Sense Organs Abbreviations

Question 1

AMD

Answer 1

age-related macular degeneration

Question 2

HEENT

Answer 2

head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat

Question 3

IOL

Answer 3

intraocular lens

Question 4

IOP

Answer 4

intraocular pressure

Question 5

LASIK

Answer 5

laser in situ keratomileusis

Question 6

OD

Answer 6

right eye; or doctor of optometry

Question 7

OS

Answer 7

left eye

Question 8

OU

Answer 8

both eyes

Question 9

PERRLA

Answer 9

pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation

Question 10

POAG

Answer 10

primary open-angle glaucoma

Question 11

PRK

Answer 11

photoreactive keratectomy–a laser beam flattens the cornea to correct myopia

Question 12

VA

Answer 12

visual acuity

Question 13

VF

Answer 13

visual field

Question 14

AD

Answer 14

right ear

Question 15

AOM

Answer 15

acute otitis media

Question 16

AS

Answer 16

left ear

Question 17

EENT

Answer 17

eyes, ears, nose, and throat

Question 18

ENG

Answer 18

electronystagmography–a test of the balance mechanist of the inner ear by assessing eye movements

Question 19

ENT

Answer 19

ears, nose, and throat

Question 20

ETD

Answer 20

Eustachian tube dysfunction

Question 21

HEENT

Answer 21

head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat

Question 22

PE tube

Answer 22

pressure-equalizing tube–a polyethylene ventilating tube laced in the eardrum (to treat recurrent episodes of acute otitis media)

Question 23

SOM

Answer 23

serous otitis media