Sensory Definitions (Quiz 2)

Question 1

Ability to adjust the eye to see at various distances

Answer 1

Accommodation

Question 2

Absence of sense of pain

Answer 2

Analgesia

Question 3

Loss of light touch

Answer 3

Anesthesia

Question 4

Outward turning of the lower eyelid

Answer 4

Ectropion

Question 5

Iinward turning of the lower eyelid

Answer 5

Entropion

Question 6

Decreased pain sensation

Answer 6

Hypalgesia

Question 7

Exaggerated sensitivity to pain

Answer 7

Hyperalgia

Question 8

refers to awareness of positioning of body parts and body movement

Answer 8

Kinesthesia

Question 9

constriction of the pupil

Answer 9

Miosis

Question 10

dilation of the pupil

Answer 10

Mydriasis

Question 11

pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation

Answer 11

PERRLA

Question 12

drooping of the upper eyelid

Answer 12

Ptosis

Question 13

impaired or absent functioning of one or more senses

Answer 13

Sensory Deficits

Question 14

results when a person experiences decreased sensory input or input that is
monotonous, unpatterned, or meaningless

Answer 14

Sensory Deprivation

Question 15

results when a person experiences so much sensory stimuli that the brain is
unable to either respond meaningfully or ignore the stimuli

Answer 15

Sensory overload

Question 16

the conscious process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting data from the
senses into meaningful information

Answer 16

Sensory Perception

Question 17

the process of receiving data about the internal or external environment
through the senses

Answer 17

Sensory Reception

Question 18

the sense that perceives the solidity of objects and their size, shape, and texture

Answer 18

Stereognosis

Question 19

Pertaining to touch

Answer 19

Tactile