Special Senses Chapter 15
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| Artificial hearing device that produces useful hearing sensations by electrically stimulating nerves inside the inner ear? | Cochlear implant
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| The medical term for the perception of ringing, hissing, or other sounds in the ears or head when no external sound is present? | Tinnitus
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| Involuntary eye movements that appear jerky and may reduce vision or be associated with other, more serious conditions that limit vision? | Nystagmus
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| What are the 6 abbreviations currently found in medical records that JCAHO believes should be written out? | OD, OS, OU, AD, AS, AU
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| EOM | Extraocular movement
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| Cosmetic Surgery that removes fatty tissue called "bags" above and below the eye, which commonly form as a result of the aging process or excessive exposure to the sun? | Blepharectomy
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| Localized, circumscribed, inflammatory swelling of one of the several sebaceous glands of the eyelid, generally caused by a bacterial infection? | Hordeolum
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| dull, dim | ambly/o
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| Clearness or sharpness of a sensory function? | Acuity
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| ENT | Ears, Nose and Throat
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| -opia or -opsia | vision
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| The act and sense of smelling | Olfaction
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| AC | Air conduction
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| PE Tube | Pressure-equalizing tube
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| aque/o | water
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| PERRLA | Pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accomodation
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| Method of treating cataracts by using ultrasonic waves to disintegrate the cloudy lens, which is then aspirated and removed | Phacoemulsification
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| IOP | intraocular pressure
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| Incision of the cornea | keratotomy
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| -tropia | turning
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| choroid/o | choroid
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| EOM | extraocular movement
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| Reconstruction of the eardrum, commonly due to perforation; also call myringoplasty | tympanoplasty
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| cor/o pr pupill/o | pupil
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| Measurement of hearing acuity at various sound wave frequencies | audiometry
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| myring/o or tympan/o | tympanic membrane
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| conjuntiv/o | conjunctiva
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| staped/o | stapes
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| -acusia | hearing
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| salping/o | tubes (eustachian)
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| corne/o | cornea
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| mastoid/o | mastoid process
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| cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye, circular, cycle
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| labyrinth/o | labyrinth
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| -cusis | hearing
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| aur/o or ot/o | ear
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| dacry/o or lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus
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| audi/o | hearing
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| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac
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| vitr/o | vitreous body of eye
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| glauc/o | gray
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| scot/o | darkness
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| exo- | outside, outward
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| scler/o | hardening; sclera
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| goni/o | angle
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| retin/o | retina
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| irid/o | iris
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| presby/o | old age
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| ocul/o or ophthalm/o | eye
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| hyper- | excessive, above normal
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| light | phot/o
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| phac/o | lens
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| opt/o or optic/o | eye, vision
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