Special Senses

Question 1

white of eyes

Answer 1

sclera

Question 2

lump over lens

Answer 2

cornea

Question 3

big pupil

Answer 3

madriasis

Question 4

ciliary body controlled by

Answer 4

parasympathetic NS

Question 5

Imp for exam

Answer 5

slide 11–what I would see if there was a lesion at some point in the optic pathway–(kids with very dominant eye prescribed one smoked glasses lens to develop non-dominant eye cortex)

Question 6

temporal visual field strikes

Answer 6

nasal retina

Question 7

nasal visual field strikes

Answer 7

temporal retina

Question 8

pituitary adenoma/ enlargement pressess on

Answer 8

optic chiasm–bitemporal hemianopia–know first 3 on slide 11

Question 9

imp for visual field loss–due to lesion

Answer 9

questions are concerning VISUAL FIELD loss–not retinal region loss

Question 10

conductive vs

Answer 10

sensoryneural hearing loss

Question 11

arthritis of ausicles, cerumen impaction, hard/ perforated TM, fluid buildup (otitis media if infected–serus otitis if fluid but no infection

Answer 11

conductive hearing loss

Question 12

if bone conduction is better than air conduction (w/ tuning fork)

Answer 12

conductive hearing loss because hair cells intact

Question 13

when confronted with “dizzy” patient

Answer 13

must find out pt’s idea of dizzy–if “room is spinning” it’s vestiular

Question 14

vertigo etiologies

Answer 14

labarinthitis, vestibulitis, spec. Menair’s disease

Question 15

vertical nistagmus

Answer 15

usually due to brain stem tumor–much worse than horizontal gaze nistagmus

Question 16

squirt warm or cold water into ear to elicit nistagmus

Answer 16

choloric test

Question 17

sense organ of semi-circular canals

Answer 17

cupula in ampulla

Question 18

sense of smell in

Answer 18

posterior pharanx–olfactory bulb sends fibers through cribriform plate (very thin)

Question 19

olfactory sensors are

Answer 19

actual neuron–only place in the body

Question 20

sense of taste

Answer 20

gustation–papillae

Question 21

buds on side of tongue

Answer 21

Foliate papillae

Question 22

buds at back of tongue

Answer 22

vallate papillae

Question 23

buds on anterior superior tongue

Answer 23

fungiform papillae

Question 24

posterior tongue taste innervation

Answer 24

CN IX glossopharyngeal