Deck 8: The Sensory System

Question 1

The sclera supports the _____.

Answer 1

eyeball

Question 2

The ciliary muscles are used for _______.

Answer 2

focusing

Question 3

The client is having difficulty with shades of black and white. The nurse identifies that the _________ are the sensors of shades of black and white.

Answer 3

rods

Question 4

The cones are receptors of bright light and ____.

Question 5

The medical assistant will be testing the patient's vision using the _____________________ chart.

Question 6

The auricle is in the __________ ear.

Question 7

Olfactory organs are located within the: ____________________ cavity.

Question 8

Taste buds contain ________ cells.

Question 9

The patient has a severe eye infection. The health care provider will make a referral to a(n): _____________.

Question 10

The test used for glaucoma is: _____________________.

Question 11

The patient is experiencing farsightedness or ____________.

Question 12

Strabismus is due to ____________ of the eyes.

Question 13

The physician diagnoses the patient with keratitis. The medical assistant identifies that as an inflammation of the _____________.

Question 14

The patient states she has a constant ringing in her ears. This should be documented as ___________.

Question 15

Functions of the ear include hearing and _________.

Question 16

Sensory organs are also known as sensory __________________.

Question 17

The posterior surface of the eyelid is lined with the ____________________.

Question 18

The posterior section of the eye is the ____________________.

Question 19

Refraction takes place in the ____________________.

Question 20

The eyeball is supported by the ____________________.

Question 21

When the health care provider has the patient focus on objects at varying distance, he is assessing ____________________.

Question 22

The area of the eye that decodes light waves and sends information to the brain is the _______________.

Question 23

The medical term for cornea transplant is ____________________.

Question 24

The anterior chamber of the eyeball lies between the cornea and the ____________________.

Question 25

The posterior chamber of the eyeball lies between the lens and the ____________________.

Question 26

Increased ocular pressure of the aqueous humor causes ___________.

Question 27

The olfactory organs control the sense of ____________________.

Question 28

Most taste buds are contained within the ____________________.

Question 29

A medical specialist who treats the eyes is a(n) ____________________.

Question 30

A nonmedical hearing specialist is a(n) ____________________.

Question 31

Hyperopia is also known as ____________________.

Question 32

The patient has one eye that deviates inward. This should be documented as: ____________________.

Question 33

The health care provider documents deviation of one eye outward as
____________________.

Question 34

The nurse identifies that the patient is experiencing double vision or ____________________.

Question 35

Upon assessment, the health care provider identifies that the patient has cloudiness of the lens of the eye, or ____________________.

Question 36

The patient is having difficulty distinguishing black and white shades. The health care provider suspects what is affected?

Question 37

The patient cannot sense any red tones. The health care providers suspect what is affected?

Question 38

The sensory system does not include __________.

A) sight
B) touch
C) hearing
D) perception

Question 39

Which of the following statements is true regarding the cornea?

A) It has no blood supply
B) It is white
C) It is transparent
D) It has no blood supply and is transparent

Question 40

The health care provider teaches the students that the uvea includes the __________.

A) retina
B) iris
C) rods
D) cones

Question 41

The health care provider explains to the adolescent that hearing can be damaged at or above __________.

A) 40dB
B) 60dB
C) 130dB
D) 90dB

Question 42

Identify the combining form blephar/o with its closest definition.

A) Cornea
B) Hearing
C) Pupil
D) Eyelid

Question 43

Identify the combining form cycl/o with its closest definition.

A) Ciliary body
B) Cornea
C) Cochlea
D) Pupil

Question 44

Identify the combining form corne/o with its closest definition.

A) Cochlea
B) Cornea
C) Conjunctiva
D) Wax

Question 45

Identify the combining form core/o with its closest definition.

A) Pupil
B) Cornea
C) Cochlea
D) Hearing

Question 46

Identify the combining form conjunctiv/o with its closest definition.

A) Eyelid
B) Cornea
C) Conjunctiva
D) Cochlea

Question 47

Identify the combining form aur/o with its closest definition.

A) Eardrum
B) Eye
C) Hearing
D) Mastoid process

Question 48

Identify the combining form ir/o with its closest definition.

A) Hearing
B) Eye
C) Iris
D) Tears

Question 49

Identify the combining form tympan/o with its closest definition.

A) Middle ear
B) Darkness
C) Outer ear

Question 50

Identify the combining form scler/o with its closest definition.

A) Darkness
B) Uvea
C) White of eye
D) Lens

Question 51

Identify the combining form retin/o with its closest definition.

A) Eye
B) Lens
C) Pupil
D) retina

Question 52

Identify the combining form scot/o with its closest definition.

A) Darkness
B) Light
C) Old
D) Lens

Question 53

The nurse assesses the patient's response to light by checking what part of the eye?

A) Iris
B) Pupil
C) Lens
D) Uvea