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Special Senses
Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An inflammation of the middle ear that is of sudden onset? | Acute Otitis Media |
| A simple screening method for hearing problems requiring no tools is called what? | A whispered speech test |
| Equilibrium and balance are functions of the ______ and the three _______ located in the inner ear. | vestibule; semicircular canals |
| A patient reports dizziness that begins and goes away suddenly with no warning. | Paraoxysmal |
| If both ears are affected by otosclerosis the condition is _________. | Bilateral |
| A test to measure distance vision is? | Snellen letter chart |
| What is the term for inflammation of the fibrous, outer covering of the eyeball? | Scleritis |
| An incision in the cornea would be what? | Keratotomy |
| What does PERRLA stand for? | Pupils, equal, round, ractive to light, and accommodation |
| What is the term for persistent ringing, whistling, clicking, or booming noise in the ears. | Tinnitus |
| What is the term for a condition involving a cloudyor opague area in the lens? | Cataract |
| What is the term for an infection that can be transmitted from one person to another? | Contagious |
| What is the term for a sensation of spinning or whirling? | Vertigo |
| The instruction "four times a day" is abbreviated how? | q.i.d. |
| The stapes is attached to what? | Oval Window |
| What is the term for the passage from the tear-collecting sac to the nose? | Nasolacrimal duct |
| What is the term for someone skilled in the measurement of vision? | Optometrist |
| What is the term for the small bony protrusion immediately behind the ear? | Mastoid |
| Two tests using turning forks to determine the type and extent of hearing loss are called what? | Weber and Rinne Tests |
| The most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss is exposed to what? | Repeated loud noises |
| Another word for Rods and Cones is | Photoreceptors |
| An effusion is a build up of what? | Fluid |
| What is the term for fear of dark? | Photophobia |
| What is the term for the entrance of the inner ear? | Vestibule |
| A hole in the eardrum is known as what? | Perforated tympanic membrane |
| What is the correct order for the bones of the inner ear? | Malleus, Incus, and Stapes |
| What is the term for pertaining to the eardrum? | Tympanic |
| What is the abbreviation for right eye? | O.D. |
| If you swim in polluted water you could get? | Swimmer's Ear |
| What is the term for mass of lymphoid tissue on either side of the throat? | Tonsil |
| Another word for dizziness is what? | Vertigo |
| The dilated portion at the end of a semicircular canal is called what? | Ampulla |
| Adjustment of the lens of the eye to light would be termed? | Accommodation |
| An instrument for measuring intraocular pressure is called a | Tonometer |
| Conjunctivitis is commonly known as | Pink Eye |
| What is the term for increased intraocular pressure causing death of retinal cells? | Glaucoma |
| What is the term for fungal infections and is ten percent of otitis externa cases? | Otomycoses |
| What is the instrument that measures hearing by generating sounds in different frequencies and intensities? | Audiometer |
| What does the abbreviation BPPV stand for? | Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo |
| What is the term that refers to the corner of the eye where the lids meet? | Canthus |
| Hereditary lack of response by one or more of the three types of cones results in? | Color Blindness |
| The most common type of color blindness is? | Red-green |
| What is the term for narrowing of the nasolacrinal ducts? | Dacryostenosis |
| What is the term for pertaining to the eye as a whole? | Ocular |
| The auricle can also be called the | Pinna |
| What is the term for the disease involving the light sensitive innermost layer of the eyeball? | Retinopathy |
| What is the term for a specialist who treats diseases of the ear? | Otologist |
| The prefix peri means? | Around |
| The suffix stomy means? | New opening |
| What is the term for disease of the retina? | Retinopathy |
| What is the term for Old man sight? | Presbyopia |
| What is the term incision in the tympanic membrane? | Myringotomy |
| What is the term for condition of turning outward? | Exotropia |
| What is the term for incision into the cornea? | Keratotomy |
| What is the term for nearsightedness? | Myopia |
| What is the term for farsightedness? | Hyperopia |
| What is the term for process of viewing the retina? | Ophthalmoscopy |
| What is the term for the inability to focus light rays that enter the eye in different planes? | Astigmatism |
| What tube connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx? | Eustachian tube |
| What is the term for inflammation of the sclera? | Scleritis |
| What does the abbreviation OT mean? | Ophthalmic Technician |
| What does the abbreviation AOM stand for? | Acute Otitis Media |
| What does the abbreviation URI stand for? | Upper Respiratory Infection |
| What does the abbreviation q.4.h. stand for? | Every four hours |
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