Terminology
Taste Buds
Papillae
This structure is made of bone and cartilage. It divides the nasal cavity into 2
Septum
Someone who has difficulty driving at night has an impairment to what STRUCTURE?
Rods
Impacted ear wax can make which disorder occur?
conductive hearing loss
What will be the diagnosis for someone who has cloudy lens?
Cataracts
What is the medical term for pink eye?
Conjunctivitis
What is the colored portion of the eye?
Iris
What structure of the eye is responsible for focusing on small objects when they are held up close?
Lens
What is the name of the disorder that means deafness due to aging?
Presbycusis
What disorder is characterized by white patches on the tongue
Thrush
Window of the eye
Cornea
Which parts of the ear does the tympanic membrane separate?
Outer and middle ear
The pathway for hearing starts with the _______ and ends with the _______ _______
Pinna, temporal nerve
Cataracts form on which part of the eye?
Lens
A toddler who has multiple episodes of otitis media may need what procedure?
Myringotomy
Ringing in the ears
Tinnitus
Your grandfather always comes to your house in clothes that do not match. What structure is most likely impaired?
Cones
The function of the orbital cavity is to
Protect your eyeball
Someone who c/o vertigo, nausea, vomiting and tinnitus may have
Menieres disease
Someone with a mass that is causing difficulty with the transmission of a visual message has an impairment of what structure?
Optic nerve
Another word for shrink is
Constrict
Your optic disc is located on your
retina
Maintains shape of the eye
Hyperopia is to myopia as
farsightedness is to nearsightedness
What is the leading cause of vision loss?
Macular degeneration