Exam 13: Special Senses: Eye and Ear

The abbreviation Em stands for ____________________.

Removal of the mastoid process is ____________________.

The palpebral fissure is where the upper and lower eyelids meet.

The bending of light to project properly onto receptor cells of the eye is termed ____________________.

Another term for the pinna is the ____________________.

The combining form for the membrane that lines eyelids and covers the surface of the eye is:

Visual examination of the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye is tonometry.

Drugs that cause the pupils to constrict are termed ____________________.

A test of sharpness of vision is:

The eardrum is the ____________________ membrane.

The border of the cornea and the sclera is the ____________________.

Loss of half the visual field, often as a result of a cerebrovascular accident, is:

Loss of hearing, sometimes resulting from the aging process, is:

Removal of the third ossicle is a stapedectomy.

The abbreviation for otology is:

Normal vision is termed amblyopia.

The combining form for the middle, highly vascular layer of the eye is:

Progressive loss of transparency of the lens of the eye is:

Lack of coordination between the eyes, or "squint," is:

The lens flattens or thickens to adjust vision in a process termed ____________________.