Eyes
True or False: The Ciliary body and lens are active in accommodation of both near and far vision.
True
Myringotomy is the same term as
Tympanotomy
The E chart is typically used for what type of patients
patients who are unable to read English
This system includes all of the cranial nerves that carry impulses to and from the brain and all of the spinal nerves that carry messages to and from the spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System
Describes as the "Little brain" and is located beneath the posterior part of the cerebral hemispheres of the brain
Cerebellum
Receptors for pain
Free nerve endings
The adjective lacrimal refers to
Tears
A sensation of ringing in the ears is called
Tinnitus
True or False: You must take into consideration the color of the wall where the chart is posted when setting up a visual acuity screening.
False
Collection of neuron cell bodies outside the central nervous system
Ganglion
The layer of the meninges that most closely follows the contours of the brain
Pia mater
Tactile corpuscles are associated with what sense
Touch
A sudden contraction of the eyelid is known as
Belpharospasm
The vestibular apparatus is associated with
Equilibrium
The number of feet the patient must be from the visual acuity chart.
20 feet
Describes a patient who was in an MVA and is unable to move their arms or legs
Tetraplegia
Vascular network that forms the cerebrospinal fluid
Choroid plexus
The term for the middle, pigmented layer of the eye
Choroid
Plastic repair of the cornea is known as
Keratoplasty
Another name for the pinna of the ear
Auricle
The Snellen eye chart is used to assess
Visual acuity
What is the most likely diagnosis for a patient who has been experiencing muscle weakness and has been informed that they have abnormal antibodies attacking the myelin sheath around the neurons in their central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis
area of the brain that is most likely to have been injured if a person has difficulty in forming words
Broca area
The cranial nerve that would transmit pain after being poked inthe eye
Opthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve
Conjunctivitis affects which part of the eye structure
Membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the eye
The procedure to remove excessive or impacted cerumen is
Ear irrigation
When performing an eye irrigation, the solution should be released at which point?
at the inner canthus
Fibers that conduct impulses away from the cell body
Axons
The part of the brain stem that contains relay centers for eye and ear reflexes
Midbrain
Another name for the blind spot
Optic disk
Nearsightedness is technically referred to as
Myopia
True or False: Ear irrigation should be performed for all ear infectons
False
When should an eye irrigation not be performed?
When there is potential for corneal damage
Region innervated by the brachial plexus
Arms and shoulders
the cranial nerve that supplies motor impulses to the tongue
Hypoglossal nerve
Where are equilibrium receptors located
Vertibule
True or False: Legal blindness has a visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in the better eye
True
True or False: You should have the patient lay in the prone position to allow for easy access to the ear and help facilitate movement of solution out of the ear and into the basis when performing ear irrigation
False
Sitting position
What chart is used for patients who are too young to identify the letters of the alphabet?
Symbol chart
Term that describes the deep groove that divides the right and left portions of the ventral white matter
Anterior median fissure
Temporary facial paralysis would be the results of injury to what cranial nerve
VII
The sense that describes the motion of shaking your head
Cristae in the semicircular canals