Exam 12: Peripheral Nervous System: Special Sense Organs

Which term means a health professional who detects and evaluates hearing loss and determines how a patient can best make use of remaining hearing?

Receptors that detect light _______________

Muscles of which structure regulate the amount of light entering the eye?

Which of the following is not a small bone of the middle ear?

Which of the following is impairment of vision due to advancing years or old age?

Which term means the testing of the sensitivity of the sense of hearing?

Increased sensitivity to odors _______________

The bones of the inner ear include the stapes,malleus,and which of the following?

Another term for tears _______________ fluid

Which term means the absence of external ears at birth?

What is the term for uneven curvature of the cornea or lens of the eye that prevents sharp focusing of an image on the retina?

Which term means capable of being heard?

Auricular pertaining to this external structure _______________

The combining form salping(o)sometimes refers to which structure?

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 which of the following?

What is another name for the lacrimal sac?

After a concussion,a 17-year-old boy says that he is sensitive to light and needs to wear sunglasses when inside.This excessive sensitivity to light is referred to as which of the following?

Which term means inflammation of the middle ear?

Which of the following are widely distributed in the skin and are sensitive to touch or pressure?

Surgical repair or reconstruction of the external ear _______________