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Huron.assess.eyeear
huron.assess.eyeear
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bruit | blowing, swooshing sound heard through stethoscope over area of abnormal blood flow |
| dysphagia | difficulty in swallowing |
| lymphadenopathy | enlargement of lymph nodes due to infection, allergy or neoplasm |
| macrocephalic | abnormally large head |
| microcephalic | abnormally small head |
| normocephalic | round symmetric skull - appropriate to body size |
| torticollis | head tilt - due to shortening or spasm of one sternomastoid muscle |
| vertigo | illusory sensation of spinning -(not the same as dizziness) |
| accommodation | adjust for near to far vision |
| astigmatism | refractive error of vision - due to differences in curvature in refractive surfaces of the eye (cornea and lense)surface of eye is not smooth - |
| blepharitis | inflammation of glands and eyelash follicles - along margin of eyelids |
| cataract | clouding of lens due to aging or injury |
| chalazion | infection of glands on eyelid- "retension cyst" meibomian gland |
| diplopia | double vision |
| ectropion | lower eyelid loose and rolling outward |
| entropion | lower eyelid rolling inward - pushes eyelas against eyeball |
| exophthalmos | protruding eyeballs |
| hordeolum | STYE - red, painful pustule - localized infection of hair follicle |
| macula | inside of eye-round darker area of ocular fundus |
| miosis | constricted pupils |
| mydriasis | dilated pupils (medicine that dilates pupils?) |
| myopia | "nearsighted" - refractive error- near vision is better than far vision |
| nystagmus | involuntary, rapid, rythmic movement of eyeball |
| papilledema | stasis of blood flow out of the ocular fundus-intraoccular pressure |
| ptosis | drooping of uppe eyelid over iris |
| strabismus | Crosseyes-disparity of the eye axis |
| annulus | outer fibrous rim encirling the eardrum |
| atresia | congential absence or clsoure of ear canal |
| cerumen | yellow waxy material lubricates & protects ear canal |
| otalgia | pain in the ear |
| otorrhea | discharge from the ear |
| tinnitus | ringing in the ear |
| vertigo | a spinning, twirling sensation |
| caries | decay in the teeth |
| epistaxis | nosebleed, usually from the anterior septum |
| leukoplakia | chalky white, thick raised patch on sides of tongue - precancerous |
| papillae | rough bumpy elevation on dorsal surface of tongue |
| pharyngitis | inflammation of the throat |
| rhinitis | red swollen inflammation of nasal mucosa |
| uvula | free projection hanging from middle of soft palate |
| mastoid | the nipplelike projection of the temporal bone |
| cheilitis | red, scaling, painful fissures at corners of mouth |
| pinna | external ear |
| atresia | gr. "a" non tresia - Opening or fissure |
| ectropion - entropion | trophos "leaning" |
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walterina4327
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