HEENT - definition of words

Question 1

What are the Macula and Fovea centralis responsible for?

Answer 1

Central vision, area with the sharpest vision

Question 2

Cones

Answer 2

color

Question 3

Rods

Answer 3

Night vision, black and white contrast

Question 4

what does blurred disc margins mean?

Answer 4

papilledema ( increased ICP)

Question 5

Fundi

Answer 5

viens are larger than arteries, viens are darker in color

Question 6

presbyopia

Answer 6

normal finding in aging, decrease in ability to read small print at close range

Question 7

normal finding for Typanic Membrane

Answer 7

translucent off-white to gray color with the “ cone of light intact”

Question 8

Leukoplakia

Answer 8

white patches on tongue, r/o oral cancer

Question 9

Apthous stomatitis

Answer 9

cankor sore ( painful shallow ulcers)

Question 10

Avulsed tooth

Answer 10

store in cool milk, no ice

Question 11

Vermillion Border

Answer 11

edges of the lips

Question 12

Palpebral conjunction

Answer 12

mucosal lining inside eyelid

Question 13

Bulbar conjunction

Answer 13

mucosal lining covering the eyes

Question 14

hyperopia

Answer 14

“farsighted” near vision blurry

Question 15

myopia

Answer 15

” near sighted”