Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Chpt 17 Vocabulary
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| accommodation | show 🗑
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| show | area behind hte cornea and in front of the lens and iris. it contains aqueous humor.
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| aqueous humor | show 🗑
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| biconvex | show 🗑
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| choroid | show 🗑
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| show | structure on each side of the lens that connects the choroid and iris. It contains ciliary muscles, which control the shape of the lens, and it secretes aqueous humor.
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| cone | show 🗑
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| conjunctiva | show 🗑
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| cornea | show 🗑
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| show | tiny pit or depression in the retina that is the region of clearest vision
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| fundus of the eye | show 🗑
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| iris | show 🗑
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| lens | show 🗑
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| macula | show 🗑
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| show | point at which optic nerve fibers cross in the brain
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| optic disc | show 🗑
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| show | cranial nerve carrying impulses from the retina to the brain (cerebral cortex)
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| show | dark opening of the eye, surrounded by the iris, through which light rays pass
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| show | bending of light rays by the cornea, lens, and fluids of the eye to bring the rays into focus on the retina
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| retina | show 🗑
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| show | photoreceptor cell of the retina essential for vision in dim light and for peripheral vision
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| sclera | show 🗑
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| show | relay center of the brain. optic nerve fibers pass through here on their way to the cerebral cortex
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| show | soft, jelly-like material behind the lens in the vitreous chamber; helps maintain the shape of the eyeball
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| show | defective curvature of the cornea or lens of the eye
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| hyperopia (hypermetropia) | show 🗑
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| myopia | show 🗑
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| presbyopia | show 🗑
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| cataract | show 🗑
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| chalazion | show 🗑
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| show | retinal effects of diabetes mellitus include microaneurysms, hemorrhages, dilation of retinal veins, and neovascularization
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| show | increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve with loss of vision
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| show | localized, purulent, inflammatory staphylococcal infection of a sebaceous gland in the eyelid
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| show | progessive damage to the macula of the retina
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| nystagmus | show 🗑
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| retinal detachment | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal deviation of the eye
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| esotropia | show 🗑
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| exotropia | show 🗑
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| hypertropia | show 🗑
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| hypotropia | show 🗑
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| show | partial loss of vision or lazy eye
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| diplopia | show 🗑
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| auditory canal | show 🗑
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| auditory meatus | show 🗑
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| show | carry impulses from the inner ear to the brain (cerebral cortex), these fibers compose the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII)
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| show | channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx; eustachain tube
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| show | flap of the ear; the protruding part of the external ear, or pinna
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| cerumen | show 🗑
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| cochlea | show 🗑
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| show | fluid within the labyrinth of the inner ear
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| eustachian tube | show 🗑
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| incus | show 🗑
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| show | maze-like series of canals of the inner ear
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| show | first ossicle of the middle ear; means hammer
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| organ of Corti | show 🗑
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| show | small bone of the ear
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| oval window | show 🗑
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| show | fluid contained in the labyrinth of the inner ear
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| show | auricle; flap of the ear
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| show | passages in the inner ear associated with maintaining equilibrium
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| stapes | show 🗑
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| tympanic membrane | show 🗑
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| show | central cavity of the labyrinth, connecting thhe semicircular canals and the cochlea. contains two structures, the saccule and utricle, that help maintain equilibrium
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| acoustic neuroma | show 🗑
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| show | collection of skin cells and cholesterol in a sac within thhe middle ear
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| deafness | show 🗑
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| show | disorder of the labyrinth of the inner ear; elevated endolymph pressure within the cochlea and semicircular canals
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| otitis media | show 🗑
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| suppurative otitis media | show 🗑
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| serous otitis media | show 🗑
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| show | hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear
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| tinnitus | show 🗑
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| vertigo | show 🗑
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| aphakia | show 🗑
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