Sense Organs

Question 1

Fungal infection of the ear:

• Macrotia
• Salpingitis
• Otomycosis
• Cholesteatoma
• Labyrinthitis

Answer 1

Otomycosis

Question 2

Eye structure that is transparent and biconve and focuses light on the retina:

• Conjunctiva
• Lens
• Vitreous body
• Aqueous humor
• Sclera

Answer 2

Lens

Question 3

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

• cateract
• cataract

Answer 3

Cataract

Question 4

Hearing impairment due to old age:

• presbycussis
• presbicusis
• presbycusis

Answer 4

Presbycusis

Question 5

Combining form for the ciliary body:

• Phak/o
• Lacrim/o
• Irid/o
• Cycl/o
• Dacry/o

Answer 5

Cycl/o

Question 6

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

• cornea
• kornea

Answer 6

Cornea

Question 7

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

• acqueous humer
• aqueous humor

Answer 7

Aqueous humor

Question 8

Snail-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear:

• Auricle
• Cochlea
• Auditory meautus
• Utricle
• Pinna

Answer 8

Cochlea

Question 9

Waxy discharge from the ear:

• ceremen
• serumen
• cerumen

Answer 9

Cerumen

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Conjunctiva

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Optic nerve

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Perilymph

Question 13

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Inflammation of the vascular layer of the eye”

• aphakia
• exotropia
• esotropia
• xerophthalmia
• hemianopsia
• uveitis

Answer 13

Uveitis

Question 14

Myring/o means:

• Cerumen
• Tympanic membrane
• Stapes
• Auditory canal
• Semicircular canals

Answer 14

Tympanic membrane

Question 15

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Fluid within the labyrinth of the ear’

• auditory canal
• malleus
• auditory nerve fibers
• auricle
• cerumen
• cochlea
• endolymph

Answer 15

Endolymph

Question 16

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

• glaucoma
• glaukoma

Answer 16

Glaucoma

Question 17

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Pupils are of unequal size”

• anisocoria
• aphakia
• aqueous humor
• astigmatism
• cataract
• chalazion
• conjunctiva

Answer 17

Anisocoria

Question 18

Yellowish region in the retina that contains the fovea centralis:

• Optic disc
• Posterior chamber
• Macula
• Sclera
• Choroid

Answer 18

Macula

Question 19

Bacterial infection of the middle ear:

• Serous otitis media
• Cholesteatoma
• Mastoiditis
• Barotitis
• Suppurative otitis media

Answer 19

Suppurative otitis media

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Specialty of an otorhinolaryngologist

Question 21

scot/o

• darkness
• open
• light
• choroid

Answer 21

darkness