Vocab 3 Flashcards
Blowing, swooshing sound heard through stethoscope over an area of abnormal blood flow
Bruit
Enlargement of the lymph nodes due to infection, allergy, or neoplasm
Lymphadenopathy
Refers to abnormally large head
Macrocephalic
Refers to abnormally small head
Microcephalic
Refers to round symmetric skull that is appropriately related to body size
Normocephalic
Head tilt due to shortening or spasm of one sternomastoid muscle
Torticollis
Adaptation of the eye for near vision by increasing the curvature of the lens
Accommodation
Refractive error of vision due to differences in curvature in refractive surfaces of the eye (cornea and lens)
Astigmatism
Loss of both temporal visual fields
Bitemporal hemianopsia
Opacity of the lens of the eye that develops slowly with aging and gradually obstructs vision
Cataract
Infection or retention cyst of a meibomian gland, showing as a beady nodule on the eyelid
Chalazion
Infection of the conjunctiva; “pinkeye”
Conjunctivitis
Double vision
Diplopia
Lower eyelid loose and rolling outward
Ectropion
Lower eyelid rolling inward
Entropion
Protruding eyeballs
Exophthalmos
Area of keenest vision at the center of the macula on the ocular fundus
Fovea
A group of eye diseases characterized by increased intraocular pressure
Glaucoma
Stye; red, painful pustule that is a localized infection of hair follicle at eyelid margin
Hordeolum
Abnormal white rim of sclera visible between the upper eyelid and the iris when a person moves the eye downward
Lid lag
Round darker area of the ocular fundus that mediates vision only from the central vision field
Macula
Constricted pupils
Miosis
Dilated pupils
Mydriasis
Nearsighted; refractive error in which near vision is better than far vision
Myopia
Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic movement of the eyeball
Nystagmus
Stasis of blood flow out of the ocular fundus; sign of increased intracranial pressure
Papilledema
Decrease in power of accommodation that occurs with aging
Presbyopia
Triangular opaque tissue on the nasal side of the conjunctiva that grows toward the center of the cornea
Pterygium
Drooping of upper eyelid over the iris and possibly covering the pupil
Ptosis
Squint, crossed eye; disparity of the eye axes
Strabismus
Soft, raised yellow plaques occurring on the skin at the inner corners of the eyes
Xanthelasma
