Nervous System
This disorder is characterized by difficulty with memory, thinking, and behavior, commonly seen in older adults.
Alzheimer’s disease
This term refers to an intense fear of heights.
Acrophobia
Structures outside the eyeball are known as ______
adnexa oculi
______transmits these sound waves to the tympanic membrane (eardrum) of the middle ear.
external auditory canal
AC
air conduction
This nervous system disorder causes progressive muscle weakness due to the degeneration of motor neurons.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
A serious eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight and self-starvation.
Anorexia nervosa
____ Occurs when the muscles of both eyes work together in coordinator to make normal depth perception possible.
Binocular vision
_____also known as earwax, is secreted by ceruminous glands that line the auditory canal. This sticky yellow-brown substance has protective functions because it traps small insects, dust, debris, and some bacteria to prevent them from entering the middle ear.
Cerumen
AS
astigmatism
This condition occurs when blood flow to the brain is disrupted, commonly known as a stroke.
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
A group of mental health conditions that cause excessive worry, fear, or stress, such as panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
Anxiety disorders
Small hairs that makeup the eyebrow and eyelashes are called______.
Cilia
The _____contains the sensory receptors for hearing and balance
inner ear
MD
macular degeneration
A temporary facial paralysis caused by damage to the facial nerve is known as what?
Bell’s palsy
The mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
Cognition
_____consists of a duct at the inner corner of each eye. These ducts collect tears and empty them into the lacrimal sacs. Crying is the overflowing of tears from the lacrimal canals.
lacrimal canal
The______which is located under the base of the stapes, is the membrane that separates the middle ear from the inner ear. Vibrations enter the inner ear through this structure.
oval window
visual field
A burning pain sensation caused by nerve damage is called what?
Causalgia
Unexpected, sudden experience of fear in the absence of danger, accompanied by physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, shortness of breath, chest tightness, dizziness, sweating, nausea, feelings of unreality, choking sensations, or a combination of these. A panic attack is unneeded activation of the body's fight-or-flight response.
Panic Attack
____mean within the eyeball
Intraocular
____ is known as bleeding from the ear
Otorrhagia
dB
decibel