Question | Answer |
1.what is the anatomy outside of the ear? | The Pinna and the External auditory canal |
2.The lamen terms and medical terms for the outside of the ear? (lamen terms) | The Pinna is also known as the auricle
The external auditory canal is also known as the eardrum |
3.What is the curved structure that focuses images ? | The lens also known as crystalline lens. |
4.What is the medical term for eyelash? | Cilia |
5.What would I call the opening permitting light to enter the eye? | Pupil |
6.What would I call the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet? | The Canthus |
7.What does the oval window separate? | It seperates the middle ear from the inner ear. |
8.What would I call the surgical removal of iris tissue? | Iridectomy. |
9.This is a condition where pitting of the cornea is caused by infection or injury? | Corneal ulcer
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10.What is the medical term for dry eyes? | Xerophthalmia |
11.What is the medical term for nearsightedness? | Myopia |
12.Define otoschlerosis? | Is the ankylosis of the bones of the middle ear,resulting in a conductive hearing loss. |
13.What would I call pus from the ear? | Otopyorrhea |
14.Be able to define presbycusis? | Is a gradual loss of sensorineural hearing that occurs as the body ages. |
15.This is a condition characterized by inward deviation of one eye? | Esotropia |
16.What would I call bleeding between the conjunctiva and the sclera? | Subconjunctival Hemorrhage |
17.Where do tears come from? | The lacrimal glands produce lacrimal fluids (tears) |
18.The abbreviation for left eye? | (OS) Oculus Sinister |
19.What would I call the opaque middle lair of the eye ball? | Choroid also known as Choroid Coat |
20.What treatment is used to reattach a detached retina? | Retinopexy |
21.What portion of the eye is color vision the best in? | Fovea Centralis |
22.Define macular-degeneration? | Is the gradually progressive condition in which the macula at the center of the retina is damaged, resulting in the loss of central vision,but not in total blindness.. |
23.Define convergence? | Is the simultaneous inward movement of the eyes toward each other. This occurs in an effort to maintain single binocular vision as an object comes nearer.. |
24.What is important in maintaining equal atmospheric pressure within the ear? | Eustachian Tubes. |