General Questions
The five special senses
What is smell, taste, sight, hearing, and equilibrium?
lens becomes opaque + blindness due to interference of light transmission
what is cataracts?
Where are your taste buds located?
what is the tongue?
three parts of the ear and their function
what is external ear (only hearing) , middle ear (only hearing) and inner ear (hearing and equilibrium)?
a sensation of spinning even though you aren't
what is vertigo?
Double Vision
What is diploplia?
Where is the area in the eye that has the most rods and cones?
what is the Fovea Centralis
bumps on the tongue
what are papillae?
the auditory ossicles in the tympanic cavity
what is malleus, incus and stapes?
Component of the inner ear used for equilibrium
what is semicircular canals?
Help to follow moving objects, attached to outer surface of eye
What is Extrinsic eye muscles?
ability of eye to focus specifically for close objects by changing shape of the lens
What is accommodation?
Nerve impulses from the olfactory nerve also branch off to this system allowing for an emotional response to smells
What is the limbic system?
runs downward to link the middle ear cavity with the throat, flattened and closed, but swallowing or yawning can open it briefly to equalize the pressure
what is the Eustachian tube?
hearing loss associated with an issue with movement of sound vibrations to fluids
what is conduction deafness?
inflammation of conjunctiva, reddened + irritated eyes
What is conjunctivitis?
the two cavities of the eye and what fluid is contained within them?
what is anterior and posterior cavity? What is Vitreous humor (posterior to lens, gel-like, helps maintain shape of eye) and Aqueous humor (anterior to lens, watery, helps maintain shape of eye ?
3 Cranial nerves responsible for taste
What is facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus?
BLANK cavity within the inner ear filled with plasma like fluid called BLANK, suspended in that is a membranous labyrinth that contains a thicker fluid called BLANK
what is bony labyrinth, perilymph and endolymph?
what does BPPV stand for?
what is Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?
is a chronic pain condition characterized by severe pain, swelling, and changes in skin temperature and color, typically following an injury or trauma.
What is Reflex Sympathetic dystrophy?
when light rays bend as they pass through the cornea, aqueous+vitreous humor, lens and reach the retina
what is refraction?
3 types of cells associated with smell
what are Olfactory Receptor Cells, Columnar Epithelial Cells and Nerve Fibers of the Olfactory Bulb
what is the cochlea?
the two types of equilibrium and their description
what is static equilibrium (position of head in space/keeps head erect) and dynamic equilibrium (angular/rotary movement, semicircular canals oriented in x,y,z planes)?