ear/eye assessment vocab

Question 1

astigmatism

Answer 1

refractive error that causes distorted/blurred vision

Question 2

audiometer

Answer 2

the instrument used to measure hearing acuity

Question 3

canthus

Answer 3

junction of the eyelids at either corner of the eye

Question 4

cerumen

Answer 4

earwax

Question 5

hyperopia

Answer 5

refractive error where light rays focus behind the retina

Question 6

impacted cerumen

Answer 6

unmovable cerumen wedge in the ear canal

Question 7

instillation

Answer 7

dropping of a liquid into a body cavity

Question 8

irrigation

Answer 8

washing of the body canal with a flowing solution

Question 9

myopia

Answer 9

refractive error where light rays are brought to focus in front of the retina

Question 10

otoscope

Answer 10

instrument used to examine the external ear canal

Question 11

presbyopia

Answer 11

decrease in the elasticity of the lens

Question 12

tympanic membrane

Answer 12

eardrum

Question 13

refraction

Answer 13

bending of light rays by a lens