Transparent, gelatin-like substance filling greater part of eyeball.
What is Vitreous Humor
100
Layers of cell membranes that wrap nerve fibers, providing electrical insulation and increasing the velocity of impulse transmission.
What is Myelin sheath
100
An inflammation of the brain.
What is Encephalitis
100
Separates the external ear from a middle ear
What is Tympanic Membrane
100
Describes the state of balance
What is equilibrium
200
Condition in which the eye lens becomes opaque
What is Cataracts
200
Ability of nerves to carry impulses by creating electric charges.
What is Membrane excitability
200
Largest and highest section of the brain. Responsible for reasoning, thought, memory, judgment, speech, sensation, sight, smell, hearing, and voluntary body movements.
What is Cerebrum
200
An infection of the middle ear
What is Otitis media
200
Hold the lens of the eye in place.
What is Suspensory Ligament
300
Vitreous fluid contracts as it ages, pulling on the retina and causing a tear
What is Detached retina
300
Which cranial nerves conduct the sense of smell impulses from the nose to the brain
What is olfactory
300
A seizure disorder of the brain.
What is Epilepsy
300
Structures in the inner ear involved with equilibrium
What is Semicircular canals
300
Innermost layer of the eye contains the rods and the cones.
What is Retina
400
Ligaments that suspend the eye.
What is Ciliary body
400
A chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system in which immune cells attack the myelin sheath of nerve cell axons.
What is Multiple Sclerosis
400
A disturbance in voluntary muscular action due to brain damage.
What is Cerebral palsy
400
Spiral cavity of the internal ear containing the organ of Corti
What is Cochlea
400
An autoimmune disorder
What is multiple sclerosis
500
Describes the region where vision is sharpest on the retina
What is fovea centralis
500
Characterized by tremors, a shuffling gait, pill-rolling (movement of thumb and index finger), and muscular rigidity.
What is Parkinson’s disease
500
A condition that involves an increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain.
What is Hydrocephalus
500
Passageway from throat to middle ear, equalizes pressure
What is Eustachian Tube
500
Condition affecting semicircular canals of the inner ear