Sensory Perception

Question 1

What is the concept of sensory perception

Answer 1

A process that involves receiving and interpreting environmental stimuli

Question 2

What does sensory perception depend on

Answer 2

normal sensory receptors
intact reticular activation system
functional nervous pathways to the brain

Question 3

Vertigo

Answer 3

feeling of rotation or imbalance while stationary. Can be chronic or acute

Question 4

nystagmus

Answer 4

involuntary rapid eye movement

Question 5

sensation

Answer 5

a physical feeling or perception in response to a stimuli

Question 6

sensory reception

Answer 6

the process of receiving stimuli or data

Question 7

perception

Answer 7

awareness and interpretation of a stimuli

Question 8

presbycusis

Answer 8

age related hearing loss

Question 9

ototoxicity

Answer 9

drugs that damage the ability to hear

Question 10

paresthesia

Answer 10

sensation of prickling, tickling or numbness

Question 11

kinesthesia

Answer 11

awareness of body parts

Question 12

stereognosis

Answer 12

the ability to perceive and understand an object through touch, its size, shape and texture

Question 13

visceral

Answer 13

large organs within the body

Question 14

stimulus

Answer 14

an agent or act that stimulates a nerve receptor

Question 15

receptor

Answer 15

a nerve cell that acts as a receptor by converting the stimulus to an impulse

Question 16

impulse conduction

Answer 16

act of an impulse traveling along a nerve pathway to the spinal cord or directly to the brain

Question 17

awareness

Answer 17

ability to perceive environmental stimuli and body reactions and then respond

Question 18

myopia

Answer 18

near sighted

Question 19

hyperopia

Answer 19

far sighted

Question 20

cataracts

Answer 20

breakdown in protein in lens. results in lens not being able to change shape to focus

Question 21

glaucoma

Answer 21

optic neuropathy w/ gradual loss of peripheral vision

Question 22

age related macular degeneration

Answer 22

loss of central vision due to retina damage

Question 23

peripheral neuropathy

Answer 23

occurs when trauma or disease processes interfere with innervation of peripheral nerves

Question 24

Risk factors for impaired sensory perception

Answer 24

age
chronic disease 
eye/ear trauma 
ototoxic drugs
environmental/occupational exposure

Question 25

physiological consequences of impaired sensory perception

Answer 25

potential safety issue

decreased ability to perform ADLs

Question 26

define amblyopia

Answer 26

lazy eye

Question 27

conductive hearing loss

most common cause

Answer 27

anything that disrupts the transmission of sound from external ear to inner ear.
most common cause is obstruction of the external ear canal.

Question 28

sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 28

disorders that affect the inner ear, the auditory nerve or the auditory pathways of the bran. soundwaves are transmitted to inner ear but damaged receptors are unable to receive and interpret stimuli

Question 29

screening periods across lifespan for hearing

Answer 29

Newborns:before they leave hospital
preschool/school age: periodically at well child visits
adults: every 10 years
>50: every 3 years

Question 30

screening periods across lifespan for vision

Answer 30

3-5 years: at least once
Exam at 40
40-54: every 2-4 years
55-65: every 1-3 years
>65: every 1-2 years