Ch22 Key Terms - Face, Eye and Neck Injuries

Question 1

Unequal size of the pupils.

Answer 1

Anisocoria

Question 2

An injury caused by direct trauma to the eye or face that fractures the bony eye socket can entrap the muscles that enable normal eye movement

Answer 2

Blowout fracture

Question 3

The clear but highly sensitive surface of the eye that refracts light entering into the visual system.

Answer 3

Cornea

Question 4

Medical term for Nosebleed

Answer 4

Epistaxis

Question 5

The passageway through the outer ear that ends at the tympanic membrane (eardrum).

Answer 5

External auditory canal

Question 6

Blood in the anterior chamber of the eye.

Answer 6

Hyphema

Question 7

The glands that produce tears, which irrigate the surface of the eye.

Answer 7

Lacrimal glands

Question 8

Medical term for the jawbone.

Answer 8

Mandible

Question 9

The bones of the midface that form the upper jaw.

Answer 9

Maxillae

Question 10

The bony socket of the eyeball.

Answer 10

Orbit

Question 11

Separation of the retina from the posterior wall of the inside of the eyeball.

Answer 11

Retinal detachment

Question 12

Powerful muscles at the sides of the neck that facilitate turning of the head.

Answer 12

Sternocleidomastoid muscles

Question 13

Air-filled bubbles that are palpable underneath the skin, indicating an injury to an airway structure.

Answer 13

Subcutaneous emphysema