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Bonewit chap 6
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| audiometer | instrument used to measure hearing acuity quantitatively for the various frequencies of sound waves. |
| canthus | junction of the eyelids at either corner of the eye |
| cerumen | ear wax |
| hyperopia | farsightedness |
| impacted | wedged firmly together so as to be immovable |
| instillation | the dropping of a liquid into a body cavity |
| irrigation | washing of a body canal with a flowing solution |
| myopia | nearsightedness |
| otoscope | instrument used to examine the external ear canal and tympanic membrane |
| presbyopia | decrease in the elasticity 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 a lens |
| tympanic membrane | thin, semitransparent membrane between the external ear canal and the middle ear that receives and transmits sound waves. Also known as the eardrum |