Special Senses Reverse Definitions
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| A chamber that joins the cochlea and semicircular canals | show 🗑
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| A state of balance, controlled by the semicircular canals and the vestibule | show 🗑
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| A tube which connects the nose and the throat with the caavity of the middle ear | show 🗑
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| A waxy secretion produced by the glands of the external ear canal to prevent the entrances of tiny foreign particles | show 🗑
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| Ability to bend light rays as they pass from one medium to another | show 🗑
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| Abnormal overflow of tears | show 🗑
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| Accumulation of aqueous humor in the eye | show 🗑
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| show | accomodation
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| show | cycloplegic agents
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| An error in refraction causing poor focus | show 🗑
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| show | retinopathy
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| Any fluid of semifluid of the body | show 🗑
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| show | conduction impairment
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| show | retinitis pigmentosa
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| show | trachomo
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| Clearness or sharpness of a sensory function | show 🗑
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| Complete deafness; also called anacusia | show 🗑
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| show | noise-induced hearing loss
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| Condition in which one eyelid is misaligned with the other or out of synchrony | show 🗑
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| Constrict the small arterioles of the eye, decreasing redness and relieving conjunctival congestion | show 🗑
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| show | otoplasty
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| show | blepharoplasty
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| show | dacryocystorhinostomy
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| show | antiglaucoma agent
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| show | astigmatism
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| Dilation of the pupil | show 🗑
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| Discharge of pus from the ear | show 🗑
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| show | Meniere disease
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| show | diabetic retinopathy
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| Disrupt parasympathetic nerve supply to the eye or stimulate the sypathetic nervous system, causing the pupil to dilate | show 🗑
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| Ear pain | show 🗑
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| show | fluorescein angiography
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| Evaluation of intraocular pressure by measuring the resistance of the eyeball to indentation by an applied force | show 🗑
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| Evaluation of refractive errors of the eye by projecting a light into the eyes and determining the movement of reflected light rays | show 🗑
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| show | tuning fork test
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| Eversion, or outward turning, of the edges of the lower eyelid | show 🗑
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| show | gonioscopy
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| Excision of the iris | show 🗑
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| Farsightedness | show 🗑
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| show | dacryorrhea
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| show | perilymph
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| Flushing of the ear canal with water or saline to dislodge foreign bodies or impacted cerumen | show 🗑
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| Formation of an opening between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space for the draining of aqueous humor in glaucoma | show 🗑
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| show | otosclerosis
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| show | audition
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| Impaired vision in dim light; also called night blindness | show 🗑
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| Impairment of hearing resulting from old age; also called presbyacusia | show 🗑
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| Incision of the cornea for treatment of nearsightedness or astigmatism | show 🗑
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| Infection of the external auditiory canal | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the conjunctiva with vascular congestion, producing a red or pink eye and may be secondary to allergy or viral, bacterial, or fungal infections | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the eustachian tube | show 🗑
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| show | labyrinthitis
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| show | iritis
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| show | otitis media
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| show | ophthalmic antibiotics
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| Insertion of tubes through the tympanic membrane, commonly used to treat chronic otitis media; also called tympanostomy tubes or ventilation tubes | show 🗑
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| Inversion or inward turning of the edge of the lower eyelid | show 🗑
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| show | esotropia
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| show | tunic
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| Lazy eye syndrome | show 🗑
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| show | photopigment
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| show | hordeolum
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| Loosen and help remove impacted cerumen | show 🗑
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| Loss of accommodation of the crystalline lens associated with the aging process | show 🗑
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| show | anosmia
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| Measurement of hearing acuity at various sound wave frequencies | show 🗑
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| Measurement of the blood pressure of the retinal vessels | show 🗑
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| Method of assessing and recording eye movements by measuring the electrical activity of the extraocular muscles | show 🗑
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| Method of treating cataracts by using ultraxonic waves to disintegrate a cloudy lens, which is then aspirated and removed | show 🗑
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| Muscles which relax or contract to alter the shape of the lens , making it thicker or thinner, thus enabling the light rays to focus upon the retina | show 🗑
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| show | mastoid process
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| show | stapes
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| show | malleus
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| One of the three bones of the middle ear; shaped like an anvil | show 🗑
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| One of the three structures of the inner ear; responsible for balance | show 🗑
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| One who specializes in eye measurements | show 🗑
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| show | cataracts
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| Outward turning of the eye(s) | show 🗑
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| show | ophthalmoplegia
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| show | visual acuity (VA) test
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| show | tinnitus
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| show | lacrimal
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| show | olfactory
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| Placement of an artificial hearing device that produces hearing sensations by electrically stimulating nerves inside the inner ear; also called bionic ear | show 🗑
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| show | pneumatic otoscopy
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| show | blepharoptosis
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| Provide temporary relief from pain and inflammation associated with otic disorders | show 🗑
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| Radiographic imaging procedures of the nasolacrimal glands and ducts | show 🗑
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| Reconstruction of the eardrum, commonly due to perforation; also called myringoplasty | show 🗑
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| Removal of the contents of the eye while leaving the sclera and cornea intact | show 🗑
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| Removal of the eyeball rom the orbit | show 🗑
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| show | vertigo
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| Series of intricate communicating passages | show 🗑
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| show | achromatopsia
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| Slender tube lined with glands, through which sound waves travel to the middle ear | show 🗑
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| show | chalazion
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| show | cochlea
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| show | ophthalmic moisturizers
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| Stereoscopic magnified view of the anterior eye structure in detail, which includes the cornea, lens, iris, sclera, and vitreous humor | show 🗑
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| Substance or surface that neither transmits nor allows the passage of light | show 🗑
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| show | sclerostomy
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| show | mastoid antrotomy
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| show | keratocentesis
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| show | papilledema
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| show | gustation
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| Test that uses different water temperatures to assess the vestibular portion of the nerve of the inner ear to determine if nerve damage is the cause of vitigo | show 🗑
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| The clear, transparent portion of the sclera, anterior to the lens | show 🗑
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| show | sclera
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| show | ossicles
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| Tiny nerve ending within the cochlea which combine with cochlear fluid to generate nerve impulses to the brain via the auditory nerve | show 🗑
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| show | adnexa
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| show | antiemetics
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| show | Weber
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| Tuning fork test that evaluates bone conduction versus air conduction of sound | show 🗑
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| show | nystagmus
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| show | photophobia
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| Use of a cold metal probe to remove cataracts | show 🗑
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| show | metamorphopsia
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| Visual examination of the external auditory canal and the tympanic membrane using an otoscope | show 🗑
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| Visual examination of the interior of the eye using a hand-held instrument called an ophthalmoscope, which has various adjustable lenses for magnification and a light source to illuminate the interior of the eye | show 🗑
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