Sensory System

Question 1

Accommodation

Answer 1

Ability to adjust the eye to see at various distances

Question 2

Analgesia

Answer 2

Absence of pain

Question 3

Anesthesia

Answer 3

Loss of light touch

Question 4

Ectropion

Answer 4

Outward turning of the lower eyelid

Question 5

Entorpion

Answer 5

Inward turning of the lower eyelid

Question 6

Hypalgesia

Answer 6

Decreased pain sensation

Question 7

Hyperalgia

Answer 7

Exaggerated sensitivity to pain

Question 8

Kinesthesia

Answer 8

Refers to awareness of positioning of body parts and body movement

Question 9

Miosis

Answer 9

Construction of the pupil

Question 10

Mydriasis

Answer 10

Dilation of the pupil

Question 11

PERRLA

Answer 11

Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accomoadation

Question 12

Ptosis

Answer 12

Dropping of the upper eyelid

Question 13

Sensory deficits

Answer 13

Impaired or absent functioning of one or more senses

Question 14

Sensory deprivation

Answer 14

Results when a person experiences Decreased sensory input or output that is monotonus unpatterned or meaningless

Question 15

Sensory overload

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Sensory perception

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Sensory reception

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Stereognosis

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Tactile

Answer 19

Pertaining to touch