Deck 12: Peripheral Nervous System: Special Sense Organs

Question 1

Which of the following structures provide a sense of balance?

A) Auditory tubes
B) Lacrimal gland
C) Nasolacrimal glands
D) Semicircular canals

Answer 1

Semicircular canals

Question 2

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

A) Choroid
B) Cochlea
C) Conjunctiva
D) Cornea

Answer 2

Cochlea

Question 3

Which term means capable of being heard?

A) Accommodation
B) Audible
C) Aural
D) Auricular

Answer 3

Audible

Question 4

What is nearsightedness called?

A) Exophthalmos
B) Hyperopia
C) Myopia
D) Myxedema

Question 5

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

A) Incus
B) Malleus
C) Sclera
D) Stapes

Question 6

What does the suffix -osmia refer to?

A) Hearing
B) Sight
C) Smell
D) Taste

Question 7

Which of the following is an abnormal condition of increased pressure within the eye?

A) Diplopia
B) Glaucoma
C) Hordeolum
D) Nyctalopia

Question 8

Which of the following refers to color blindness?

A) Achromatic vision
B) Day vision
C) Double vision
D) Night vision

Question 9

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

A) Ophthalmometer
B) Ophthalmometry
C) Tonometer
D) Tonometry

Question 10

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

A) Astigmatism
B) Hyperopia
C) Myopia
D) Presbyopia

Question 11

What is the term for farsightedness?

A) Astigmatism
B) Exophthalmos
C) Hyperopia
D) Myopia

Question 12

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

A) Earwax
B) Eustachian tube
C) Sclera
D) Semicircular canals

Question 13

What are nerve endings that detect changes in temperature called?

A) Chemoreceptors
B) Neurilemma
C) Photoreceptors
D) Thermoreceptors

Question 14

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

A) Cataract
B) Glaucoma
C) Macular degeneration
D) Photophobia

Question 15

Which surgical procedure is performed to correct ptosis?

A) Blepharoplasty
B) Cryoextraction
C) Intraocular lens transplant
D) LASIK

Question 16

What is a term for the separation of the retina from the back of the eye?

A) Amblyopia
B) Ptosis
C) Macular degeneration
D) Retinal detachment

Question 17

The auditory tube is another name for which tube?

A) Eustachian
B) Lacrimal
C) Nasolacrimal
D) Semicircular

Question 18

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?

A) Astigmatism
B) Diplopia
C) Glaucoma
D) Strabismus

Question 19

Which term means a yellowish,brown waxy substance that lubricates and protects the ear?

A) Cerumen
B) Cochlea
C) Malleus
D) Stapes

Question 20

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

A) Conjunctiva
B) Cornea
C) Iris
D) Retina

Question 21

What is the function of a Snellen chart?

A) It examines the various layers of the eye.
B) It is used for assessment of visual fields.
C) It is used to measure the cornea.
D) It tests sharpness of vision.

Question 22

Which term means pertaining to the external ear?

A) Auditory
B) Aural
C) Otosclerosis
D) Otoscopic

Question 23

What does otosclerosis mean?

A) A chronic disease of the middle ear with recurring episodes of hearing loss,dizziness,and ringing of the ears
B) Hardening of middle and inner ear structures
C) Inability to hear
D) Trauma of the ear

Question 24

Which of the following is used in an effort to correct complete hearing loss?

A) Cochlear implant
B) Laser photocoagulation
C) Otoplasty
D) Tympanostomy

Question 25

What does the combining form ocul(o)refer to?

A) Ear
B) Eye
C) Nerve
D) Nervous sensation

Question 26

What is the term for nerve endings that detect chemicals?

A) Chemoreceptors
B) Nasolacrimal sacs
C) Optic nerves
D) Rods and cones

Question 27

For what is Weber's tuning fork used?

A) Measuring the degree of deafness
B) Measuring the degree of hearing
C) Testing if hearing or lack of hearing is the same in both ears
D) Treating Ménière disease

Question 28

Which of the following are special receptors that initiate the sense of pain?

A) Chemoreceptors
B) Mechanoreceptors
C) Nociceptors
D) Thermoreceptors

Question 29

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

A) Cornea
B) Lens
C) Pupil
D) Vitreous chamber

Question 30

What does hordeolum mean?

A) Cataract
B) Glaucoma
C) Retinal detachment
D) Sty

Question 31

What does lacrimal mean?

A) Pertaining to hearing
B) Pertaining to the tears
C) Pertaining to the sense organs
D) Pertaining to vision

Question 32

Which term means inflammation of the eyelid?

A) Blepharitis
B) Ophthalmitis
C) Photophobia
D) Ptosis

Question 33

Which test examines the layers of the eye with a bright light,usually after dilation of the pupils?

A) Comparing the person's vision with normal vision of 20/20
B) Refraction
C) Slit-lamp examination
D) Tonometry

Question 34

What does iridic mean?

A) Of,pertaining to,or affecting the eye
B) Pertaining to hearing
C) The cornea
D) Pertaining to the iris

Question 35

Which term means pertaining to sound or hearing?

A) Acoustic
B) Auricular
C) Cochlear
D) Deafness

Question 36

What does myringitis mean?

A) Inflammation of the inner ear
B) Inflammation of the middle ear
C) Inflammation of the external ear structures
D) Inflammation of the tympanic membrane

Question 37

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

A) Amblyopia
B) Hordeolum
C) Photophobia
D) Nyctalopia

Question 38

Which of the following terms means a ringing,buzzing,roaring,or other noises in the ear?

A) Otorrhea
B) Otosclerosis
C) Tinnitus
D) Vertigo

Question 39

What does the combining form cerumin(o)refer to?

A) Eardrum
B) Earwax
C) Smell
D) Stapes

Question 40

What does chrom(o)mean?

A) Choroid
B) Color
C) Conjunctiva
D) Cornea

Question 41

A 34-year-old woman has a disorder of the left eye that presents as an uneven focusing of the image,which results from distortion of the curvature of the lens or cornea.What is this disorder called?

A) Amblyopia
B) Astigmatism
C) Myopia
D) Presbyopia

Question 42

A 4-year-old girl is evaluated by a pediatrician for a possible ear infection.In her ear,the physician finds a large amount of earwax.What is another term for earwax?

A) Cerumen
B) Hordeolum
C) Tinnitus
D) Vertigo

Question 43

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

A) Chemoreceptors
B) Mechanoreceptors
C) Nociceptors
D) Thermoreceptors

Question 44

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

A) Audiogram
B) Audiologist
C) Audiology
D) Audiometry

Question 45

What does vertigo mean?

A) Dizziness
B) Lack of accommodation reflex
C) Pertaining to the middle ear
D) Refraction of light

Question 46

Which term means pertaining to the sense of hearing and the organs involved?

A) Audible
B) Auditory
C) Auricular
D) Cochlear

Question 47

Which term is commonly called red eye or pink eye?

A) Cataract
B) Conjunctivitis
C) Daltonism
D) Retinopathy

Question 48

Which term means a weakness in perceiving colors distinctly?

A) Achromatic vision
B) Achromatopsia
C) Daltonism
D) Ménière disease

Question 49

A 46-year-old woman has recently developed farsightedness that appears to be worsening with age.What term describes this?

A) Amblyopia
B) Astigmatism
C) Myopia
D) Presbyopia

Question 50

Which of the following is a test that examines movement of blood through blood vessels of the eye?

A) Accommodation reflex
B) Fluorescein angiography
C) Tono-Pen tomography
D) Visual field assessment

Question 51

Which term means the sense of smell?

A) Anosmia
B) Hyperosmia
C) Olfaction
D) Olfactory

Question 52

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?

A) Blepharitis
B) Mastoiditis
C) Myringitis
D) Otitis

Question 53

A young patient requires an eye patch because of reduced vision in one eye that cannot be corrected by glasses.What is this condition called?

A) Achromatopsia
B) Blepharitis
C) Myopia
D) Strabismus

Question 54

A 17-year-old girl developed a sty after the use of false eyelashes.Resulting from an infected sebaceous gland of an eyelash,a sty is also called which of the following?

A) Blepharitis
B) Cerumen
C) Conjunctivitis
D) Hordeolum

Question 55

A 30-year-old man visits his physician and complains of hearing loss.The physician suspects there is hardening of the ear,which results in hearing impairment.What is the term for this disorder?

A) Otomycosis
B) Otoplasty
C) Otorrhea
D) Otosclerosis

Question 56

At the end of the eye examination,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 which of the following?

A) Ceruminolytics
B) A hordeolum
C) An iridic
D) A mydriatic

Question 57

A 4-year-old boy complains at preschool that he cannot tell the difference between colors.What is the term for a profound inability to see color?

A) Achromatopsia
B) Amblyopia
C) Myringitis
D) Presbyopia

Question 58

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?

A) Blepharedema
B) Conjunctivitis
C) Myringitis
D) Otitis

Question 59

What does ocular mean?

A) Of,pertaining to,or affecting the eye
B) Pertaining to hearing
C) Pertaining to the cornea
D) Pertaining to the iris

Question 60

Which term means inflammation of the middle ear?

A) Otitis
B) Otitis externa
C) Otitis interna
D) Otitis media

Question 61

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

A) Audiometry
B) Otoscopy
C) Refraction
D) Tuning fork test

Question 62

A patient reports she has been having difficulty smelling since her cold started.What is this impairment called?

A) Anosmia
B) Hyperosmia
C) Olfactoritis
D) Rhinitis

Question 63

A test for visual acuity uses letters and numbers or symbols arranged in decreasing size from top to bottom.Which of the following is used in the test just described?

A) LASIK
B) Ophthalmoscope
C) Otoscope
D) Snellen chart

Question 64

What is the term for the region of the eye where the optic nerve meets the retina?

A) Anterior chamber
B) Ciliary
C) Conjunctiva
D) Optic disc

Question 65

Which term means drooping of the eyelid?

A) Blepharedema
B) Lacrimation
C) Ptosis
D) Sclera

Question 66

Which structure is responsible for transmission of visual information to the brain?

A) Ciliary body
B) Conjunctiva
C) Optic nerve
D) Sclera

Question 67

A 14-year-old boy who is on the high school swim team complains of pain in his ear.His physician diagnoses the pain as swimmer's ear,resulting from exposure to a fungus.What is the term for this condition?

A) Otitis media
B) Otomycosis
C) Otorrhea
D) Otosclerosis

Question 68

A 9-year-old girl complains that she cannot see the chalkboard at school.She is able to read the work at her desk.What is the term for this irregularity in vision?

A) Amblyopia
B) Astigmatism
C) Myopia
D) Presbyopia

Question 69

The tympanic membrane refers to which structure?

A) Choroid
B) Eardrum
C) Otitis interna
D) Oval window

Question 70

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

A) Hamate
B) Incus
C) Mastoid
D) Maxilla

Question 71

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?

A) Daltonism
B) Hyperopia
C) Myopia
D) Photophobia

Question 72

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

A) Audiology
B) Ophthalmoscopy
C) Otoscopy
D) Refraction

Question 73

A 7-year-old girl complains of an earache.What is the term for this?

A) Otalgia
B) Otitis media
C) Otomycosis
D) Otorrhea

Question 74

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

A) Cataracts
B) Ossicles
C) Receptors
D) Sense organs

Question 75

A 5-year-old boy has matter in his eye and is diagnosed with "pink eye." Which of the following is another term for this condition?

A) Blepharitis
B) Conjunctivitis
C) Myringitis
D) Otitis

Question 76

Which type of receptor cells are rods and cones of the eye?

A) Chemoreceptors
B) Nociceptors
C) Photoreceptors
D) Thermoreceptors

Question 77

A patient reports she no longer drives at night because she has difficulty seeing.Which of the following terms matches this symptom?

A) Hyperopia
B) Myopia
C) Nyctalopia
D) Presbyopia

Question 78

Which of the following is a measure of the ability to distinguish letters and numbers at a given distance?

A) Accommodation reflex testing
B) Assessment of visual fields
C) Ophthalmoscopy
D) Visual acuity

Question 79

Which of the following cause refraction of light rays?

A) Daltonism and achromatic vision
B) Optic nerve and optic disk
C) Rods and cones
D) Shape and thickness of lens

Question 80

Which dark circular structure of the eye is surrounded by the iris?

A) Choroid
B) Cornea
C) Pupil
D) Sclera