Eye And Ear Terminology

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ability to perceive and understand an object through touch by size, shape and texture

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stereognosis

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opaque tissue making up the "whites" of eyes, external layer

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sclera

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photoreceptors that work at low light levels and provide peripheral vision

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rods

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photoreceptors that are active at bright light levels and provide color vision and central vision

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cones

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blind spot on retina of eye where optic nerve enters and exits eyeball

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optic disc

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center of macula of retina where vision is most acute

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fovea centralis

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muscles around eye are innervated by which nerves?

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III oculomotor
IV trochlear
VI abducens

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nerve of sight, connecting optic disc to brain

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II optic

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innervates lacrimal glands and muscles controlling lid closure

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VII facial

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nerve that stimulates blink reflex when cornea is touched

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V trigeminal

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perfect refraction of eye

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emmetropia

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when eye does not refract light enough (farsightedness)

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hyperopia

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when eye overrefracts or overbends light (nearsightedness)

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myopia

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refractive error of eye caused by uneven surfaces on or in eye

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astigmatism

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pupillary constriction

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miosis

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pupillary dilation

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mydriasis

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opaque, bluish white ring within outer edge of cornea caused by fat deposits

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arcus senilis

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farsightedness caused by loss of elasticity of lens of eye, age related

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presbyopia

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retinal detachment more common in

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men

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dry-eye syndromes more common in

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women

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for eye health, what should diet include?

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red, orange, and dark green vegetables and fruits

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drooping of eyelids

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ptosis

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noticeable difference in size of pupils

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anisocoria

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involuntary or rapid twitching of eyeball

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nystagmus

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color vision test

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Ishihara

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simple test for macular degeneration

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Amsler Grid

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inflammation of eyelid edges, reduced tear production, itchy, red, burning eyes

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blepharitis

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inward turning of eyelashes, causing lashes to rub against eye

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entropion

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outward turning and sagging of eyelid

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ectropion

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infection of sweat glands in eyelid or sebaceous glands (staph or strep causative organisms usually)

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hordeolum (stye)

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inflammation of the sebacious gland in eyelid

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chalazion

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dry-eye syndrome

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keratoconjuctivitis sicca

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inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva

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conjuntivitis

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corneal transplant

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keratoplasty

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opacity of the lens that distorts the image projected onto the retina

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cataract

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group of ocular diseases resulting in increased IOP

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glaucoma

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normal IOP

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10-21 mmHg

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hemorrhage in the anterior chamber of eye

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hypema

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surgical removal of eye

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enucleation

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common ototoxic drugs

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antibiotics (mycins); diuretics (such as furosemide) NSAIDS, chemotherapy agents, quinine

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hearing test that compares hearing by air conduction vs bone conduction

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Rinne test

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basic hearing test that determines if there is lateralization in hearing

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Weber test

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measuring hearing acuity

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audiometry

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measures the mobility of the eardrum adn structures of middle ear

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tympanometry

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trauma, swimmer's ear, infection, or irritation of external ear

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external otitis

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infection of tough, fibrous tissue layer that surrounds the ear cartilage

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perichondritis

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infection of middle ear

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otitis media

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sensorineural hearing loss that occurs as a result of aging

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presbycusis

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disturbance of equilibrium accompanied by n/v, pallor, sweating

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motion sickness

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abnormal inner ear fluid balance, progressive sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, n/v

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Meniere's disease

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inflammation of inner ear, may be r/t viral or bacterial infection, with vertifo, n/v, hearing loss, tinnitus

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labyrinthitis

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surgical reconstructuion of the eardrum

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myringoplasty

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drugs that paralyze the ciliary muscle

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cycloplegic

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drugs that dilate the pupil

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mydriatics

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drugs that reduce IOP by decreasing aqueous humor production

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topical beta blockers

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drugs that lower IOP by decreasing aqueous humor production and may increase aqeous humor outflow

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alpha 2 agonists

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drug that lowers IOP by facilitating aqueous humor outflow

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prostaglandin analogs

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drug for treatment of wet macular degeneration

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angiogenesis inhibitors