Eye Parts
Eye Functions
Ear Parts
Ear Functions
Pathology terms for eye & ear
100
An organ of sight that transmits and external image by way of the optic nerve
What is the Eyeball
100
The space between the cornea and lens is filled with what?
What is aqueous humor
100
What is commonly referred to as the "ear"?
What is the auricle
100
What travels down the external auditory canal to strike the eardrum?
What is sound waves
100
photophobia
What is sensitivity to bright light
200
The (3) three layers of the eyeball
What is the sclera, retina & choroid
200
What gland produces tears?
What is the lacrimal gland
200
The ear is responsible for two things, what are they?
What is hearing & equilibrium
200
What is the medical term for ear drum
What is Tympanic membrane
200
diplopia
What is double vision
300
When the lens projects an image onto the retina, it strikes an area called what?
What is macula lutea (yellow spot)
300
What group of muscles pull the eye ball up & down, left & right and means straight?
What is Rectus Muscles
300
The stapes, last of the three small bones in the middle ear is attached to what very thin membrane?
What is the oval window
300
What bone of the ear is known as the hammer and strikes the ear drum?
What is Malleus
300
Retinopathy
What is disease of the retina
400
What contracts or relaxes to change the size of the pupil?
What is the iris muscle
400
What is it called when the eye turn inward?
What is esotropia
400
What part of the ear bends from fluid vibrations and stimulates the nerve ending?
What is Organs of Corti (Hair Cells)
400
Hearing loss can be divided into two main catergories called?
What is conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
400
macrotia
What is condition of having abnormally large ears
500
What are the two receptor cells in the retina called?
What is Rods & Cones
500
Where is the point of clearest vision which contains a high concentration of sensory receptor cells?
What is Fovea Centralis (central pit)
500
Which nerve is responsible for the equilibrium?
What is vestibular Nerve
500
Which hearing loss results in weaker and muffled sounds?
What is Conductive Hearing Loss
500
anacusis
What is deafness, absent of all sound
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