Senses
The term for the sense of taste.
What is gustation?
In the external ear, sound waves enter the pinna and vibrate what structure on the way to the middle ear?
What is the tympanic membrane?
Term for hardening of the bones in the ear.
What is otosclerosis?
Where are the adrenal glands located?
Where is on top of the kidneys?
Exophthalmos is associated with which condition?
(Protrusion of the eyeballs) is common in Graves disease associated with hyperthyroidism.
If you receive information about an object through your tactile sense, how did you sense it?
What is the scientific name for the white of the eye?
What is the sclera?
Hearing loss resulting from damage to the inner ear, the 8th cranial nerve, or the central auditory pathways.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
What part of the brain controls the pituitary gland?
What is the hypothalamus?
What results from hyposecretion of growth hormone?
What is dwarfism?
What two senses come from the ear?
What are hearing and equilibrium?
What term describes double vision?
What is diplopia?
Infection that leads to fluid accumulation in the middle ear.
What is otitis media?
Gonadotropins act on which body parts?
What are the ovaries and testes?
What results from hypersecretion of insulin?
What is hypoglycemia?
The olfactory nerve carries what sense to the brain?
What is smell?
What is the name for the waxy substance that protects the ear and prevents infection?
What is cerumen?
Highly infectious disease caused by many microorganisms that is commonly known as "pink eye"
What is conjunctivitis?
What is epinephrine (adrenaline)?
A goiter is a common sign of disease of which endocrine organ?
What is the thyroid?
What term describes the awareness of body positioning?
What is proprioception?
Name the bones of the inner ear.
What are the stapes, the incus, and the malleus?
Deterioration of the part of the retina with the best vision related to aging that causes problems with the central vision field.
What is age related macular degeneration?
Hormone released by the pancreatic islet that aides in glucose uptake by the cells (resulting in lower blood glucose) and also required for cellular metabolism of nutrients.
What is insulin?
What disease is diagnosed by measuring blood glucose levels over time?
What is diabetes?