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Clinical Technique
Question | Answer |
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Defect in the curvature of the eyeball surface: | astigmatism |
Clear, watery fluid, continually secreted drained and replaced to maintain normal intraocular pressure: | aqueous humor |
An instrument usedto measure hearing acuity quantitatively for the various frequencies of sound waves: | audiometer |
A test for hearing acuity: | audiometry |
The junction of the eyelids at either corner of the eye: | canthus |
A noninfectious opacity or clouding of the lens of the eye: | cataract |
Ear wax: | cerumen |
Part of internal ear, contains the organ of corti, the organ of hearing: | cochlea |
Sound is inadequately conducted through the external or middle ear to the inner ear. Common cause is buildup of cerumen: | conductive hearing loss |
The eyelid: | conjunctiva |
An inflammation of the conjunctiva caused by bacterial or viral infection, allergy, or enviornment factors: | conjuntivitis |
Prerequisite for dirver's license. Ability to identify colors of major groups: red, blue and green | color perception |
A disorder of retinal blood vessels, frequentlyin patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus: | diabetic retinopathy |
The surgical removal of the eyeball: | enucleation |
Auditory canall of middle ear: | eustachian tube |
An abnormal condition of elevated pressure within an eye because of obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor: | glaucoma |
Farsightedness: | hyperopia |
The dropping of a liquid into a body cavity: | instillation |
Round, intact, bilateral coloration of the eye: | iris |
The washing of a body canal with a flowing solution: | irrigation |
A membranous portion of the internal ear that is a series of canals: | labyrinth |
A transparent, colorless structure that is biconvex in shape; the function is to focus light rays so that they form a perfect image on the retina: | lens |
An infection of one of the mastoid bones: | mastoiditis |
A chronic disease of the inner ear characterized by recurrent episodes of of vertigo or tinnitus: | Meniere's disease |
Agents that cause the pupil to contract and lower intraocular pressure: | miotics |
Nearsightedness: | myopia |
A surgical incision of the eardrum: | myringotomy |
Three small bones in the middle ear that carry sound waves from the external ear to the inner ear | ossicles |
An inflammation or infection of the middle ear: | otitis media |
A condition of chronic progressive deafness caused by the formation of spongy bone in the middle ear: | otosclerosis |
Visualization of the external auditory canal and the eardrum performed with otoscope: | otoscopy |
A decrease in the elasticity of the lens that occurs with aging, resulting in a decreased ability to focus on close objects: | presbyopia |
In the center of the iris, circular opening, reactive to light: | pupil |
The deflection or bending of light rays by a lens: | refraction |
A ten-layer, delicate, nervous-tissue membrane of the eye that receives images and transmits impulses to the brain: | retina |
White of the eye: | sclera |
A defect in the inner ear that results in distortion, making discrimination difficult; usually caused by trauma, infection or exposure to ototoxic drugs: | sensorineural hearing loss |
Assessment of visual acuity; used as screening test: | snellen's test |
Inability of the eyes to focus in the same direction; commonly called cross-eyed: | strabismus |
A subjective noise sensation heard in one or both ears; usually ringing or tinkling sounds: | tinnitus |
A thin, semitransparent membrane between the external ear canal and the middle ear that receives and transmits sound waves: | tympanic membrane |
The sensation that the outer world is revolving about oneself or that one is moving in space: | vertigo |
Deep in the ear; measures balance and equilibrium: | vestibule |
Consists of distant, near and peripheral vision: | visual acuity |
Transparent, jelly like substance that gives shape to the eyeball; not continually replaced: | vitreous humor |