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EYE ANATOMY
EYE DISORDERS
EAR ANATOMY
EAR DISORDERS
MISCELLANEOUS
100
This is the name of the clear layer that forms the external bump on the front of the eye?
What is the cornea?
100
This is an opacity of the lens
What is a cataract?
100
This is the medical term for the eardrum
What is the tympanic membrane?
100
This is the most common cause of an impacted ear canal.
What is cerumen?
100
These are the 2 functions of the ear.
What are hearing and balance?
200
This is the medical name for the "blind spot"
What is the optic disc? It contains only nerve fibers and no photoreceptor cells.
200
This disorder has 2 types: wet and dry
What is macular degeneration?
200
This part of the ear is often pierced ( the the lobe)--see diagram 1.
What is the tragus?
200
This disorder is related to an excess of endolymphatic fluid which causes vertigo and tinnitus.
What is Ménière's disease?
200
This is the medical name for ringing in the ears.
What is tinnitus?
300
Tears are produced in this gland
What is the lacrimal gland?
300
With this disorder the patient may describe the sensation of a curtain being pulled over part of the visual field.
What is retinal detachment?
300
Endolymph is found here.
What is the membranous labyrinth? If answered in the semicircular canals that is acceptable. See diagram 2 if unclear
300
Damage to the 8th cranial nerve can cause this type of hearing loss.
What is sensorineural?
300
This is the medical name for bright flashes of light.
What is photopsia?
400
This is the name of the opening where tears drain
What is the punctum?
400
This is the medical name for a hemorrhage in the anterior chamber that occurs when a force is applied to the eye and breaks the blood vessels.
What is a hyphema?
400
These structures are located in the middle ear
What are the eardrum and the 3 bony ossicles ( incus, malleus and stapes)
400
This disorder is caused when abnormal bone forms on the stapes and affects hearing.
What is otosclerosis?
400
This cranial nerve is the optic nerve
What is cranial nerve II?
500
What are the names of the 2 types of photoreceptors and which one works at low light and provides peripheral vision and which one works at bright light and provides color and central vision?
What are rods and cones? Rods work at low light levels and provide peripheral vision and Cones work at bright light and provide color and central vision.
500
This is the most common surgery for ocular melanoma
What is enucleation (surgical removal of the entire eyeball)?
500
These 2 nerves make up the 8th cranial nerve.
What are the vestibular and cochlear nerves?
500
This is an infection of the air cells which are embedded in the temporal bone.
What is mastoiditis?
500
This the medical term for drooping of the eyelid.
What is ptosis?