keratoplasty |
| Inflammation of the cornea | Keratitis |
| Inflammation of the iris | Iritis |
| Process by which the eye makes adjustments for seeing objects at various distance | Accommodation |
| White portion of the eye | Sclera |
| Black circular opening in the center of the eye that permits light to enter the eye | Pupil |
| Glaucoma | Increased IOP that if left untreated will apply pressure on the optic nerve and cause loss of peripheral vision and eventually blindness |
| Clearly defined yellow area in the center of the retina | Macula lutea |
| Another name given to the blind spot | Optic disc |
| Vascular layer of the eye | Choroid |
| Mucus membrane that lines the underside of each eyelid and continues to form a protective covering over the exposed surface of the eyeball | Conjunctiva |
| Classification of sense organs | General & Special |
| Watery fluid in the anterior segment of the eye | Aqueous Humor |
| Receptor for black and white | Rods |
| Condition in which the lens loses its transparency and become "milky" | Cataract |
| Ear divided into all the following anatomical areas of the ear EXCEPT | Middle Eustacian tubes (external ear, middle ear, inner ear are) |
| Pinna | Auricle |
| Ceremonious glands produce a waxy substance | Cerumen |
| Primary taste sensation | Sweet, Salty, Sour |
| Structures outside the eyeball the orbit, eye muscles, eyelids, eye lashes, conjunctiva, and lacrimal apparatus | Adnexa |
| Right eye | OD |
| Surgical incision of the eardrum to create an opening for the placement of tympanostomy tubes | Myringotomy |
| Surgical repair of pinna | Otoplasty |
| Sense of the whirling, dizziness and loss of balance combined with nausea and vomiting | Vertigo |
| Ringing, buzzing, or rearing sound in one or both ears | Tinnitus |
| Adnexa | Accessory organs (Accessory or adjoining anatomical parts of an organ) |
| Left eye | OS |
| Transparent structures that permits the eye to focus rays to form an image in retina | Lens |
| Purpose of the pupil | Regulates amount of light entering the eye |
| Optic | Pertaining to eye and eye sight (both A and B) |
| Vitreous gel | Found in the posterior segment and important on keeping shape of the eye (both A and B) |
| Inner ear | Labyrinth/o |
| Auditory ossicles consist of all EXCEPT | Temporal (malleus, incus, stapes are) |
| Both eyes | OU |
| Eye socket | Orbit |
| IOP | Intraoccular pressure |
| Phak/o- | Lens |
| Myring/o- | Tympanic membrane and Ear drum (both a & b) |
| -opia | Vision condition or defect of a special kind |
| Mastoidectomy | Removal of infected cells from the hollow, air-filled spaces in the skull behind the ear |
| Presbycusis | Age-related hearing loss, slow loss of hearing as people age |
| Chart used to measure visual activity | Snellen |
| Pinkeye, inflammation of conjunctiva | Conjunctivitis |
| Dry eye | Xerophthalmia |
| Drooping of the upper eyelid | Blepharoptosis |
| Disorder in which eyes point in different directions, not aligned correctly due to muscles not focusing together | Strabismus |
| Nerve the sends visual impulses to the brain | Optic Nerve |
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