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CHAPT 19 EENT
Clinical-EENT CH 19 Q&A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name some of the responsibilities of the MA in the EENT Office | Obtaining and Recording VS-PT HISTORY-Testing Vision Acuity - Performing Audiometry - Performing Eye and Ear Irrigation and Instillation |
| The eye is the organ of _____ ? | Sight |
| Eyebrows, lids, eyelashes, frontal orbital sockets, conjunctive, and the mucous membrane cover what? | The Eyeball |
| There are 3 layers of tissue in the eyeball, what are they? | Sclera - Choroid - Retina |
| What is the sclera? | A fibrous white tissue on the outside of the eyeball |
| What is the Vascular Tunic or CHOROID? | A thin layer of tissue that contains blood vessels, lymphatics and intrinsic eye muscles |
| What is in the middle layer? | The Iris and Cilliary Body |
| The RETINA transmits images to the brain via the ________ ? | Optic Nerve |
| In the EYE TISSUE, what helps to maintain the eye's internal pressure and fill the globe of the eye. | HUMORS |
| What does the IRIS DO? | Regulates light and displays eye color |
| What does the Optic Nerve do? | Sends images to the thalamus |
| What are Intrinsic Muscles | They are colored portion of the eye membrane |
| What does the SUPERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE DO? | Moves the eye to look UP |
| What does the INFERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE DO? | Moves the eye to look DOWN |
| What does the LATERAL RECTUS MUSCLE DO? | Moves the eye laterally (CORNER to CORNER) |
| What does the MEDIAL RECTUS MUSCLE DO? | Moves the eye medially (TO THE MIDDLE) |
| The SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE does what? | Rolls the EYE as it looks down and to the side |
| What does the INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE do? | Rolls the eye as it looks up and to the side |
| What does a refractive disorder mean? | Includes any type of disruption to the light path in the eye. |
| Variations of refractive errors are called what? | Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism, presbyopia |
| A slit lamp is used to do what? | Examine and perform specialized procedures in the front of the eye |
| A ophthalmoscope is used to examine what? | The retina and other internal structures of the eye |
| This is used to remove a foreign particle or rust ring from the cornea | Eye Spud |
| This is used to measure intraocular pressure. | Tonometer |
| This chart measures DISTANCE visual acuity | SNELLEN CHART - In English-Spanish-Pediatrics |
| This chart is for measuring NEAR-VISION acuity | Jaeger Chart |
| How is a patients visual acuity measured? | By his or her own ability to read letters on a special chart at a specific distance. |
| Why is testing performed? | To assess degree of eye or disease process. |
| What is """"OD"""" | RIGHT EYE |
| What is """" OS"""" | LEFT EYE |
| What is Color Blindness or Color Deficiency | An abnormal condition characterized by an inability to ID one or more colors. |
| T/F - Color Blindness is an inherited trait and is mostly found in males | TRUE |
| How far away would a patient stand from the snellen chart? | 20' |
| What does """""OU""""" mean? | BOTH EYES |
| What is the purpose of EYE IRRIGATION | Is a easy and comfortable way to remove substances in the medical office |
| When doing a Eye irrigation the patient should be laying in what position? | Laying on their side |
| How many times should you read the irrigating solution label before administering the drops? | 3 Times |
| Should you wear sterile gloves on when instilling drops? | Yes |
| You should allow stream to flow from ____ to ____ eye. | Inner to Outer |
| The eye should remain ______ during the procedure. | OPEN |
| When installing eye drops patient should be placed in what position? | Supine (on back) or in a Sitting Position |
| T/F - Wear sterile gloves | Yes |
| How many times do you read medication label before administration of medication? | 3 Times |
| Do not _____ dropper to ____, instruct patient to roll eye around | TOUCH - EYE |
| What is the visible portion of the ear called? | Auricle - aka: Pinna |
| The External Auditory Canal carries ____ into the ear? | Sound |
| What is Cerumen? | Wax |
| Where is the Tympanic Membrane located at | Middle Ear |
| The Tympanic Membrane is also known as? | THE EAR DRUM |
| What is the OSSICLES? | 3 Small bones in the middle ear |
| What are the 3 bones called Ossicles that is located in the middle ear? | Malleus - Incus - Stapes |
| What does the Oval Window connect? | The middle ear to the inner ear |
| The Semicircular canals assist with the body's ________ via the vestibular nerve. | Equilibrium |
| An additional function of the ear is balance, which is maintained by _____, ____ and _____. | Semicircular Canals - Saccule - Utricle |
| What is ENDOLYMPH? | Tiny hair cells - these structures move with the body to maintain balance |
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