Disorders of the Eyes, Ears, and Other Sensory Organs Flashcards
DOUBLE VISION
DIPLOPIA
DRUGS THAT CAN CAUSE HEARING ISSUES, SUCH AS TINNITUS, HEARING LOSS, OR EVEN BALANCE PROBLEMS
OTOTOXIC
INCREASED SENSITIVITY OF THE EYES TO LIGHT
PHOTOPHOBIA
DROOPING OF THE UPPER EYELID
PTOSIS
TYPE OF VISION PROBLEM THAT MAKES IT HARD TO SEE CLEARLY
REFRACTION ERRORS
RINGING OR BUSSING NOISE IN ONE OR BOTH EARS
TINNITUS
DISEASE ON THE EYE CAUSED BY INFECTION WITH THE BACTERIUM CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
TRACHOMA
SHARPNESS OF VISION
VISUAL ACUITY
CONGENTIAL DEFORMITY OF THE PINNA
MICROTIA
BENIGN TUMOR ARISING FROM THE EIGTH CRANIAL NERVE, WHICH MAY GROWN TO A SIZE THT PRODUCES NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
ACOUSTIC NEUROMA
WAHT IS THE VISIBLE EXTERNAL PORTION OF THE EAR
AURICLE OR PINNA
WHAT STRUCTURES TRANSMITS SOUND VIBRATIONS FROM THE MIDDLE EAR TO THE INNER EAR
OSSICLES
THE WINDING, CONE-SHAPED TUBE OF THE INNER EAR
COCHLEA
THER EXTERNAL EAR TERMINATES AT THE
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE INNER EAR WITH SYMPTOMS OF DIZZINESS AND RINING IN THE EARS
MENIERE’S
OSTEOSCLEROSIS IS A CONDITION INVOLVING THE
AUDITORY OSSICLES
EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF AQUEOUS HUMOR
GLAUCOMA
CONDITION IN WHICH SOME PORTIONS OF AN IMAGE ARE IN FOCUS ON TEH RETINA AND OTHER PORTIONS ARE BLURRED
ASTIGMATISM
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE MEIBOMINAN GLAND
CHALAZION
SAGGING AND EVERSION OF THE LOWER LID
ECTROPION
REMOVAL OF THE ENTIRE EYEBALL
ENUCLEATION
FLESHY, TRIANGULAR ENCROACHMENT ONTO THE CORNEA
PTERYGIUM
REMOVAL OF THE ENTRIE CONTENTS OF THE ORBIT
EXENTERATION
PHOTORECEPTIVE LAYER OF THE EYE
RETINA
GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT FILLS THE POSTERIOR CHAMBER AND NOURISHES THE TISSUE LAYER
AQUEOUS HUMOR
INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION OF THE LACRIMAL SAC
DACRYOCYSTITS
TRANSPARENT STRUCTURE THAT PERMITS THE EYE TO FACUS RAYS TO FORM AN IMAGE ON TEH RETINA
LENS
REGULATES THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT ENTERING THE EYE
IRIS
STRUCTURE THAT IS SEEN FROM THE OUTSIDE AS THE COLORED PORTION OF THE EYE
IRIS
THE NERVE THAT CARRIES VISUAL IMPULSES TO THE BRAIN
OPTIC NERVE
THE WHITE OUTER LAYER OF THE EYEBALL
SCLERA
A JELLY-LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THE EYE’S POSTERIOR CAVITY
VITREOUS HUMOR
WHAT COVERS THE ANTERIOR GLOBE EXCEPT THE CORNEA
CONJUNCTIVA
WHEN TYE EYES DO NOT FOCUS ON THE SAME OBJECT
STRABISMUS
REMOVAL OF THE EYE CONTENTS LEAVING THE SCLERA AND MUSCLE INTACT
EVISCETRATION
TEH AREA BETWEEN THE CORNEA AND THE IRIS THAT CONTAINS AQUEOUS HUMOR
ANTERIOR CHAMBER
HOW MANY EYE MUSCLES CONTROL EYE MOVEMENT
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HOW MANY LAYERS DOES THE CORNEA HAVE
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