Seeing & Hearing

Question 1

What is equilibrium?

Answer 1

State of Balance

Question 2

The outer/external ear is separated from the middle ear by what membrane?

Answer 2

Tympanic Membrane

Question 3

What is cerumen?

Answer 3

Ear Wax

Question 4

What is the fibrous tissue that maintains the shape of the eye called?
(Also known as the white of the eye)

Answer 4

Sclera

Question 5

What is the term used for the corner of the eye?

Answer 5

Canthus

Question 6

What is the colored muscular layer of the eye that surround the pupil?

Answer 6

Iris

Question 7

What is Involuntary, constant, rhythmic movement of the eyeball?

Answer 7

Nystagmus

Question 8

What is the term used for a group of eye disorders resulting from increased intraocular pressure?

Answer 8

Glaucoma

Question 9

What is the process of the lens bending the light ray to help focus the rays on the retina called?

Answer 9

Refractiont

Question 10

What is the region of the eye where nerve endings of the retina gather to form the optic nerve called?

Answer 10

Optic Disk

Question 11

What eye structure is transparent and focuses light on the retina?

Answer 11

Lens

Question 12

What is ablation?

Answer 12

Removal of a Part

Question 13

What is the term used for pupillary dilation?

Answer 13

Mydriasis

Question 14

What is lacrimation?

Answer 14

Condition of normal tear production

Question 15

What is the instrument used to visually examine the ear called?

Answer 15

Otoscope

Question 16

What is the name of the spiral-shaped passage that leads from the oval window to the inner ear called?

Answer 16

Cochlea

Question 17

What is the medical term for eyelid?

Answer 17

Palpebra

Question 18

What is the bony cavity of the skull that contains the eyeball called?

Answer 18

Orbit

Question 19

What is the term for eyelashes?

Answer 19

Cilia

Question 20

What is the transparent anterior portion of the sclera called?

Answer 20

Cornea

Question 21

What is the mucous membrane called that lines the underside of each eyelid called?

Answer 21

Conjunctiva

Question 22

What is the platelike frame within the upper and lower eyelids called?

Answer 22

Tarsus

Question 23

What part of the eye consists of the iris, ciliary body, and choroid?

Answer 23

Uvea

Question 24

What is the dilated area in the semicircular canals called?

Answer 24

Ampulla

Question 25

What are the small stones in the saccule and utricle called?

Answer 25

Otoliths

Question 26

What is the osseous chamber at the base of the skull called?

Answer 26

Tympanic Bulla

Question 27

What is the auditory ossicle known as the anvil called?

Answer 27

Incus

Question 28

What is the auditory ossicle known as the stirrup called?

Answer 28

Stapes

Question 29

What is the auditory ossicle known as the hammer called?

Answer 29

Malleus

Question 30

What is the narrow duct that leads from the middle ear to the nasopharynx called?

Answer 30

Eustachian Tube

Question 31

What is the tube that transmits sound from the pinna to the eardrum called?

Answer 31

External Auditory Canal

Question 32

What does the abbreviation “PLR” stand for?

Answer 32

Pupillary Light Reflex

Question 33

What is enucleation?

Answer 33

Removal of the Eyeball

Question 34

What is the medical term for collection or mass of blood on the outer ear?

Answer 34

Aural Hematoma

Question 35

What is the medical term for inflammation of the outer ear?

Answer 35

Otitis Externa

Question 36

What does phonation mean?

Answer 36

Producing Sound