Exam 12: Peripheral Nervous System: Special Sense Organs

What is the term for farsightedness?

Which of the following secretes tears?

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

What is a term for an opacity on or in the lens or capsule of the eye,often impairing vision or causing blindness?

An electronic instrument for measuring hearing _______________

Any disease of the retina _______________

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

Which term means pertaining to sound or hearing?

What is the function of a Snellen chart?

Which of the following is a structure located in the posterior part of the eye and filled with a soft,jelly-like material?

Which term means progressive deterioration of the retina associated with new vessel formation?

Which term means sensory nerve endings that respond to various kinds of stimulation?

Which term means the sense of smell?

Which condition means reduced vision in one eye,often correctable by wearing an eye patch?

Hearing loss is more likely to occur after which of the following disorders?

A 23-year-old woman has swelling in her eyelid after an infection caused by her eye makeup.What is another term for this swelling?

What does otosclerosis mean?

What aspect of taste buds allows them to be stimulated by sweet,sour,bitter,and salty tastes?

What is the term for examination of the ear using an otoscope?

Which of the following refers to color blindness?