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Mrs. Janssen's Special Senses Nervous System Test Review

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