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Medical Terminology
The Sensory System—Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
Term | Definition |
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If people are aural learners they learn best by Blank______. | Hearing |
Hypoacusis | Decreased sensitivity to sound |
Otalgia | Ear Pain |
Tinnitus | Ringing in Ear |
Vertigo | Dizziness |
Otorrhea | Ear discharge |
An instrument used for looking at the lens is a ________. | Phacoscope |
The term used for the movement of the iris is __________. | Iridokinesis |
Exotropia Esotropia | an abnormal turning of the eye |
Blepharoptosis | Drooping Eyelids |
Blepharedema | Swelling Eyelids |
Blepharopyorrhea | Pus draining from eyelids |
Exophthalmos | Eye bulging |
Miosis | Constriction of Pupils when looking at Light |
The term that means discharge of pus in tears is _________. | Dacryopyorrhea |
An instrument used for looking at the lens is a __________. | Phacoscope |
Protrusion of eyes out of the eye socket is ______. | Exophthalmus |
Inward turning of the eyelid | Entropion |
Outward turning of the lid | Ectropion |
Dacryolith | Hard formation (stone) in the tear system |
Keratomalacia | abnormal softening of the cornea |
What is an instrument used for looking at the eye? | Opthalmoscope |
Which of the following is the term used for swelling of the optic nerve where it enters the retina? | Papilledema |
The term for abnormal softening of the sclera is __________. | Scleromalacia |
The term used for abnormal softening of the lens is ______ | Phacomalacia |
The medical term for narrowing of the tear duct is ______. | dacryostenosis. |
Protrusion of eyes out of the eye socket is ______. | |
Which terms refer to removal of the eye? | Enucleation Ophthalmectomy |
Allograft Homograft | Transplant from same species |