Exam 14: Special Sensory Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System

What does ocular mean?

Any disease of the retina is known as ____________.

A 14-year-old boy who is on the high school swim team is complaining of pain in his ear. His physician diagnoses the pain as swimmer's ear, resulting from exposure to a fungus. The term for this condition is:

An electronic instrument for measuring hearing is a(n) ____________.

What does hordeolum mean?

A physician uses an otoscope to examine a patient's ear. She notes that the patient has inflammation of the tympanic membrane, also referred to as:

What does iridic mean?

Which term is commonly called red eyes or pink eye?

A 46-year-old woman has recently developed farsightedness that appears to be worsening with age. This is referred to as:

Which term means pertaining to the external ear?

What does myringitis mean?

____________ means tearing or crying.

Adjustment of light refraction to improve visual acuity is called:

The profound inability to see color is referred to as ____________.

Which term means a yellowish, brown waxy substance which lubricates and protects the ear?

A patient reports she no longer drives at night because she has difficulty seeing. Which of the following terms matches this symptom?

Which of the following is a means of measuring intraocular pressure?

Which of the following are special receptors that initiate the sense of pain?

A 4-year-old girl is evaluated by a pediatrician for a possible ear infection. In her ear, the physician finds a large amount of discharge, also called:

Which term means inflammation of the eyelid?