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Convex
transparent
projection of the eye that
refracts light to the lens.
What is the
cornea?
Causes a
painful, gradual blurring and
loss of vision.
What is
Cataracts?
The structure of the outer ear that collects
sound waves and directs
them into the auditory canal.
What is the
pinna (auricle)?
affects the
semicircular
canals causing vertigo?
What is
Meniere’s
disease?
A sensory organ with the ability to perceive
many
sensations.
What is skin?
A protective
membrane that lines the inside of the eyelids and covers the sclera.
What is the
conjunctiva?
Vision disorder that effects the cones of the retina.
Color blindness.
The tube that connects the middle ear to
the pharynx and equalizes the pressure.
What is the
Eustachian
tube?
The sensation of hearing ringing, buzzing,
hissing,
chirping,
whistling, or
other sounds.
What is
Tinnitus?
Growths in the nasal cavity
associated with rhinitis.
What are nasal polyps?
A cone-shaped cavity formed by the skull that houses and
protects the
eyeball.
What is the
Orbital cavity?
Symptoms are redness, pain, swelling, and discharge
effecting the tissue under the eyelids.
What is
Conjunctivitis?
The bones that transmit sound waves from the eardrum to the inner ear.
What are the auditory
ossicles?
Deafness due to the aging
process?
What is
Presbycusis
Bumps on the surface of the tongue that
contain the
taste buds.
What are
Papillae?
Structure of the retina
responsible for low light and peripheral
vision.
What are rods?
The degradation of vision that usually occurs after the age 40.
What is
Presbyopia?
Where the
stapes connects to cochlea.
What is the oval window?
Sounds to the inner ear are blocked by ear wax, fluid in the middle ear, or abnormal bone growth.
What is
Conductive
Partition that divides the nose into right and left sides.
What is the
septum?
The colored, muscular layer that surrounds the pupil.
What is the iris?
The leading
What is Macular Degeneration?
cause of vision loss.
The names of the auditory ossicles.
Malleus, incus, and stapes
Damage to
inner ear or auditory nerve causing partial
or complete deafness.
What is
sensorineural hearing loss?
Swollen, red
bumpy tongue with enlarged taste buds.
What is
Strawberry tongue?