Anatomy of the Eye
Carries impulses to the brain
What is the Optic Nerve?
Farsightedness, Nearsightedness
What is Hyperopia, Myopia?
Ear wax
What is Cerumen?
Condition associated with dizziness
What is Vertigo?
Medical device used to look into the ears
What is an Otoscope?
The blind spot
Irregular focusing of light rays
The outer portion of the ear
What is the Pinna?
Also accepted: Auracle
Ringing or buzzing in the ear
What is Tinnitus?
The outward turning of the eyelids
What is Ectropion?
Refracts and focuses light
What is the Lens?
Present in 50% of adults over the age of 75
What are Cataracts?
The three ossicles
What are the Malleus, Incus, and Stapes?
Inflammation of the External Ear Canal
What is Otitis Media?
The medical term for the Ear Drum
The eyeball layers; in order
What are the Sclera, Choroid, and Retina?
Characterized by repetitive or involuntary eye movement
What is Nystagmus?
The two membrane lined, fluid filled chambers of the inner ear
What are the Cochlea and the Labyrinth?
The two basic types of hearing loss and their cause
What is Conductive Loss?
- impairment of the eardrum
What is Sensorineural Loss?
Also accepted: Nerve deafness
- impairment of the cochlea or auditiory nerve
Measures the electrical activity of the retina
What is Electroretinography?
Area of densely packed cones for detailed vision
What is the Fovea?
Caused by an infection resulting from the Herpes Simplex Virus
The function of the Semicircular Canals
What is to detect movement of the head and relay theis information to the brain?
Characterized by Vertigo, Tinnitus, progressive hearing loss and feeling of fullness in the ear
What is Meniere's Disease?
What is the hammer (Malleus)?
What is the anvil (Incus)?
What is the stirrups (Stapes)?