Medical Terminology - Special Senses

The tympanic membrane is also known as

• gland

• ear drum

• tonsil

• otoscope

The hammer shaped ossicle of the middle ear is the

• adenoid

• malleus

• stapes

• incus

The stirrup shaped bone of the middle ear is the

• anvil

• ossicle

• maleus

• stapes

The test for sensory hearing loss is

• Audiometer

• Weber

• Otoscope

• Rinne

Which diagnostic tool is used to examine the ear?

• opthalmoscope

• tonometer

• audiometer

• otoscope

Sharpness and clearness of vision is known as

• visual acuity

• visual cortex

• optical vision

Watery liquid in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye is

• uvea

• optic fluid

• aqueous humor

• vitreous humor

Term for drooping of the eyelid is

• Tarsus

• Chalazion

• Hordeolum

• Ptosis

Medical term for pink eye

• conjunctivitis

• periorbital

• ptosis

• dacryostenosis

The most common cancer of the eye diagnosed in children around 18 months old.

• melanoma

• retinopathy

• retinoblastoma

• scleritis