Deck 13: Special Senses: Eye and Ear

Question 1

The extraocular muscles attach the eyeball to the orbit and move the eyes.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The white of the eye is the alba.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Dryness and inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva caused by inadequate tear production is called photophobia.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The process of producing tears is termed lacrimation.

Question 5

The function of blinking is termed palpitation.

Question 6

Dacry/o and blephar/o are combining forms for the same structure.

Question 7

A turning inward of one or both eyes is called esotropia.

Question 8

A condition of no lens is aphakia.

Question 9

A swelling of the eyelid is termed blepharitis.

Question 10

The sclera is part of the hard outer covering of the eye.

Question 11

The bending of light is termed accommodation.

Question 12

Normal vision is termed amblyopia.

Question 13

Blepharochalasis refers to hypertrophy of the eyelid.

Question 14

Patients with an inflammation of the cornea have keratitis.

Question 15

The lacrimal glands secrete oil onto the eyelashes.

Question 16

Loss of half of the visual field is termed anisocoria.

Question 17

The eyelids are lined with a thin mucous membrane called the conjunctiva.

Question 18

The area within the macula lutea that provides the sharpest image is the optic disk.

Question 19

An inflamed lacrimal sac is termed dacryocystitis.

Question 20

The palpebral fissure is where the upper and lower eyelids meet.

Question 21

Involuntary back-and-forth eye movement caused by a disorder of the otic labyrinth is strabismus.

Question 22

The inability to see well in dim light is nyctalopia.

Question 23

Abnormal intraocular pressure caused by obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor is glaucoma.

Question 24

Lubricants keep the eyes moist.

Question 25

LRI is done to treat astigmatism.

Question 26

Adhesion of the iris to the lens and cornea is called macular degeneration.

Question 27

Another name for the visual field test is the Snellen test.

Question 28

Enucleation of the eye is a removal of the entire contents of the orbit.

Question 29

Miotics are used to dilate the pupils.

Question 30

Progressive loss of transparency of the lens of the eye is ARMD.

Question 31

A level of measurement that quantifies refraction error is diopters.

Question 32

Coreoplasty is a procedure to form an artificial cornea.

Question 33

Cycloplegics temporarily paralyze the ciliary body.

Question 34

An Amsler grid is used to assess peripheral vision.

Question 35

A notation of Em on a chart means the patient has farsightedness.

Question 36

Fluorescein staining is used to assess abnormalities of the cornea.

Question 37

Nearsightedness is hyperopia.

Question 38

Scleral buckling is done to reattach a detached retina.

Question 39

A slit lamp examination is used to examine the various layers of the eye.

Question 40

Visual examination of the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye is tonometry.

Question 41

Presbyopia is a type of hearing loss common in old age.

Question 42

The graphic representation of the results of audiometry is an audiometer.

Question 43

A chronic condition of the inner ear, characterized by vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus, is Ménière disease.

Question 44

Hearing loss caused by damage of the inner ear or auditory nerve is sensorineural hearing loss.

Question 45

The term for the stirrup-shaped bone is the incus.

Question 46

The term for earwax is cerumen.

Question 47

A method of distinguishing conductive from sensorineural hearing loss is a Weber tuning fork test.

Question 48

Surgical repair of the eardrum is a tympanoplasty.

Question 49

Inflammation of the middle ear is otitis media.

Question 50

The labyrinth is the inner ear.

Question 51

An otoplasty is done to the outer ear.

Question 52

Inflammation of the external ear is labyrinthitis.

Question 53

The pinna is a structure of the inner ear.

Question 54

A general term for hearing loss is paracusis.

Question 55

A term for an earache is otorrhea.

Question 56

The surgical creation of an opening through the eardrum to promote drainage is an otoplasty.

Question 57

Removal of the third ossicle is a stapedectomy.

Question 58

The tympanic membrane is between the middle and inner ear.

Question 59

Tinnitus is an abnormal sensation of movement.

Question 60

The cochlea is an organ of hearing.

Question 61

The process of producing tears is termed ____________________.

Question 62

The sebaceous glands for the eyelashes are termed ____________________ glands.

Question 63

A tympanogram is the graphic representation of tympanometry.

Question 64

The plural of stapes is stapedes.

Question 65

The S in ASL stands for "salping/o."

Question 66

The border of the cornea and the sclera is the ____________________.

Question 67

The corners of the eye are termed ____________________.

Question 68

OAE and ABR are terms used in testing a newborn's hearing ability.

Question 69

The inner layer of the eye is called the ____________________.

Question 70

Each eye is encased in a protective bony socket called the ____________________.

Question 71

The process of blinking is termed ____________________.

Question 72

The T in TM stands for "throat."

Question 73

The bending of light to project properly onto receptor cells of the eye is termed ____________________.

Question 74

A cochlear implant is done to assist with correcting a sense of disequilibrium.

Question 75

The lens flattens or thickens to adjust vision in a process termed ____________________.

Question 76

The ____________________ humor is the jellylike substance between the lens and the retina.

Question 77

The A in ACS stands for "ancillary."

Question 78

OAE refers to an inflammation of the outer ear.

Question 79

The fluid produced by the capillaries of the ciliary body is called the ____________________ humor.

Question 80

A patient with OM has a problem with his outer ear.