Vocab Quiz 4

Question 1

Albinism

Answer 1

a recessive trait leading to a lack of melanin production. A person with this trait has white skin and hair and lacks pigment in the iris of the eye.

Question 2

Atopic

Answer 2

inherited tendency to hypersensitivities.

Question 3

Autoinoculation

Answer 3

the spread of infection, e.g., by fingers, from one site to a second site on the body.

Question 4

• Denuded

Answer 4

stripping off skin, leaving bare.

Question 5

Excoriations

Answer 5

an abrasion or injury to the skin.

Question 6

Keratin

Answer 6

a protein found in skin, hair, and nails; prevents both loss of body fluid through the skin and entry of excessive water into the body.

Question 7

Larvae

Answer 7

emerge from the eggs; immature not adult.

Question 8

Lichenification

Answer 8

hardening and thickening of the skin; leather-like.

Question 9

Sebum

Answer 9

an oily secretion in sebaceous glands, which keep the hair and skin soft and retards fluid loss from the skin.

Question 10

Diplopia

Answer 10

double vision.

Question 11

Exteroceptors-

Answer 11

sensory receptors located close to the body surface and are sometimes referred to as cutaneous receptors

Question 12

Ototoxic

Answer 12

a substance causing damage to the inner ear or auditory nerve.

Question 13

Photophobia

Answer 13

increased sensitivity of the eyes to light

Question 14

Proprioceptors

Answer 14

receptors that provide information about body movement, orientation, and muscle stretch; muscle sense.

Question 15

Ptosis

Answer 15

drooping eyelid.

Question 16

Refraction

Answer 16

the bending of light that takes place in the human eye.

Question 17

Tinnitus-

Answer 17

abnormal ringing sound or noise in the ears.

Question 18

Trachoma

Answer 18

an eye infection caused by chlamydia trachomatis that causes follicles to develop on the inner surface of the eyelids. It occurs in situations in which there is not adequate water to wash the face and eyes or flies carry the organism to the eyes.

Question 19

Visceroceptors

Answer 19

receptors that are located internally and provide information about the environment around the viscera.

Question 20

Visual acuity

Answer 20

this is measured by the snellen chart or similar eye charts, consisting of lines of progressively smaller letters and numbers.