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word list spec sens
purple mod special senses word list (test)
Question | Answer |
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ambloyopia | lazy eye syndrome |
ametropia | an error in refraction causing poor focus |
anosmia | loss of sense of smell |
astigmatism | defective curvature of the cornea or lens |
audition | hearing |
blepharoptosis | prolapse of the eyelid |
cataracts | opacities on the lens or the capsule that encloses the lens, causing loss in vision |
cerumen | a waxy secretion produced by the glands of the external ear canal to prevent the entrance of tiny foreign particles |
ciliary muscles | muscles which relax or contract to alter the shape of lens, making it thicker or thinner, thus enabling the light rays to focus upon the retina |
cochlea | snail shaped inner ear structure |
corectasis | dilation of the pupil |
cornea | the clear, transparent portion of the sclera, anterior to the lens |
cycloplegic agents | agents which paralyze ciliary muscles causing dilation of the pupils |
dacryocystorhinostomy | creation of an opening into the nose for draining of tears |
dacryorrhea | flow of tears |
ear canal | slender tube lined with glands, through which sound waves travel to the middle ear |
equilibrium | a state of balance controlled by the semicircular canals and the vestibule |
esotropia | inward turning of the eyes |
Eustachian tube | a tube which connests the nose and the throat with the cavity of the middle ear |
eustachitis | inflammation of the Eustachian tube |
exotropia | outward turning of the eyes |
glaucoma | accumulations of aqueous humor in the eye |
gustation | taste |
hairs of corti | tiny nerve ending with in the cochlea which combine with cochlear fluid to generate nerve impulses to the brain via the auditory nerve |
hyperopia | farsightedness |
incus | one of the three bones of the middle ear shaped like an anvil |
intracapsular extraction | use of cold metal probe to remove cataracts |
iridectomy | excision of the iris |
iritis | inflammation of the iris |
keratocentesis | surgical puncture of the cornea |
lacrimal | pertaining to a tear |
malleus | one of the three bones of the middle ear shaped like a hammer |
olfactory | pertaining to smell |
mastoid process | one of the temporal bones which encloses the sinuses |
ophthalmoplegic | paralysis of the eye |
optometrist | one who specializes in eye measurements |
ossicles | three tiny articulating bones in the middle ear |
otalgia | ear pain |
otitis media | inflammation of the middle ear |
otopyorrhea | discharge of pus from the ear |
otosclerosis | hardening of the spongy bone around the oval window of the ear causing hearing loss |
retinitis pigmentosa | chronic progressive disease of degeneration of the retina an atrophy of the optic nerve |
sclera | the white of the eye composed of a tough fibrous tissue which serves as a protective shield for the more sensitive structures underneath |
semicircular canals | one of the three structures of the inner ear responsible for balance |
strabismus | condition in which one eye is misaligined with the other out of synchrony |
stapes | one of the three bones of the middle ear shaped like stirrups |
vestibule | a chamber that joins the cochlea and semicircular canals |