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100% ACCURATE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | ACE EVERY
TEST | GUARANTEED EXCELLENCE.
Tympanic membrane Answer: ear drum, pearly white appearance
Otoscope Answer: tool used for visual examination of the inner ear (able to see tympanic
membrane and shadow of the stapes)
Whisper Test Answer: Examiner stands behind patient, whispers words, asks patient to
repeat the words back to them
Weber Test Answer: tests for localization, hold tuning fork behind the head in the middle of
the head, sensorineural hearing loss if they can hear it better on the right or left
Rinne test Answer: place tuning fork on mastoid process, ask pt to tell you when they can't
hear it, then bring it up to the external ear canal to test air conduction; conductive hearing
loss if they can not hear either
Tinnitus Answer: ringing in the ears
Cerumen Answer: ear wax
Vertigo Answer: dizziness caused by problems in the inner ear
Signs of an ear infection Answer: Pain (earache), discharge, fever
Cardinal fields of gaze Answer: superior rectus, lateral rectus, inferior rectus, inferior
oblique, medial rectus, superior oblique
Test for extraocular eye movements Answer: Ask patient to follow fingers as you move
them in all of the fields of cardinal gaze, ask pt if they experience any diplopia
Diplopia Answer: double vision
Accomodation Answer: the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near
or far objects
, strabismus Answer: crossed eyes
photophobia Answer: light sensitivity
Pupillary reactions Answer: Pupillary size changes in response to light and effort of
focusing on a near object
Nystagmus Answer: Involuntary rapid eye movements
Hyperopia Answer: farsightedness
presbyopia Answer: impaired vision as a result of aging
myopia Answer: nearsightedness
Equal reactive pupils Answer: Pupils react to stimulus at the same time and at the same
rate
vision screening and eye protection Answer: Health promotion for the eyes
Blind spots Answer: the parts of the visual fields that are missing because of the optic
discs
Eye trauma Answer: Injury to the eye sustained as the result of sharp or blunt trauma,
chemicals or heat; permanent visual impairment can occur; every eye injury should be
considered an emergency
allergies Answer: redness and swelling of the eyes can be a result of this
foreign body Answer: any object not belonging to the eye
Congenital eye diseases Answer: Eye diseases that children are born with
Cataracts Answer: clouding of the lens
Glaucoma Answer: increased intraocular pressure
Macular degeneration Answer: progressive damage to the macula of the retina, causing
loss of vision
100% ACCURATE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | ACE EVERY
TEST | GUARANTEED EXCELLENCE.
Tympanic membrane Answer: ear drum, pearly white appearance
Otoscope Answer: tool used for visual examination of the inner ear (able to see tympanic
membrane and shadow of the stapes)
Whisper Test Answer: Examiner stands behind patient, whispers words, asks patient to
repeat the words back to them
Weber Test Answer: tests for localization, hold tuning fork behind the head in the middle of
the head, sensorineural hearing loss if they can hear it better on the right or left
Rinne test Answer: place tuning fork on mastoid process, ask pt to tell you when they can't
hear it, then bring it up to the external ear canal to test air conduction; conductive hearing
loss if they can not hear either
Tinnitus Answer: ringing in the ears
Cerumen Answer: ear wax
Vertigo Answer: dizziness caused by problems in the inner ear
Signs of an ear infection Answer: Pain (earache), discharge, fever
Cardinal fields of gaze Answer: superior rectus, lateral rectus, inferior rectus, inferior
oblique, medial rectus, superior oblique
Test for extraocular eye movements Answer: Ask patient to follow fingers as you move
them in all of the fields of cardinal gaze, ask pt if they experience any diplopia
Diplopia Answer: double vision
Accomodation Answer: the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near
or far objects
, strabismus Answer: crossed eyes
photophobia Answer: light sensitivity
Pupillary reactions Answer: Pupillary size changes in response to light and effort of
focusing on a near object
Nystagmus Answer: Involuntary rapid eye movements
Hyperopia Answer: farsightedness
presbyopia Answer: impaired vision as a result of aging
myopia Answer: nearsightedness
Equal reactive pupils Answer: Pupils react to stimulus at the same time and at the same
rate
vision screening and eye protection Answer: Health promotion for the eyes
Blind spots Answer: the parts of the visual fields that are missing because of the optic
discs
Eye trauma Answer: Injury to the eye sustained as the result of sharp or blunt trauma,
chemicals or heat; permanent visual impairment can occur; every eye injury should be
considered an emergency
allergies Answer: redness and swelling of the eyes can be a result of this
foreign body Answer: any object not belonging to the eye
Congenital eye diseases Answer: Eye diseases that children are born with
Cataracts Answer: clouding of the lens
Glaucoma Answer: increased intraocular pressure
Macular degeneration Answer: progressive damage to the macula of the retina, causing
loss of vision
