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47 Cards in this Set
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Equilibrium |
The sense of balance |
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Gustation |
The sense of taste |
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Hearing |
The sense or perception of sound |
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Olfaction |
The sense of smell |
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Proprioception |
The awareness of posture, movement, and changes in equilibrium ; receptors are located in muscles, tendons, and joints |
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SUFFIX: -esthesia |
Sensation |
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SUFFIX: -algesia |
Pain |
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SUFFIX: -osmia |
Sense of smell |
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Suffix: -geusia |
Sense of taste |
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Sensory Receptor |
A sensory nerve ending or a specilized structure associated with a sensory nerve that responds to a stimulus |
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Tactile |
Pertaining to the sense of touch |
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Vision |
The sense by which the shape, size, and color of objects are perceived by means of the light they give off |
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Auditory Tube |
The tube that connects the middle ear with the nasopharynx and serves to equalize pressure between the outer and middle ear |
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Cerumen |
Earwax |
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Cochlea |
The coiled portion of the inner ear that contains the receptors for hearing |
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External Auditory Canal |
Tube that extends from the pinna of the ear to the tympanic membrane |
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Incus |
The middle ossicle of the ear |
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Labyrinth |
The inner ear, named for its complex structure, with resembles a maze |
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Malleus |
The ossicle of the middle ear that is in contact with the tympanic membrane and the incus |
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Ossicles |
The small bones of the middle ear; malleus, incus,stapes |
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Pinna |
The projecting part of the outer ear; auricle |
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Semicircular Canals |
The 3 curved channels of the inner ear that hold receptors for equilibrium |
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Spiral Organ |
The hearing receptor, which is located in the cochlea of the inner ear |
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Stapes |
The ossicle that is in contact with the inner ear |
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Tympanic Membrane |
The membrane between the external auditory canal and the middle ear(tympanic cavity); the eardrum. It serves to transmit sound waves to the ossicles of the middle ear |
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Vestibular Apparatus |
Portion of the inner ear that is concerned with the sense of equilibrium; consists of the Vestibule and the Semicircular canals |
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Vestibule |
The chamber in the inner ear that holds some of the receptors for equilibrium |
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Vestibulocochlear Nerve |
The nerve that transmits impulses for hearing and equilibrium from the ear to the brain; eighth cranial nerve; auditory or acoustic nerve |
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Audi/o |
Hearing |
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Acous, acus, cus |
Sound, hearing |
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Ot/o |
Ear |
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Myring/o |
Tympanic Membrane |
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Tympan/o |
Tympanic cavity (middle ear) |
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Salping/o |
Tube, auditory tube |
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Staped/o, stapedi/o |
Stapes( small bone in ear, ossicle) |
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Labyrinth/o |
Labyrinth(inner ear) |
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Vestibul/o |
Vestibule(chamber in inner ear), vestibular apparatus |
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Cochle/o |
Cochlea( of inner ear) |
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Acoustic Neuroma |
A tumor of the 8th cranial nerve sheath; although benign, it can press on surrounding tissue and produce symptoms; also called an acoustic or vestibular schwannoma or acoustic neurilemmoma |
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Conductive hearing loss |
Hearing impairment that results from blockage of sound transmission to the inner ear |
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Meniere disease |
A disease associated with increased fluid pressure in the inner ear and characterized by hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus |
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Otitis externa |
Inflammation of the external auditory canal ; swimmers ear |
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Otitis media |
Inflammation of the middle ear with accumulation of serous(watery) or mucoid fluid |
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Otosclerosis |
Formation of abnormal and sometimes hardened bony tissue in the ear. It usually occurs around the oval window and the footplate (base) of the stapes, causing immobilization of the stapes and progressive hearing loss |
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Sensorineural hearing loss |
Hearing impairment that results from damage to the inner ear, 8th cranial nerve or auditory pathways in the brain |
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Tinnitus |
A sensation of noises, such as ringing or tinkling in the ear |
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Vertigo |
An illusion of movement as of the body moving in space or the environment moving around the body; usually caused by disturbances in the Vestibular Apparatus. Used loosely to mean dizziness or lightheadedness |
