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A&PII Chap 17 Senses
Ear and Eye
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AD | Right Ear |
| AS | Left Ear |
| HEENT | Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat |
| ENT | Ears, Nose, and Throat |
| PE Tube | Pressure-Equalizing Tube |
| EENT | Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat |
| IOL | Intraocular Lens |
| OD | Right Eye |
| PERRLA | Pupils Equal Round and Reactive to Light and Accomodation |
| OS | Left Eye |
| VA | Visual Aquity |
| OU | Both Eyes |
| VF | Visual Field |
| Dark opening of the eye, surrounded by the iris | Pupil |
| Fibrous transparent layer of clear tissue that extends over the anterior portion of the eyeball | Cornea |
| Middle, vascular layer of the eye, between the retina and the sclera | Choroid |
| Colored, pigmented membrane surrounding the pupil of the eye | Iris |
| Tough, white outer coat of the eyeball | Sclera |
| Structure on each side of the lens that connects the choroid and the iris | Ciliary Body |
| Light-sensitive nerve cell layer of the eye containing photoreceptor cell (rods and cones) | Retina |
| Delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball | Conjunctiva |
| Farsightedness | Hyperopia |
| Degenerative eye disease in which protein in the lens aggregates and clouds vision | Cataract |
| Small, hard, cystic mass (granuloma) on eyelid, resulting from chronic inflammation of a sebaceous gland | Chalazion |
| Repetitive rhythmic movements of one or both eyes | Nystagmus |
| Impairment of vision as a result of old age | Presbyopia |
| Inward turning of an eye | Esotropia |
| Nearsightedness | Myopia |
| Normal adjustment of eye to focus on objects from far to near | Accommodation |
| Procedure performed to remove lens, cataract extraction | Phacoemulsification |
| Outward turning of eye | Exotropia |
| Sensation of noises (ringing, buzzing, whistling, booming)in the ears | Tinnitus |
| Inflammation of the inner ear that usually results from an acute febrile process | Labyrinthitis |
| Sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects | Verigo |
| Inflammation of the middle ear | Otitis media |
| Testing the sense of hearing | Audiometry |
| Procedure to repair a damaged eardrum, stop infection and improve hearing | Tympanoplasty |
| Removal of an infected portion of the bone behind the ear | Mastoidectomy |
| An infection of the external auditory canal | Otitis Externa |
| Surgical puncture of the tympanic membrane for the removal of fluid or drainage of pus | Myringotomy |
| Surgically implanted device allowing sensorineural hearing impaired persons to understand speech | Cochlear implant |
| Another name for Otitis Externa | Swimmer's ear |
| Cross-eyed is also referred to as | Esotropia |
| Another name for myringotomy | Tympanotomy |
| A disease of the eye that is also called Madras Eye and can be acute or chronic | Conjunctivitis |
| Cause by diabetes, this condition attacks the retina of the eye | Diabetic retinopathy |
| A condition of the eye that is cause by increased pressure in the fluid and interferes with the optic nerve | Glaucoma |
| Snail-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear | Cochlea |
| Flap of the ear | Auricle, Pinna |
| Membrane between the outer and middle ear | Tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| Channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx | Eustachian tube, Auditory tube |
| Channel that leads from the flap of the ear to the eardrum | Auditory canal, Auditory meatus |
| Central cavity of the labyrinth (maze-like series of canals of inner ear) | Vestibule |
| List the 3 ossicles in the middle ear from Pinna towards the oval window | Malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), stapes (stirrup) |
| Disorder of the labyrinth of inner ear, 3rd most common cause of vertigo | Meniere's disease |
| Collection of skin cells and cholesterol in a sac within the middle ear. Most often occurs with chronic ear infections | Cholesteatoma |
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