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Terminology
Special Senses Chapter 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Artificial hearing device that produces useful hearing sensations by electrically stimulating nerves inside the inner ear? | Cochlear implant |
| The medical term for the perception of ringing, hissing, or other sounds in the ears or head when no external sound is present? | Tinnitus |
| Involuntary eye movements that appear jerky and may reduce vision or be associated with other, more serious conditions that limit vision? | Nystagmus |
| What are the 6 abbreviations currently found in medical records that JCAHO believes should be written out? | OD, OS, OU, AD, AS, AU |
| EOM | Extraocular movement |
| Cosmetic Surgery that removes fatty tissue called "bags" above and below the eye, which commonly form as a result of the aging process or excessive exposure to the sun? | Blepharectomy |
| Localized, circumscribed, inflammatory swelling of one of the several sebaceous glands of the eyelid, generally caused by a bacterial infection? | Hordeolum |
| dull, dim | ambly/o |
| Clearness or sharpness of a sensory function? | Acuity |
| ENT | Ears, Nose and Throat |
| -opia or -opsia | vision |
| The act and sense of smelling | Olfaction |
| AC | Air conduction |
| PE Tube | Pressure-equalizing tube |
| aque/o | water |
| PERRLA | Pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accomodation |
| Method of treating cataracts by using ultrasonic waves to disintegrate the cloudy lens, which is then aspirated and removed | Phacoemulsification |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| IOP | intraocular pressure |
| Incision of the cornea | keratotomy |
| -tropia | turning |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| EOM | extraocular movement |
| Reconstruction of the eardrum, commonly due to perforation; also call myringoplasty | tympanoplasty |
| cor/o pr pupill/o | pupil |
| Measurement of hearing acuity at various sound wave frequencies | audiometry |
| myring/o or tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
| conjuntiv/o | conjunctiva |
| staped/o | stapes |
| -acusia | hearing |
| salping/o | tubes (eustachian) |
| corne/o | cornea |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye, circular, cycle |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
| -cusis | hearing |
| aur/o or ot/o | ear |
| dacry/o or lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| audi/o | hearing |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| vitr/o | vitreous body of eye |
| glauc/o | gray |
| scot/o | darkness |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera |
| goni/o | angle |
| retin/o | retina |
| irid/o | iris |
| presby/o | old age |
| ocul/o or ophthalm/o | eye |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| light | phot/o |
| phac/o | lens |
| opt/o or optic/o | eye, vision |
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