Eyes and Sight
Aqueous humor
What is the watery fluid in front of the lens (in the anterior chamber of the eye)?
Ringing in the ears
What is tinnitus?
Epistaxis
What is a nosebleed?
A disease that affects a person's central vision and can result in severe loss of central vision, but people rarely go blind from it
What is age-related macular degeneration?
Diabetic retinopathy
What is a diabetes complication that affects eyes. It's caused by damage to the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye (retina).
Vitreous humor
What is the jellylike fluid behind the lens (in the posterior chamber)?
Separates the external/outer ear from the middle ear.
What is the tympanic membrane?
Divides the nasal passage
What is the septum?
Caused by increased fluid pressure in the eye.
What is glaucoma?
This sense has a strong connection between emotions and memories.
What is smell/olfaction?
Gives the eye its color and provides protection from ultraviolet (UV) radiation, infrared light, and visible light, and can block over 99.9% of absorbed UV radiation
What is the function of melanin in the eye.
The pinna or auricle
What is part of the outer ear?
A "nose job"
What is rhinoplasty?
Eyesight change caused by the elongation of the eyeball.
What is nearsightedness or myopia?
Propioception
What is the body's ability to sense its position, movement, and action in space?
Caused by long-term exposure to UV radiation in sunlight manifested in the lens becoming hard and "milky".
What is a cataract?
The three layers of the eyeball.
Bonus if you can name at least one structure in each layer.
What are the fibrous layer, the vascular layer, and the inner layer?
Fibrous: sclera, cornea
Vascular: Choroid, ciliary muscle, iris, lens
Inner: Retina, optic nerve, retinal blood vessels
Microscopic, hair-like structures that line the nasal passages and paranasal sinuses and play an important role in the respiratory system.
What are nasal cilia?
An X-linked genetic condition involving the inability to perceive or distinguish some colors.
What is color vision deficiency?
The three layers of the eyeball.
Bonus if you can name at least one structure in each layer.
What are the:
Fibrous layer: sclera, cornea
Vascular layer: Choroid, ciliary muscle, iris, lens
Inner layer: Retina, optic nerve, retinal blood vessels
Conjunctiva
What is the mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelids.
A condition that causes abnormal bone growth in the middle ear, which can lead to hearing loss and balance issues.
What is otosclerosis?
Transmits tears from the surface of the eye to the nasal cavity.
What is the lacrimal duct system?
A distortion of the image in the eye caused by irregularities of the cornea or lens.
What is an Astigmatism?
The sensory information regarding flavor is a combination of these two senses and can be affected by the other senses (touch, pain, or temperature).
What is gustatory and olfactory senses?