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MOT133 Senses Dx
Senses Dx
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Audiometry | the graphic record drawn from the results of hearing tests with the audiometer; charts the threshold of hearing at various frequencies against sound intensity in decibles. |
| Electrocochleography | a measurement of the electrical potentials generated in the inner ear as a result of sound stimulation |
| Electronystagmography | electrooculography; skin electrodes are placed at outter canthi to register horizontal nystagmus, or above and below each eye for vertical nystagmus |
| Electroretinography | a record of the retinal action currents produced in the retina by an adequate light stimulus |
| Fluorescein | an orange-red crystalline powder that yields a bright green flourescence in solution; a nontoxic, water-soluble indicator used to Dx to trace water flow and to visualize corneal abrasions or ulcers |
| Gonioscope | a lense designed to study the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye |
| Ophthalmoscope | an instrument for examining the inner eye chambers and the retina |
| Optometer | an instrument for determining the refraction of the eye |
| Optomyometer | an instrument for determining the relative power of the extrinsic muscles of the eye |
| Otoscope | an instrument for examining the drum membrane or ausculating the ear |
| Slit Lamp | an instrument consisting of a microscope combined with a rectangular light source that can be narrowed into a narrow beam for examination of anterior segments of the eye |
| Tonometry | measurement of ocular tension |
| Tympanogram | a visual depiction (printout) of the relative compliance and impedance of the structures of the middle ear in response to pressure changes in the external ear canal |