Exam 14: Special Sensory Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System

Which of the following cause refraction of light rays?

Surgical repair or reconstruction of the external ear is a procedure called ____________.

The term for farsightedness is:

Nerve endings that detect changes in temperature are termed:

What does the combining form ocul/o refer to?

Which structure is a spiral tunnel that contains the sense of hearing?

A 23-year-old woman is diagnosed with blepharitis, caused by her eye makeup. This condition is:

The bones of the inner ear include the stapes, malleus, and:

At the end of the eye exam, ophthalmologists commonly perform a slit-lamp examination, which examines the various layers of the eye with a bright light, usually after the pupils have been dilated using a(n):

Which term means inflammation of the middle ear?

What does vertigo mean?

Increased sensitivity to odors is ____________.

What does otosclerosis mean?

A 5-year-old boy has matter in his eye and is diagnosed with "pink eye." Another term for this condition is:

What is the function of a Snellen chart?

Myring/o is the combining form for the ____________.

Which of the following refers to a type of colorblindness?

What does the combining form cerumin/o refer to?

The auditory tube is another name for which tube?

A 4-year-old boy complains at preschool that he cannot tell the difference between colors. A profound inability to see color is called: