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)?
A condition that 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 hearing loss?
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 cause of vision loss.
What is Macular Degeneration?
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?