Sense Organs Flashcards
Fungal infection of the ear:
- Macrotia
- Salpingitis
- Otomycosis
- Cholesteatoma
- Labyrinthitis
Otomycosis
Eye structure that is transparent and biconve and focuses light on the retina:
- Conjunctiva
- Lens
- Vitreous body
- Aqueous humor
- Sclera
Lens
Select the term that is spelled correctly:
- cateract
- cataract
Cataract
Hearing impairment due to old age:
- presbycussis
- presbicusis
- presbycusis
Presbycusis
Combining form for the ciliary body:
- Phak/o
- Lacrim/o
- Irid/o
- Cycl/o
- Dacry/o
Cycl/o
Select the term that is spelled correctly:
- cornea
- kornea
Cornea
Select the term that is spelled correctly:
- acqueous humer
- aqueous humor
Aqueous humor
Snail-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear:
- Auricle
- Cochlea
- Auditory meautus
- Utricle
- Pinna
Cochlea
Waxy discharge from the ear:
- ceremen
- serumen
- cerumen
Cerumen
Match the terms with their correct meanings.
Delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball
- accommodation
- anterior chamber
- aqueous humor
- biconvex
- conjunctiva
- vitreous humor
- ciliary body
Conjunctiva
Match the terms with their correct meanings.
Cranial nerve carrying impulses from the retina to the brain (cerebral cortex)
- fundus of the eye
- optic nerve
- lens
- macula
- optic chiasm
- optic disc
- sclera
Optic nerve
Match the terms with their correct meanings.
Fluid contained in the labyrinth of the inner ear
- organ of Corti
- ossicle
- oval window
- perilymph
- pinna
- semicircular canals
- stapes
Perilymph
Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Inflammation of the vascular layer of the eye”
- aphakia
- exotropia
- esotropia
- xerophthalmia
- hemianopsia
- uveitis
Uveitis
Myring/o means:
- Cerumen
- Tympanic membrane
- Stapes
- Auditory canal
- Semicircular canals
Tympanic membrane
Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Fluid within the labyrinth of the ear’
- auditory canal
- malleus
- auditory nerve fibers
- auricle
- cerumen
- cochlea
- endolymph
Endolymph
Select the term that is spelled correctly:
- glaucoma
- glaukoma
Glaucoma
Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Pupils are of unequal size”
- anisocoria
- aphakia
- aqueous humor
- astigmatism
- cataract
- chalazion
- conjunctiva
Anisocoria
Yellowish region in the retina that contains the fovea centralis:
- Optic disc
- Posterior chamber
- Macula
- Sclera
- Choroid
Macula
Bacterial infection of the middle ear:
- Serous otitis media
- Cholesteatoma
- Mastoiditis
- Barotitis
- Suppurative otitis media
Suppurative otitis media
Match the explanations with the associated abbreviations.
ENT
- Patient reads from a Snellen chart to test clarity of vision
- Specialty of an otorhinolaryngologist
- The area within which objects are seen when the eyes are fixed, looking straight ahead
- A measure of fluid buildup in the anterior portion of the eye and associated with glaucoma
- Severe inflammation of the middle portion of the ear
- Loss of central vision occurring with old age
- Normal result when the dark opening of the eye is examined
Specialty of an otorhinolaryngologist
scot/o
- darkness
- open
- light
- choroid
darkness
