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| abbreviation for left eye |
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| abbreviation for both eyes |
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| pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation |
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| What does PERRLA stand for? |
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| primary open-angle glaucoma |
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| What does POAG stand for? |
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| photorefractive keratectomy |
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| a laser beam flattens the cornea to correct myopia |
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| projecting part of the ear that sound waves enter |
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| another name for auditory canal |
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| membrane between the outer and middle ear, which vibrates when sound waves hit it |
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| three small bones that are moved when the eardrum vibrates, conducting sound waves through the middle ear to the oval window |
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Put in order of their vibration:
a) stapes
b) malleus
c) incus |
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| division that separates middle ear from inner ear, touched by the stapes |
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| another name for eustachian tube |
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| canal leading from the middle ear to the pharynx, which opens when you swallow--helps to maintain balance of atmospheri and middle ear pressure |
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| another name for the inner ear |
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| part of the labyrinth that leads from the oval window, which contains special auditory liquids through which vibrations travel |
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| the two special auditory liquids in the cochlea that help vibrations travel |
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| a sensitive auditory receptor in the cochlea, which contains tiny hair cellsthat receive vibrations from the auditory liquids and relay the sound waves to auditory nerve fibers |
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| connects the cochlea to tree semicircular canals |
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| containing two membranous sacs that contain endolymph and hair cells, which respond to the movement of the head |
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| The two membranoussacs in the semicircular canal |
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| d, b, f, c, e, a, g, h, j, i, k |
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Trace the pathway of sound:
a) stapes
b) exernal auditory canal
c) malleus
d) pinna
e) incus
f) tympanic membrane
g) oval window
h) cochlea
i) auditory nerve fibers
j) auditory liquids and receptors in organ of Corti
k) cerebral cortex |
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| channel that leads from the pinna to the eardrum |
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| carry impulses from the inner ear to the brain |
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| composed of auditory nerve fibers; also known as cranial nerve VIII |
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