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SENSE ORGANS; THE EYE AND EAR Flashcards

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ACCOMMODATION

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NORMAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE EYE TO FOCUS ON OBJECTS FROM FAR TO NEAR

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ANTERIOR CHAMBER

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THE AREA BEHIND THE CORNEA AND IN FRONT OF THE LENS AND IRIS

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AQUEOUS HUMOR

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FLUID PRODUCED BY THE CILARY BODY & FOUND IN ANTERIOR CHAMBER

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BICONVEX

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CONSISTING OF TWO SURFACES THAT ARE ROUNDED, ELEVATED, AND CURVED EVENLY; LENDS OF THE EYE IS BICONVEX

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CHOROID

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MIDDLE, VASCULAR LAYER OF EYE, BETWEEN RETINA AND SCLERA

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CILIARY BODY

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STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE LENS THAT CONNECTS THE CHOROID AND IRIS; CONTROLS SHAPE OF LENS AND SECRETES AQUEOUS HUMOR

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CONE

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PHOTORECEPTOR CELL IN THE RETINA THAT TRANSFORMS LIGHT ENERGY INTO A NERVE IMPULSE; RESPONSIBLE FOR COLOR AND CENTRAL VISION

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CONJUNCTIVA

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DELICATE MEMBRANE THAT LINES THE UNDERSURFACE OF EYELIDS AND COVERS ANTERIOR EYEBALL

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CORNEA

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FIBROUS TRANSPARENT LAYER OF CLEAR TISSUE THAT EXTENDS OVER THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF EYEBALL

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FOVEA CENTRALIS

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TINY DEPRESSION IN THE RETINA THAT IS THE REGION OF CLEAREST VISION

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FUNDUS OF THE EYE

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POSTERIOR, INNER PART OF EYE

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IRIS

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PIGMENTED LAYER THAT OPENS AND CLOSES TO ALLOW MORE OR LESS LIGHT INTO EYE

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LENS

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TRANSPARENT BICONVEX BODY BEHIND THE PUPIL OF EYE

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MACULA

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YELLOWISH REGION ON TEH RETINA LATERAL TO AND SLIGHTLY BELOW THE OPTIC DISC

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OPTIC CHIASM

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THE POINT AT WHICH OPTIC NERVE FIBERS CROSS IN THE BRAIN

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OPTIC DISC

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REGION AT BACK OF EYE WHERE THE OPTIC NERVE MEETS THE RETINA; BLIND SPOT

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OPTIC NERVE

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CRANIAL NERVE CARRYING IMPULSES FROM RETINA TO BRAIN

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PUPIL

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CENTRAL OPENING OF EYE, SURROUNDED BY THE IRIS, THROUGH WHICH LIGHT RAYS PASS

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REFRACTION

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BENDING OF LIGHT RAYS BY THE CORNEA, LENS AND FLUIDS OF EYE TO BRING THE RAYS INTO FOCUS ON RETINA

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RETINA

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LIGHT SENSITIVE NERVE CELL LAYER OF THE EYE CONTAINING PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS

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ROD

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PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OF RETINA ESSENTIAL FOR VISION IN DIM LIGHT AND FOR PERIPHERAL VISION

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SCLERA

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TOUGH, WHITE OUTER COAT OF EYEBALL

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THALAMUS

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RELAY CENTER OF BRAIN

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VITREOUS HUMOR

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SOFT, JELLY LIKE MATERIAL BEHIND THE LENS IN THE VITREOUS CHAMBER

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AQUE/O

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WATER

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BLEPHAR/O

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EYELID

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CONJUNCTIV/O

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CONJUNCTIVA

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COR/O

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PUPIL

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CORNE/O

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CORNEA

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CYCL/O

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CILARY BODY

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DACRY/O

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TEARS, TEAR DUCT

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IR/O, IRID/O

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IRIS

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KERAT/O

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CORNEA

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LACRIM/O

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TEARS

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OCUL/O

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EYE

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PALPEBR/O

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EYELID

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PAPILL/O

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OPTIC DISC

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PHAC/O

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LENS OF THE EYE

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RETIN/O

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RETINA

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SCLER/O

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SCLERA, WHITE OF THE EYE

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UVE/O

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UVEA

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VITRE/O

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GLASSY

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AMBLY/O

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DULL, DIM

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DIPL/O

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DOUBLE

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GLAUC/O

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GRAY

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MI/O

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SMALLER, LESS

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MYDR/O

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WIDEN, ENLARGE

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NYCT/O

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NGIHT

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PHOT/O

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LIGHT

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PRESBY/O

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OLD AGE

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SCOT/O

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DARKNESS

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XER/O

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DRY

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-OPIA, -OPSIA

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VISION

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-TROPIA

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TO TURN

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INFLAMMATION OF EYELID

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BLEPHARITIS

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ASTIGMATISM

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DEFECTIVE CURVATURE OF THE CORNEA OR LENS OF EYE

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HYPEROPIA

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FARSIGHTEDNESS

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MYOPIA

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NEARSIGHTEDNESS

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PRESBYOPIA

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IMPAIRMENT OF VISION DUE TO OLD AGE REDUCING LENS ACCOMMODATION

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CATARACT

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CLOUDING OF LENS

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CHALAZION

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A SMALL, HARD CYSTIC MASS ON THE EYELID FORMED AS A RESULT OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF SEBACEOUS GLAND ALONG MARGIN OF EYELID

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DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

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RETINAL EFFECTS CUASED BY DIABETES MELLITUS INCLUDE:

MICRO-ANEURYSMS
HEMORRHAGES
DILATION OF RETINAL VEINS
NEOVASCULARIZATION

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GLAUCOMA

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INCREASED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE DAMAGES THE RETINA AND OPTIC NERVE

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HORDEOLUM (STYE)

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STAPH INFECTION OF A SEBACEOUS GLAND IN EYELID

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MACULAR DEGENERATION

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PROGRESSIVE DAMAGE TO THE MACULAR OF THE RETINA

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NYSTAGMUS

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REPETITIVE RHYTHMIC MOVEMENTS OF ONE OR BOTH EYES

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STRABISMUS

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ABNORMAL DEVIATION OF THE EYE

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RETINAL DETACHMENT

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TWO LAYERS OF RETINA SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER
*PHOTOPSIA - BRIGHT FLASHES OF LIGHT
*FLOATERS 0 VITREOUS CLUMPS OF RETINA
*SCLERAL BUCKLE - A BELT USED TO BUCKLE THE RETINA TO SCLERA
*PNEUMATIC RETINOPEXY - A GAS BUBBLE IS INJECTED IN VITREOUS CAVITY TO HELP REATTACH RETINA

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DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES:

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FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY - DYE INJECTION TO EXAMINE BLOOD FLOW IN RETINA

OPHTHALMOSCOPY - VISUAL EXAM OF INTERIOR OF EYE THROUGH DILATED PUPIL

SLIT LAMP MICROSCOPY - MAGNIFIED VIEW OF EXPANDED NUMBER OF EYE STRUCTURES

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VISUAL FIELD TEST

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MEASURES VISUAL FIELDS WHEN EYES ARE FIXED FORWARD

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TREATMENT

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ENUCLEATION - REMOVAL OF ENTIRE EYEBALL

LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION - AN ARGON LASER CREATES AN INFLAMMATORY REACTION THAT SEALS RETINAL TEARS AND LEAKY BLOOD VESSELS

LASIK - LASER TO CORRECT ERRORS OF REFRACTION BY SCULPTING THE CORNEA

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KERATOPLASTY

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SURGICAL REPAIR OF CORNEA

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SCLERAL BUCKLE

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SUTURE OF A SILICONE BAND TO THE SCLERA OVER THE DETACHED PORTION OF RETINA

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PHASCOEMULSIFICATION

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ULTRASOUND TO BREAK UP LENS FO ASPIRATION FOR CATARACT REMOVAL

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VITRECTOMY

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REMOVAL OF VITREOUS AND REPLACEMENT WITH A CLEAR SOLUTION

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EAR:

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OUTER EAR RECEIVES SOUND WAVES

SOUND WAVES TRAVEL TO MIDDLE EAR

SOUND VIBRATIONS REACH INNER EAR (LABYRINTH)

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OUTER EAR:

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PINNA OR AURICLE: PROJECTING FLAP

EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS (AUDITORY CANAL)

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MIDDLE EAR

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TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (EARDRUM)
MALLEUS
INCUS
STAPES
OVAL WINDOW
EUSTACHIAN TUBE

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INNER EAR

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ALSO KNOWN AS LABYRINTH

COCHLEA
AUDITORY NERVE FIBERS

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BALANCE AND EQUILIBRIUM

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VESTIBULE
SEMICIRCULAR CANALS

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AUDITORY CANAL

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CHANNELS THAT LEADS FROM PINNA TO EARDRUM

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AUDITORY MEATUS

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AUDITORY CANAL

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AUDITORY NERVE FIBERS

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CARRY IMPULSES FROM INNER EAR TO BRAIN

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AUDITORY TUBE

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CHANNEL BETWEEN MIDDLE EAR AND NASOPHARYNX; EUSTACHIAN TUBE

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AURICLE

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FLAP OF THE EAR; PROTRUDING PART OF EXTERNAL EAR, OR PINNA

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CERUMEN

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WAXY SUBSTANCE SECRETED BY THE EXTERNAL EAR, EARWAX

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COCHLEA

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SNAIL SHAPED SPIRALLY WOUND TUBE IN INNER EAR

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ENDOLYMPH

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FLUID WITHIN TEH LABYRINTH OF THE INNER EAR

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EUSTACHIAN TUBE

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AUDITORY TUBE

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INCUS

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SECOND OSSICLE OF MIDDLE EAR

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LABYRINTH

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MAZE LIKE SERIES OF CANALS IN INNER EAR

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MALLEUS

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FIRST OSSICLE OF MIDDLE EAR

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ORGAN OF CORTI

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SENSITVE AUDITORY RECEPTOR AREA FOUND IN THE COCHLEA OF INNER EAR

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OSSICLE

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SMALL BONE OF THE EAR

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OVAL WINDOW

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MEMBRANE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAR AND INNER EAR

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PERILYMPH

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FLUID CONTAINED IN THE LABYRINTH OF INNER EAR

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PINNA

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AURICLE, FLAP OF EAR

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SEMICIRCULAR CANALS

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PASSAGES IN INNER EAR ASSOCIATED WITH MAINTAINING EQUILIBRIUM

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STAPES

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THIRD OSSICLE OF MIDDLE EAR

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TYMPANIC MEMBRANE

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MEMBRANE BETWEEN OUTER AND MIDDLE EAR, EARDRUM

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VESTIBULE

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CENTRAL CAVITY OF THE LABYRINTH,CONNECTING THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS AND COCHLEA

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ACOUSTIC NEUROMA

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BENIGN TUMOR ARISING FROM 8TH CRANIAL NERVE, CAUSES TINNITUS, VERTIGO, DIZZINESS AND DECREASED HEARING

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CHOLESTEATOMA

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SKIN CELLS AND CHOLESTEROL IN A SAC IN MIDDLE EAR (CYST LIKE MASS ASSOCIATED WITH CHONIC INFECTIONS)

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MENIERE DISEASE

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DISORDER OF THE LABYRINTH WTH ELEVATED ENDOLYMPH PRESSURE IN TEH COCHLEA AND SEMICIRCULAR CANALS CAUSING TINNITUS , SENSITIVITY TO SOUND, PROGRESSIVE HEARING LOSS, VERTIGO, HEADACHE AND NAUSEA

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OTITIS MEDIA

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INFLAMMATION OF MIDDLE EAR

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OTOSCLEROSIS

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HARDENING OF BONY TISSUE IN LABYRINTH

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TINNITUS

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SENSATION OF NOISES, RINGING BUZZING, WHISTLING, BOOMING IN EARS

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VERTIGO

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SENSATION OF IRREGULAR MOTION (WHIRLING) FROM DISEASE OF INNER EAR OR NERVE CARRYING MESSAGES FROM SEMICIRCULAR CANALS

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