Vocabulary
Decibels
Anatomy
Physiology
Medical Focus
100
Decreased ability to taste.
What is hypogeusia?
100
Average city traffic noise.
While annoying, it is about it is 80-85 decibels?
100
This helps guard the ear from air pollutants.
What is cereum or earwax?
100
Chemoreceptors are stimulated by these changes.
What are chemical concentrations of substances?
100
An amyloid protein accumulation in the eye.
An early sign of Alzheimer's cataract?
200
A congenital ear deformity.
What is microtia?
200
Greater than 1 minute can risk permanent hearing loss.
What is 100-200 decibels, as in a snowmobile, symphony orchestra music?
200
This structure allow air pressure to equalize in the middle ear.
What is the auditory tube?
200
These "hairs" vibrate and cause sounds waves to be relayed to the brain.
What are cilia?
200
Hyperopia.
What is farsightedness?
300
A substance that irritate the eyes and causes the tears to flow.
What is a lacrimator?
300
A shot gun, jet engine.
What is over 125 decibels?
300
This is when an object is brought into focus in front of the retina.
What is myopia?
300
Known as the hammer.
What is the malleus?
300
When drainage ducts are blocked and aqueous humor builds up.
What is glaucoma?
400
Loss of night vision is a sign of this disease progression.
What is diabetic retinopathy?
400
Continuous daily exposure of more than 8 hours can cause hearing damage.
What is lawnmower, food blender, 85-90 decibels?
400
We have this number of types of taste sensations.
What are five? (salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami.)
400
This rolls the eye upward
What is superior rectus?
400
Cataract risk factors.
What are smoking and excessive sunlight exposure?
500
This is an area where there are no rods or cones and where the optic nerve exits the the retina.
What is the blind spot?
500
Farm tractor, newspaper press, or subway.
What is 90-100 decibels?
500
These receptors are located in the eye.
What are photoreceptors?
500
This receptor is to fine touch.
What are Meissner corpuscles?
500
Vision is less severe with this type of macular degeneration.
What is dry MD?
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