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Special Senses

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the names of the 3 ossicles?

a)

hammer, anvil, stirrup

b)

hammer, mortar, pestil

c)

hammer, anvil, sword

d)

mortar, tartar, custard

2.

When your eye adjusts to focus on an image, this is an example of what?

a)

acceptance

b)

accommodation

c)

aclimation

d)

accredidation

3.

Terry comes into the emergency room with severe pain in his ear, neck pain, inability to sleep on the side with the affected ear, what would you diagnose him with?

a)

pneumonia

b)

nocturnal otitis

c)

otitis media

d)

anacusis

4.

What suffixes mean "hearing"?

a)

-acusia

b)

-cusis

c)

-opia

d)

-opsia

5.

What suffixes mean "vision"

a)

-acusia

b)

-cusis

c)

-opia

d)

-opsia

6.

What is the medical term for "earwax"?

a)

anacusis

b)

presbyopisa

c)

cerumen

d)

eustachian

7.

What is the medical term that means "eyelid"?

a)

blep/o

b)

blephar/o

c)

blef/o

d)

flephar/o

8.

What medications are used to dilate the pupil?

a)

mydriatics

b)

beta blockers

c)

antihisimines

d)

anticoagulants

9.

What eye procedure involves a laser that cuts & reshapes the cornea

a)

tympanoplasty

b)

cataract surgery

c)

enucleation

d)

LASIK surgery

10.

What is the name of the test that involves reading an eye chart at 20 feet?

a)

Visual Acuity Test

b)

LASIK test

c)

the eye chart thingy

d)

20 foot test

11.

"enucleation" is the removal of what?

a)

eardrum

b)

cochlea

c)

eyeball

d)

eyelid

12.

What medications are used to decrease intraocular pressure?

a)

mydriatics

b)

antihistimines

c)

antiglaucoma agents

d)

antifungals

13.

What is another name for the auricle? (2)

a)

eardrum

b)

ear

c)

pinna

d)

mastoid

14.

What does the cochlea look like?

a)

harpoon

b)

snail shell

c)

hammer

d)

anvil

15.

What medication helps with dryness in the eyes?

a)

mydriatics

b)

antiglaucoma agents

c)

artificial tears

d)

antihistimines

16.

"anacusis" means:

a)

total deafness

b)

total blindness

c)

partial deafness

d)

partial blindness

17.

What is the most common cause of hearing loss?

a)

aging

b)

injury

c)

country music

d)

viral infections

18.

What does the lacrimal glands do?

a)

bathe the eye

b)

lubricate the eye

c)

move the eye

d)

dilate or constrict for environmental light

19.

Does the optic nerve affect vision or hearing?

a)

Vision

b)

Hearing

c)

both Vision AND Hearing

d)

neither Vision NOR Hearing

20.

Macular degeneration causes you to lose vision in what direction?

a)

left side

b)

right site

c)

straight ahead

d)

hindsight

21.

What is the retina responsible for?

a)

receiving visual impulses

b)

transmitting visual impulses

c)

interpreting visual impulses

d)

decoding visual impulses

22.

What is the medical term for "ringing in the ear"?

a)

anacusis

b)

presbyacusis

c)

tinnitus

d)

mydriatic

23.

What is the medical term for "pinkeye"

a)

salmonella

b)

conjunctivitis

c)

otitis media

d)

optitis

24.

Which terms are astigmatisms?

a)

hyperopia

b)

myopia

c)

hysteropia

d)

exopthalmus

25.

What is an "otoscope" used for?

a)

visualize the retina

b)

dilate the pupil

c)

visualize inside the ear

d)

stimulate the cochlea

26.

How many bones make up the ossicles?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

27.

What is the white part of the eye called

a)

cornea

b)

iris

c)

pupil

d)

sclera