Combining forms/ vocabulary
What term does the combining form blephar/o mean?
What is eyelid?
Which structure transmits external image using sensory impulses to the brain?
What is the optic nerve?
What two senses are the ears responsible for?
What is
Hearing
Equilibrium or sense of balance
Which of the following pathological conditions is commonly called pinkeye?
What is conjunctivitis?
What is a medical term for dizziness?
What is vertigo?
Which term means instrument to view inside the eye?
What is ophthalmoscope?
Which structure allows light to enter the eyeball?
What is the pupil?
Which structure is commonly called the eardrum?
What is the Tympanic membrane?
Which of the following pathological conditions is an ear infection commonly seen in children?
What is otitis media?
What medical term means visual loss due to old age?
What is presbyopia?
Which of the following terms refers to ringing in the ears?
What is tinnitus?
Which structure produces tears?
What is the lacrimal gland?
What are the:
Malleus
Incus
Stapes
Which of the following pathological conditions is due to increased intraocular pressure?
What is glaucoma?
What is normal loss of hearing with age called?
What is presbycusis?
Which term means double vision?
What is diplopia?
An upside down image is formed on this structure before being turned right side up by the brain
What is the retina?
What are the four structures of the ear?
What are the:
Auricle
External ear
Middle ear
Inner ear
This is noted by progressive hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus; the causes are not well understood
What is Ménière's disease?
What is the medical term that means difficulty seeing in dim light; also called night blindness
What is nyctalopia?
Which term means softening of the sclera?
What is scleromalacia?
What are the three layers of the eyeball?
What is
- Sclera
- Choroid
- Retina
This structure connects nasopharynx with the middle ear and opens with each swallow
What is the Eustachian Tube?
What is a progressive disease in which retina becomes hard and pigmented, then atrophies
What is retinitis pigmentosa?
What is it called when there is paralysis of one or more of the extraocular eye muscles?
What is ophthalmoplegia?