Chapter 22: Face, Eye, and Neck Injuries

Question 1

Anisocoria

Answer 1

Unequal size of the pupils

Question 2

Blowout Fracture

Answer 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

Question 3

Cornea

Answer 3

the clear but highly sensitive surface of the ye that refracts light entering into the visual system

Question 4

Epistaxis

Answer 4

Nosebleed

Question 5

External Auditory Canal

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Hyphema

Answer 6

Blood in the anterior chamber of the eye

Question 7

Lacrimal glands

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Mandible

Answer 8

the jawbone

Question 9

Maxillae

Answer 9

The Bones that form the upper jaw

Question 10

Orbit

Answer 10

The bony socket of the eyeball

Question 11

Retinal Detachment

Answer 11

separation of the retina from the posterior wall of the inside of the eyeball

Question 12

Sternocleidomastoid Muscles

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Subcutaneous emphysema

Answer 13

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