Question | Answer |
What is the pigmented nutritive layer of the eye called? | choroid |
What is the only sense that is not fully functional when a baby is born? | sight |
What is the medical term for the loss of hearing in elderly people? | presbycusis |
What disease causes ophthalmia neonatorum? | gonorrhea |
What is the medical term for ear infection? | otitis media |
What is the medical term for crossed eyes? | strabismus |
What disease during pregnancy can result in the baby having sensorineural deafness? | rubella |
What is the loss of the same side of the visual field in both eyes called? | hemianopia |
What is the term for increased intraocular pressure? | glaucoma |
What is an irregular curvature of the cornea that distorts vision? | astigmatism |
What is a complete or partial clouding of the lens of the eye known as? | cataract |
If the right optic tract is damaged or injured, which part of the visual field will be affected? | left |
If the left optic tract is damaged or injured, which part of the visual field will be affected? | right |
Which special sense requires the most learning? | sight |
Which type of deafness is a result of mechanical factors? | conduction |
What is the medical term for the loss of the sense of smell? | anosmia |
What is the medical term for "old vision?" | presbyopia |
What is the medical term for nearsightedness? | myopia |
What is the medical term for normal vision? | emmetropia |
What is the medical term for farsightedness? | hyperopia |
Which receptors are responsible for color vision? | cones |
There are 3 structures that refract light in the eye. Two of them are the cornea and the lens. What is the third? | humors |
What structure is responsible for sharp central vision and small details? | fovea centralis |
Which receptors are responsible for black & white vision? | rods |
Which muscle depresses the eye & turns it laterally? | superior oblique |
Which muscle elevates the eye & turns it laterally? | inferior oblique |
Which muscle rolls the eye inferiorly? | inferior rectus |
Which muscle rolls the eye superiorly? | superior rectus |
Which muscle moves the eye medially? | medial rectus |
Which muscle moves the eye laterally? | lateral rectus |
What substance helps maintain intraocular pressure & is located in the anterior segment of the eye? | aqueous humor |
Which eye structure secretes tears? | lacrimal glands |
What is the small cavity that surrounds the bones of the middle ear? | tympanic |
What is balance related to changes in the position of the head is known as? | static equilibrium |
What is the light sensitive layer of the eye that contains the rods & cones? | retina |
What is the bending of light? | refraction |
What are the receptors that are responsible for sensing odors called? | olfactory receptors |
What are the three bones of the inner ear known as? | ossicles |
What substance helps the eyeball keep its shape and prevents it from collapsing? | vitreous humor |
What are receptors that are sensitive to mechanical pressures such as touch called? | mechanoreceptors |
What is the double convex structure that refracts light to the retina called? | lens |
What is the snail shell shaped structure inside the ear that houses the hearing receptors? | cochlea |
What is the pigmented area that controls how much light enters the eye? | iris |
What is the transparent anterior portion of the eyeball called? | cornea |
What are the receptors that are sensitive to various chemicals in solutions called? | chemoreceptors |
What does the olfactory nerve control? | smell |
What does the optic nerve control? | sight (vision) |
What does the oculomotor nerve control? | eyeball, eye muscle movement |
What does the trochlear nerve control? | superior oblique eye muscle |
What does the trigeminal nerve control? | chewing muscles, sensory impulses from face |
What does the abducens nerve control? | lateral rectus muscle of the eye |
What does the facial nerve control? | facial expression, lacrimal & salivary glands |
What does the vestibulocochlear nerve control? | hearing and balance |
What does the glossopharyngeal nerve control? | swallowing, saliva production, taste buds |
What does the vagus nerve control? | carries impulses to pharynx, larynx, viscera |
What does the accessory nerve control? | neck & shoulder muscles |
What does the hypoglossal nerve control? | tongue movement |