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McGee MT ch.14
Question | Answer |
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The white of the eye is called | Sclera |
Structure that separates the middle ear from the inner ear | Oval window |
What is the name of the colorful muscle that surrounds the pupil of the eye | Iris |
the structure that holds the lens in place | Suspensory ligaments |
The oval yellowish spot near the center of the retina | Macula lutea |
The fluid that moves freely between both chambers of the eyeball | Aqueous humor |
the true organ of hearing | Organ of Corti |
parts of the eye is responsible for color vision, central vision, and vision in bright light | Cones |
parts of the eye is responsible for peripheral vision and vision in dim light | Rods |
The ability of the lens to focus on close objects | Accommodation |
Conjunctivitis | pinkeye |
gradual interruption in the drainage system of aqueous humor could lead | Chronic open-angle glaucoma |
swimmer's ear | Otitis externa |
name for a bacterial infection of an eyelash follicle | Hordeolum |
Presbyopia | The loss of vision due to old age |
CC | With correction |
OD | Right eye |
OS | Left eye |
Each eye | Each eye |
PEARL | Pupils equal and reactive to light |
Right ear | AD |
AS | Left ear |
AU | Each ear |
dB | Decibel |
An obvious inward turning of one eye in relation to the other eye | esotropia |
extraocular | Pertaining to outside the eye |
A fungal infection of the external auditory meatus of the ear | otomycosis |
Containing pus | purulent |
cochlear | Pertaining to the snail-shaped structure within the middle ear |
The surgical repair of the eardrum with a tissue graft | myringoplasty |
Pertaining to the ear | aural |
aque/o | Watery |
audit/o | Hearing |
blephar/o | Eyelid |
corne/o | Cornea |
cor/o | Pupil |
conjunctiv/o | Conjunctiva |
es/o | Within |
ex/o | Outward |
kerat/o | Hard or horny; also refers to the cornea of the eye |
mi/o | Smaller |
nas/o | Nose |
nyct/o | Night |