Special Senses Flashcards
1
Q
- esthesia
A
senstation
2
Q
-algesia
A
pain
3
Q
-osmia
A
sense of smell
4
Q
- geusia
A
sense of taste
5
Q
audi/o
A
hearing
6
Q
acous/o
A
sound, hearing
7
Q
ot/o
A
ear
8
Q
myring/o
A
tympanic membrane
9
Q
tympan/o
A
tympanic cavity
10
Q
salping/o
A
tube, auditory tube
11
Q
staped/o
A
stapes
12
Q
labyrinth
A
inner ear
13
Q
cochle/o
A
cochlea of inner ear
14
Q
gustation is the sense of
A
taste
15
Q
tactile sense refers to
A
touching it
16
Q
olfactory nerves carries impluses for
A
smell
17
Q
a person with ageusia lacks
A
sensation of taste
18
Q
sensitiviy to tempature is
A
thermesthesia
19
Q
another name for pinna of the ear is
A
auricle
20
Q
the middle ossicle of the ear is
A
incus
21
Q
vestibular apparatus contains receptors for
A
equilibrium
22
Q
the spiral organ is receptor for
A
hearing
23
Q
the auditory tube connects
A
middle ear cavity with the pharynx
24
Q
a audiometry is measurment of
A
hearing
25
hardening of the bones of the ears is
otosclerosis
26
a sensation of the ringing in the ears is called
tinnitus
27
the uvea of the eye consists of the
iris
28
the part of the active in accommodation for near and far vission is the
lens
29
the macula of the retina contains the
fovea
30
when light rays are refracted they
bend
31
conjunctivitis affects the
membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the eye
32
the receptor cells in the retine are the
rods and cones
33
palpebral refers to the
eyelid
34
dextrocular refers to
right eye
35
retinoschisis is
spltting of the retine
36
cycolplegia is
paralysis of the ciliary muscles
37
phacolysis is
destruction of the lens
38
exophthalmos is
protrusion of the eyeball
39
iridodilator
widens the iris
40
achromatopsia
colour blindess
41
diplopia
double vision
