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key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The change that occurs in the ocular lens when it focuses at various distances | ACCOMIDATION |
| The fluid that is found in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye | AQUEOUS HUMOR |
| Loss of transparency of the lens of the eye | CATARACT |
| The cranial nerve that controls the senses of hearing and equilibrium and that eventually leads to the cerebellum and the medulla | ACOUSTIC NERVE |
| A 1-inch segment of tube that runs from the external ear to the middle ear | AUDITORY CANAL |
| The set of 3-small, bony structures in the ear(malleus,incus, & stapes | AUDITORY OSSICLES |
| Photoreceptors responsible for color (daylight vision) | CONES |
| The trasparent tissue covering the anterior portion of the eye | CORNEA |
| Paralysis of the ciliary muscle in the eye | CYCLOPLEGIA |
| A tubular structure in the middle ear that runs to the nasopharynx (throat) | EUSTACHIAN TUBE |
| A bony maze composed of the vestibule, cochlea, and semicircular canals of the innner ear | LABYRINTH |
| Contraction of the pupil | MIOSIS |
| Dilation of the pupil | MYDRIASIS |
| Nearsightedness | MYOPIA |
| Pertaining to the eye | OPHTHALMIC |
| Pertaining to the ear | OTIC |
| Photoreceptors responsible for black and white colors (night vision) that respond to dim light | RODS |
| A membranous skin that separates the external ear from the middle ear | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |