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Common Medical Terminology > The Senses > Flashcards

The Senses Flashcards

1
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5 senses

A

Sight, smell, touch, hear, taste

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2
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Outer layer of the eye refracts light to focus on posterior eye

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Cornea

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3
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White of the eye

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Sclera

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Middle layer of the eye contains pigment

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Choroid

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5
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Inner layer of the eye that contains rods and cones

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Retina

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Part of the eye that cures the sclera and lines the eyelid

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Conjunctiva

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7
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Section of the eye behind the pupil

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Lens

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8
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Fluid in front of the lens

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Aqueous humor

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9
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Fluid behind the lens

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Vitreous humor

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10
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Transfers light rays from brain to rods and cones

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Optic nerve

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11
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The pinna allows sound waves to enter the ear

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Auricle

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12
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Tunnel from the auricle to the middle ear

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Auditory canal

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13
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Inner ear eardrum

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Tympanic membrane

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14
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Small inner ear bones

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Ossicles

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15
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Tube that goes from inner ear to pharynx

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Eustachian tube

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Structure that conducts sound waves

17
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Located in nasal cavity

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Olfactory sense receptors

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Located on anterior region of tongue

19
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Condition where refractive surfaces if the eye aren’t equal

A

Astigmatism

20
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Eyelid inflammation

A

Blepharitis

21
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Hyperopia

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Farsightedness

22
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Keratoplasty

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Surgical repair of the cornea

23
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Lacrimal

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Related to tears

24
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Myopia

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Nearsightedness

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Otoscope

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Instrument to examine the ear

26
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Tinnitus

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Ringing in the ears

27
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Vertigo

28
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Strabismus

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Cross eyed

29
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Conjunctivitis

30
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Rapid involuntary eye movements

31
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Clouding of the lens due to protein aggregate accumulation

32
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Congenital absence of the external auditory canal

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Aural atresia

33
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Otitis externa

A

Swimmers ear

Common Medical Terminology (30 decks)

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