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terminology review 6
chapter six
Question | Answer |
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audiometer | an insturment used to measere hearing acuiry quantitatively for the various frequencies of sounds waves |
canthus | the junction of the eyelids at either corner of the eye |
cerumen | ear wax |
hyperopia | farsightedness |
inpacted | wedged firmly togeather so as to be immovable |
instillation | the dropping of a liquid into a body cavity |
irrigation | the washing of a body canal with a flowing solution |
myopia | nearsightedness |
otoscope | an insturment used to examine the external ear canal and tmpanic membrane |
presbyopia | a decrease in the elaticity of the lens that occurs with aging resulting in a decreased ability to focus on close objects |
refraction | the deflection or bending of light rays by the lens |
tympanic membrane | a thin semitransparent membrane between the external ear canal and the middle ear that recieve and transmits sound waves also known as the ear drum |