Chapter 8 Special Senses

Ear Anatomy

Disease of ear

Roots/Suffix

Disease of Eye

Eye Anatomy

100

What is another name for the pinna of the ear?

a. cochlea

b. vestibule

c. meatus

d. auricle

100

A sensation of ringing in the ears is called:

a. tinnitus

b. cerumen

c. vertigo

d. incusitis

a. tinnitus

100

myring/o

tympanic membrane

100

What is a cataract?

a. removal of the lens

b. cloudiness of the lens

c. retinopathy

d. macular degeneration

b. cloudiness of the lens

100

What is the white of the eye?

a. choroid

b. cornea

c. retina

d. sclera

200

The vestibular apparatus contains receptors for what?

a. smell

b. hearing

c. vibration

d. equilibrium

200

Which type of hearing loss is a result of a blockage in sound transmission to the inner ear?

a. sensorineural hearing loss

b. meniere disease

c. otitis

d. conductive hearing loss

200

opt/o

eye or vision

200

What is nearsightedness technically called?

a. hyperopia

b. presbyopia

c. astigmatism

d. myopia

200

What is the optic disk?

a. macula

b. middle layer of the eye

c. blind spot

d. area of convergence

c. blind spot

300

What does the auditory tubes connect?

a. tympanic membrane with the out ear

b. semicircular canals with the nasal cavity

c. middle ear cavity with the pharynx

d. spiral organ with the vestibular apparatus

c. middle ear cavity with the pharynx

300

What is the medical term for swimmers ear?

a. sensorineural hearing loss

b. otitis externa

c. otitis media

d. acoustic neuroma

b. otitis externa

300

corne/o

cornea

300

What is the medical term for "pink eye"?

a. astigmatism

b. glaucoma

c. ophthalmia neonatorum

d. conjunctivitis

300

What does the uvea of the eye consists of?

a. choroid

b. ciliary body

c. iris

d. choroid, ciliary body, and iris

400

What is the middle ossicle of the ear?

a. labyrinth

b. incus

c. stapes

d. malleus

b. incus

400

Which cranial nerve is mainly affected by an acoustic neuroma?

a. third

b. fourth

c. sixth

d. eighth

400

-osmia

sense of smell

400

Which disease may cause the appearance of a "black curtain"?

a. presbyopia

b. Retina Detachment

c. Glaucoma

d. diabetic retinopathy

b. Retina Detachment

400

The cornea's shape is mainted by the:

a. macula

b. aqueous humor

c. lens

d. ciliary muscle

b. aqueous humor

500

What is the portion of the ear described as labyrinthine?

a. outer ear

b. auditory meatus

c. inner ear

d. tympanic membrane

c. inner ear

500

What is a plastic repair of the stapes?

a. saplingoplasty

b. vestibulometry

c. stapedoplasty

d. myringotomy

c. stapedoplasty

500

dacry/o

tear

500

Diplopia is:

a. double vision

b. farsightedness

c. night blindness

d. blindness

a. double vision

500

The fovea of the eye is the:

a. point of sharpest vision

b. area with the most rods

c. center of the optic nerve

d. outer layer of the eye

a. point of sharpest vision