The Basics
These are the 5 (or 6) tastes we can dectect.
What are sweet, sour, bitty, salty, and umami (and maybe fats)?
A general loss of smell.
What is anosmia?
What is diplopia?
HOH
What is hard of hearing?
corne/o
What is cornea?
Where are the olfactory receptors located?
What is the nasal epithelium (nasal cavity)?
This is the type of ear infection common in young children, impacting the middle/inner ear.
What is otitis media?
This is abnormal sensitivity to light.
What is photophobia?
-plegia
What is paralysis?
phak/o
What is lens?
This is the sensation of potentially damaging stimuli.
What is nociception?
This is the perceived ringing in the ear.
What is tinnitus?
This is progressive damage to the macula, causing a loss of central vision.
What is macular degeneration?
Ast.
What is astigmatism?
vestibul/o
What is the vestibule?
What is the cochlea?
This is progressive degeneration of the optic nerve.
This is clouding of the lens.
What is a cataract?
ot/o
What is ear?
lacrim/o
What is tear/tear duct?
This is the scientific term for balance and the structure that is responsible for maintaining it.
What is equilibrium, from the vestibule?
Typically connective to diabetes, this is the dilation and swelling of retinal veins.
What is (diabetic) retinopathy?
This is a condition where an affected eye rotates due to mismatched eye coordination.
What is strabismus?
blephar/o
What is eyelid?
ton/o
What is tension/pressure?