SCI
This type of spinal cord injury results in the complete loss of motor and sensory function below the level of injury.
What is a complete spinal cord injury?
This is the most common type of glaucoma, often developing slowly and painlessly over time.
What is open-angle glaucoma?
This tiny structure, also known as the eardrum, vibrates in response to sound waves.
What is the tympanic membrane?
This painful condition is characterized by sudden, severe facial pain, often triggered by touch or movement.
What is Trigeminal Neuralgia?
I am often times referred to as lock jaw.
What is tetanus?
This incomplete spinal cord injury syndrome is characterized by loss of motor function, pain, and temperature sensation below the injury, while proprioception and vibration remain intact.
What is anterior cord syndrome?
This structure in the eye is responsible for draining aqueous humor and maintaining intraocular pressure.
What is the trabecular meshwork?
These three small bones in the middle ear amplify sound vibrations before they reach the inner ear.
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes?
This condition causes sudden, temporary weakness or paralysis of one side of the face, often due to inflammation of the facial nerve.
What is Bell's Palsy?
I am an error that causes blurred vision such as myopia, presbyopia and astigmatism.
What are refractive errors?
This region of the spinal cord, consisting of eight vertebrae but only seven bones, is the most common site of spinal cord injuries.
What is the cervical spine?
A patient with glaucoma may experience this type of vision loss first, often going unnoticed until the disease progresses.
What is peripheral vision loss?
This condition, often associated with aging or noise exposure, results in the gradual loss of hearing due to damage to hair cells in the cochlea.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Arising from a part of the spinal cord, nerves or vessels that causes significant compression and neurological dysfunction.
What are primary spinal cord tumors?
I manifest as photopsia, floaters and cobwebs in the field of vision.
What is retinal detachment?
This syndrome, typically caused by penetrating trauma, results in loss of motor function and proprioception on the same side as the injury, while pain and temperature sensation are lost on the opposite side.
What is Brown-Séquard syndrome?
This diagnostic test measures intraocular pressure (IOP) and is commonly used to screen for glaucoma.
What is tonometry?
This condition, commonly called "swimmer’s ear," is an infection of the outer ear canal caused by trapped moisture.
What is otitis externa?
This condition has three phases and includes demyelination, plateau, and remyelination.
What is Guillain-Barre' Syndrome?
A neurotoxin that destroys or inhibits neurotransmission of acetylcholine at the myoneural junction.
What is Botulism?
A patient with a complete spinal cord injury at the T6 level is at risk for this life-threatening condition caused by an exaggerated autonomic response.
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
These types of medications, commonly prescribed for glaucoma, work by decreasing aqueous humor production or increasing outflow.
What are beta-blockers and prostaglandin analogs?
Etiology is free-floating debris in the semicircular canal with position change.
What is vertigo?
Sudden severe attacks of tinnitus, muffled hearing, vertigo, nausea and vomiting.
What is Meniere's Disease?
An assessment finding is blue-tinged tympanum.
What is acute otitis media?