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special sense week 4 final review

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astigmatism   defective curvature of the cornea or lens of the eye  
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hyperopia   farsightedness  
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myopia   nearsightedness  
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presbyopia   impaiment of vision due to old age  
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cornea   fibrous transparent layer of clear tissue that extends over the eyeball  
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sclera   tough, white outer coat of the eyeball  
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choroid   middle, vascular layer of the eye  
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retina   light-sensitive nerve cell layer of the eye containing rods and cones  
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macula   yellowish region on the retina lateral to and slightly below the optic disc  
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fovia centralis   contained in macula, tiny pit/depression in the retina; clearest point of vision  
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rods   photorecptor used to see black and white  
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cones   photoreceptors used to see color  
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cones   6.5 million  
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rods   120 million  
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vitreous humor   soft, jelly-like material behind the lens; maintains shape of eyeball; postior chamber  
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aqueous humor   fluid produced by the ciliary body and found in anterior chamber; anterior chamber  
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glaucoma   increased intraocular pressure in the aqueous humor  
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tonometry   used to diagnose glaucoma  
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conjunctiva   delicate membrane lining the undersurface of the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball  
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conjunctivitis   pink eye; infection in the conjunctiva  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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palpebr/o   eyelid  
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cycl/o   ciliary body  
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presby/o   old age  
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xer/o   dry  
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diabetic retinopathy   retinal effects of diabetes mellitus  
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macular degeneration   progressive damage to the macula of the retina  
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ciliary body   surrounds the lens and connects the choroid and iris  
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self cleaning   ear  
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pinna/auricle   flap of the ear  
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auditory canal   channel that leads from the pinna to the eardrum  
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middle ear   where the sounds waves travel through to hit the membrane  
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ot/o   ear  
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otitis media   ear infection  
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vistubular cochlear nerve   acoustic nerve; cranial nerve #8  
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semicircular canal   passages in the inner ear associated with maintaining equilibrium  
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semicircular canal connects to what   ampula  
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cochlea   snail-shaped spirally wound tube in the inner ear; contains hearing sensitive receptor cells  
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organ of corti   organ of hearing  
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tympan/o   eardrum  
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myring/o   eardrum  
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perilymph   outer part of cochlea  
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endolymph   inner part of cochlea  
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malleus   first ossicle of the middle ear  
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incus   second ossicle of the middle ear  
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stapes   third ossicle of the middle ear  
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conductive hearing loss   hole in the eardrum  
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neurosensory hearing loss   nerve damage  
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cholesteatoma   collection of skin cells and cholestrol in a sac with in the middle ear; errods bones  
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acoustic neuroma   benign tumor airsing from the acoustic vestibulocochlear nerve in brain  
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meniere   disorder in the labyrinth of the inner ear  
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otosclerosis   hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear  
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autonomic nervous system   nerves that control involuntary body functions of muscles, glands and internal organs  
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arachnoid membrane   middle layer of the 3 meninges that surround brain and spinal cord  
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astrocytes   type of glia cell that transports water and salts from capillaries  
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cauda equina   collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord  
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central nervous system   brain and spinal cord  
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dura mater   thick, outer most layer of the meninges surrounding and protection the brain and spinal cord  
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ganglion   collection of nerve cell bodies in PNS  
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glial cell   supportive and connective nerve cells that DOES NOT carry nerve impulses  
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gyri   sheet of nerve cells that produces a rounded ridge on the surface of the cerebral cortex  
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hypothlamus   portion of the brain beneath the thalamus; controls sleep, appetite, body temp,  
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meninges   3 protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord  
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microglial cell   phagocyte glial cell that removes waste products from the CNS  
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nerve   macroscopic cord like collection of fibers THAT carry electrical impulses  
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neuron   nerve cell that carries impulses throughout the body  
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oligodendroglial cell   glial cell that forms the myelin sheath covering axons  
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peripheral nervous system   nerves outside the brain and spinal cord; cranial, spinal, autonomic nerves  
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pia mater   thin, delicate inner membrane of the meninges  
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sulci   depression or groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex  
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thyroid   thyroxine(t4), triiodothyronine(t3), calcitonin  
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adrenal cortex   corisol, aldosterone, androgens  
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pituitary   growth hormone(somatropin)GH, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone(TSH), Adrenocorticottropic hormone(ACTH, Follicle-stimulating hormone(FHS), Lutenizing Hormone(LH), Prolactin(PRL)  
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Pancreas   insulin, glucagon  
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rhytidectomy   facelift  
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otoplasty   surgical creation of the external ear  
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blepharoplasty   resection of the eyelid to improve vision of the upper visual field  
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pedicle graft   provide coverage and vascularization to a soft tissue defect  
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skin graft   replace skin that has been lost as result of trauma disease, infection  
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first-degree burn   burn involving only epidermis  
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second-degree burn   damage occurs to both epidermis and dermis  
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third-degree burn   may be electricl, chemical, thermal...permanent damage to skin and tissue  
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facial augmentaion   preformed to give normal contours to chin and cheek; use implants to achieve this  
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mentoplasty   Chin augmentaion  
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Molar augmentation   cheek augmentation  
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augmentation mammoplasty   increase the size/shape of the breast  
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Transverse rectus abdominis myocutanous Flap...TRAM   performed to reconstruct the breast without the use on implants  
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liposuction   remove excess deep fat  
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panniculectomy(abdominoplasty)   remove excess skin and adipose tissue from the abdominal wall  
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