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CHAPT 19 EENT
Clinical-EENT CH 19 Q&A
Question | Answer |
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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 |