Exam 13: Special Senses: the Eye and Ear

Which of the following pathological conditions is the loss of mobility of the stapes?

The ciliary body changes the shape of the lens.

The combining form that means cochlea is ________.

A medical term that means pertaining to the retina is ________.

Which of the following surgical procedures reshapes the cornea?

An acoustic neuroma is a cancerous tumor of the sheath around the eighth cranial nerve.

Macular degeneration is a condition affecting the choroid layer of the eyeball.

Amblyopia occurs when a person loses vision not as a result of actual eye pathology.

Which of the following terms refers to dizziness?

Which of the following pathological conditions is an example of strabismus?

The combining form that means night is ________.

The combining form that means auditory tube is ________.

The macula lutea is the center of the fovea centralis.

Which cranial nerve carries hearing and equilibrium sensory information to the brain?

A mydriatic drop is a medication to dilate the pupil of the eye.

Which term means cutting into the eardrum (tympanic membrane)?

Which of the following diagnostic procedures is a test of hearing ability?

Which of the following pathological conditions is the loss of half the visual field,often due to a stroke?

The ear is responsible for two senses: hearing and balance.

Which of the following statements regarding the inner ear is NOT true?