Special Senses Flashcards
What is this?

Calipers
What is this used for?

2-point discrimination
What do you use for 2-pont discrimination?
Calipers
What do you use for Knee Jerk Reflex?
Rubber Mallet
What is this?

Rubber Mallet
What is this used for?

Knee Jerk Reflex
What do you use for Weber-Rinne tests?
Tuning fork
What is this?

Tuning Fork
What is this used for?

Weber-Rinne Tests
1

Free nerve endings
2

Meissner’s Corpuscles
3

Sensory Nerves
4

Ruffini’s Corpuscles
5

Pacinian Corpuscles
1

Receptor (Stimulus)
2

Sensory Neuron
3

Interneuron
4

Motor Neuron
5

Effector (Response)
6

Afferent Pathway
7

Dorsal Horn
1

Intrafusal Muscle Fibers
2

Extrafusal Muscle Fibers
3

Sensory Fiber
4

Tendon
5

Golgi Tendon Organ
1

Levator Palpebrae Superioris
2

Superior Oblique
3

Lacrimal Gland
4

Inferior Oblique
5

Inferior Rectus
6

Lateral Rectus
7

Superior Rectus
1

Superior Oblique (Superior oblique and levator palpebrae superioris have been removed)
2

Medial Rectus (Superior Oblique and Levator palpebrae superioris have been removed)
3

Lateral Rectus (Superior Oblique and Levator palpebrae superioris have been removed)
1

Upper Eye Lid
2

Superior Canaliculus
3

Caruncle
4

Lacrimal Sac
5

Lower Eye Lid
6

Pupil
7

Iris
8

Lateral Canthus
1

Posterior Segment
2

Sclera
3

Suspensory Ligaments
4

Ciliary Body
5

Iris
6

Anterior Segment
7

Cornea
8

Pupil
9

Lens
1

Optic Nerve
2

Sclera
3

Posterior Segment
4

Retina
5

Choroid
1

Posterior Segment
2

Sclera
3

Iris
4

Pupil
1

Scala Vestibuli
2

Vestibular Membrane
3

Tectorial Membrane
4

Scala Media
5

Hair Cells
6

Basilar Membrane
7

Scala Tympani
8

Cochlear Nerve
1

Scala Vestibuli
2

Vestibular Membrane
3

Tectorial Membrane
4

Scala Media
5 & #6

Hair Cells
7

Basilar Membrane
8

Scala Tympani
1

Semicircular Canals
2

Cochlea
3

Eustachian tube
4

Ossicles
5

Tympanic Membrane
6

External Acoustic Meatus
7

Pinna
1

Semicircular Canals
2

Cochlea
3

Malleus
4

Incus
What is this?

Snellen Eye Chart
What is this used for?

Visual Acuity
What is this used for?

Astigmatism Testing Chart
What do you use to test for visual acuity?
Snellen Eye Chart
What do you use to test for blurry vision?
Astigmatism Testing chart
What is this?

Blind Spot Test
1

Pigmented epithelial layer of retina
2

Bipolar Cells
3

Ganglion Cells
4

Pathway of light
What test is this?

Weber’s Test
What does this test?

Tests centralization vs. lateralization of sound
Where do you place a tuning fork for the Weber test?
512 hz tuning fork placed in the midline.
What test is this?

Rinne Test
How do you do the Rinne Test?
With a 512 hz tuning fork press against the mastoid bone and then hold it 1 cm away from the ear. Which is louder, behind the ear or in front?
What does this test?

Compares bone vs. air conduction
1

Circumvallate Papillae
2

Tonsils
3

Foliate Papillae
4

Fungiform Papillae
1

Cribriform plate
2

Olfactory Epithelium
3

Hard Palate
4

Soft Palate