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36 Cards in this Set
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Describe how you should interact with apt who is hearing impaired |
Speak clearly Speak slowly Reduced background noise Make eye contact |
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Caused by cloudiness of the lens |
Cataracts |
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Myopia |
Nearsightedness |
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Tinnitus |
Ringing in the ears |
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Astigmatism |
Casued by irregularities in the curvature of the lens of the eye |
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Otitis |
Ear infection |
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Presbyopia |
olsightedness |
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Hyperopia |
Farsightedness |
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Macular degeneration |
Is the leading cause of blindness of the elderly |
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Otosclerosis |
Structural irregularity in the stapes that impairs hearing |
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Glaucoma |
is caused by excessive intaocculer pressure |
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The cornea |
Is the clear part of the front of the eye sometimes referred too as the window of the eye |
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The pupil |
Is a hole in the eye that lets light in |
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Iris |
Is the colored part of the eye |
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Cone |
Is the receptor that responds to bright light and is able to distinguish color |
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The rod |
Is the receptor that dim light and responds to night vision |
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Fovea |
Contains the highest concentration on cones |
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The white of the eye |
Sclera |
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The choroid |
The the middle layer of the eyeball |
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Lies directly behind the pupil and is used to focus light |
Lens |
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Presbycusis |
Progressive hearing loss ass. with age |
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The lens |
is not ass. with the retina |
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The cochlea |
Is not a bone in the middle ear |
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The cocleah |
Is the structure in the inner ear that is the organ of hearing |
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The sense of touch is found in.. |
The dermis |
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The conjunctiva |
Is not one of the 3 layers of tissue that form the eyeball |
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Glaucoma |
is caused by an abnormal accumulation of aqueous humor in the eye |
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Light does not pass through.... |
The sclera |
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The 3 bones in the middle ear |
Malleus Incus Stapes |
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The photo receptors of the eye |
Rods & The Cones |
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Main function of a sense receptor |
Is to convert physical stimulus into a nerve impulse |
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The olfactory |
is responsible for your sense of smell |
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Gustatory cells |
are responsible for your sense of taste |
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The lacrimal gland produce... |
Tears |
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The mucus membrane that covers the inside of the eyelid and the front of the sclera is called... |
The conjunctiva |
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separates the middle ear from the inner ear |
The oval Window |
