Chapter 11 Study Guide Eyes and Ears
The B in BPPV stands for:
Benign
A harmless buildup of fluid in a cavity is known as a(n):
Benign effusion
If both ears are affected by otosclerosis, the condition is:
Bilateral
Which of the following terms means an inflammation of the eyelid?
Blepharitis
Which of the following terms is the name of a procedure involving the surgical repair of the eyelid?
Blepharoplasty
Which of the following terms means complete or partial opacity of the lens?
Cataract
A complication of chronic OME that requires surgery is:
Cholesteatoma
A yellow, waxy tumor arising in the middle ear is called:
Cholesteatoma
Which of the following terms is not from ophthalmology terminology?
Cholesteotoma
Hereditary lack of response by one or more of the three types of cones results in ___________________, of which the most common kind is ________________.
Color blindness; red-green
Which of the following words means an infection that can be transmitted from person to person?
Contagious
Which of the following words has a prefix meaning together?
Contaminate
The central, transparent part of the outer coat of the eye covering the iris and pupil is the:
Cornea
Which of the following is a scoop-shaped instrument for scraping?
Curette
A significant portion of patients with retinopathy also have which other disease?
Diabetes
Which of the following terms refers to a condition in which the eye turns outward?
Exotropia
Two opposites are:
Extrinsic and intrinsic
The abbreviations OD, OS and OU pertain to the:
Eyes
Photophobia is a:
Fear of the light
Where is the area of sharpest vision in the eye?
Fovea centralis
Increased intraocular pressure causing death of retinal cells is known as:
Glaucoma
What is another medical term for a stye?
Hordeolum
Convex lenses help correct the problem of:
Hyperopia
The correct definition for in situ is:
In the correct place
Menière disease, named after a French physician, is a disorder of the:
Inner ear
Which of the following words refers to use of water?
Irrigation
What statement best defines the stapes?
It is the smallest bone in the body.
An incision in the cornea is called:
Keratotomy.
Which of the following terms means pertaining to tears?
Lacrimal
The three ossicles, the malleus, incus, andstapes, are attached to the wall of the tympanic cavity by tiny:
Ligaments
Which of the following words comes from the Latin word for hammer?
Malleus
The correct order, from the outside in, for the bones of the inner ear is:
Malleus, incus, stapes.
The small bony protrusion immediately behind the ear is the:
Mastoid
Near-sighted people are said to have:
Myopia
LASIK is used to treat:
Myopia and astigmatism
Which surgical term means "incision in the tympanic membrane"?
Myringotomy
Two surgical procedures relating to the ear are:
Myringotomy and tympanostomy
The passage from the tear-collecting sac to the nose is the:
Nasolacrimal duct
The Jaeger reading cards are used to test _____ vision.
Near
Circle the abbreviation which refers to a collection of fluid that has escaped from blood vessels into a cavity or tissues in the ear:
OME
A synonym for conjunctivitis of the newborn is:
Ophthalmia neonatorum
The area where the optic nerve leaves the retina is called the:
Optic disc
Someone skilled in the measurement of vision is known as a(n):
Optometrist
Which of the following words has a suffix meaningsmall?
Ossicle
Which of the following words meaning a small bone in the middle ear is spelled correctly?
Ossicle
Swimmer's ear is a form of ____________ that occurs after swimming, particularly in ___________________.
Otitis externa; polluted water
Which of the following words has a root meaning stone?
Otolith
A specialist who treats diseases of the ear is an:
Otologist
One of the following is NOT a cause of a perforated eardrum:
Otosclerosis
Which of the following words has a suffix meaningto examine?
Otoscopy
The stapes is attached to the:
Oval window
The best definition for fundus is:
Part farthest from the opening of a hollow organ
A hole in the eardrum is a(n):
Perforated tympanic membrane
The word periorbital means:
Pertaining to the tissues around the orbit
Conjunctivitis is commonly known as:
Pink eye.
A synonym for auricle is:
Pinna
The shell-like external ear is the ______________, and its plural is ______________.
Pinna; pinnae
Effusion is derived from the Latin word for:
Pouring out
An artificial part used to remedy a defect or loss is known as a(n):
Prosthesis
The disorder in which the upper eyelid is constantly drooped over the eye is called:
Ptosis
The word for the opening in the center of the iris is:
Pupil
Which of the following words, the meaning of which is containing a lot of pus, is correctly spelled?
Purulent
What is contained in purulent discharge?
Pus
Which of the following words means pertaining to the light-sensitive, innermost layer of the eyeball?
Retinal
Which of the following occurrences is considered a surgical emergency?
Retinal detachment
Which of the following words means a disease involving the light-sensitive innermost layer of the eyeball?
Retinopathy
Which of the following words means inflammation of the fibrous outer covering of the eyeball?
Scleritis
Which of the following words means three-dimensional vision?
Stereopsis
Which of the following words means an abscess in an eyelash follicle and is correctly spelled?
Stye
Acute labyrinthitis is of ______________ onset and produces extreme __________________ as symptoms.
Sudden; vertigo and vomiting
A test to measure distance vision uses:
The Snellen letter chart
Because it has no rods or cones, the optic disc cannot form images; as a result it is called:
The blind spot
What part of the body contains the organs responsible for your true sense of balance?
The inner ear
What part of the eye is avascular?
The lens
Which of the following statements is not true about the accessory structures of the eye?
The lens is avascular
Persistent ringing, whistling, clicking, or booming noise in the ears is:
Tinnitus
What is the function of the lacrimal apparatus?
To secrete tears
Which of the following words means pertaining to the eardrum?
Tympanic
Taken together, the choroid layer, together with the iris and its muscle is called the:
Uvea
A sensation of spinning or whirling is:
Vertigo
A synonym for the common term dizziness is:
Vertigo
Which of the following words means pertaining to the space at the entrance to a canal?
Vestibular
Two tests using tuning forks to determine the type and extent of hearing loss are:
Weber and Rinne.
A simple screening method for hearing problems that requires no tools is a(n):
Whispered speech test
In the word radial, the suffix is_______ and the root is______.
al and radi-.
The instruction four times each day is abbreviated:
q.i.d.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) Exotropia is turning the eye outward away from the nose. B) Stereopsis is three-dimensional vision. C) Strabismus is the turning of an eye towards its normal position. D) Ocular is pertaining to the eye. E) Accommodative is pertaining to accommodation. C IS NOT TURE ITS AWAY FROM IT!
Two abbreviations for kinds of inflammation of the middle ear are ___________ and ____________.
AOM; BOM
Adjustment of the lens of the eye to light is:
Accommodation
The A in PERRLA stands for:
Accommodation
The A in AOM stands for:
Acute
Which pair of terms are opposite in meaning?
Acute chronic
A patient with extreme vertigo, nausea and vomiting is probably suffering from:
Acute labyrinthitis
An inflammation of the middle ear that is of sudden onset is known as:
Acute otitis media
Which of the following words has a suffix meaning resembling?
Adenoid
Which of the following words has an element meaning gland?
Adenoid
The dilated portion at the end of a semicircular ear canal or duct is the:
Ampulla
Which of the following words refers to an inability to focus light rays entering the eyes in different planes?
Astigmatism
An instrument to measure hearing by generating sounds in different frequencies and intensities is a(n):
Audiometer
