NUR 209 Exam 2 Review: Questions & Answers
Bulging of eyes - ANSWER:Exopthalmia
Lower lid falls away from eyeball - ANSWER:Ectropion
Lower lid rolls in and eyelashes touch eyeball - ANSWER:Entropion
Drooping of eyelid - ANSWER:Ptosis
Pink eye - ANSWER:Conjunctivitis
An opaque white ring about the periphery of the cornea, seen in the aged. It is caused by the deposit of
fat granules in the cornea or by hyaline degeneration. - ANSWER:Arcus senilus
Any of a group of eye diseases characterized by increased intraocular pressure, resulting in atrophy of
the optic nerve, and loss of visual fields. - ANSWER:Glaucoma
benign tumor on the iris surface - ANSWER:Iris nevus
Triangular thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva extending from the inner canthus to the border of the
cornea with the apex toward the pupil, probably related to chronic irritation. - ANSWER:Ptergium
Abnormal contraction of the pupils - ANSWER:Miosis
Dilation of the pupil - ANSWER:Mydriasis
unequal pupil size - ANSWER:Anisocoria
Pupil shape: acute glaucoma - ANSWER:Ovoid pupil
Pupil small misshapened, no reaction to light - ANSWER:Argyll-Robertson's
pupil constricts to light then vacillates - ANSWER:Hippus Phenomenon
Inappropriate consensus, opposite pupil dilates to light; optic nerve damage - ANSWER:Marcus Gunn
Blind in one eye; light in the normal one gives normal response but no consensual response to blind side
- ANSWER:Monocular blindness
Tonic pupil, unilateral, abnormally large (>6mm), may indicate problems in SNS - ANSWER:Adies pupil
Chart used for near vision testing - ANSWER:Rosenbaum chart
Nearsighted - ANSWER:Myopia
Farsighted - ANSWER:Hyperopia
Decrease in accommodation with age - ANSWER:Presbyopia
Defect in half of visual field - ANSWER:Hemianopsia
Loss of vision in lateral half of visual field - ANSWER:Hemianopsia: Bitemporal
, Loss of vision in medial half of visual field - ANSWER:Hemianopsia: Nasal
Blindness of the nasal half of the visual field of one eye and of the temporal half of the other. -
ANSWER:Hemianopsia: Homonymous
Island of depressed vision - ANSWER:Scotoma
Both eyes - ANSWER:OU
Right eye - ANSWER:OD
Left eye - ANSWER:OS
Also called Hirschberg test - ANSWER:Corneal light reflex
An involuntary, rhythmic oscillation of the eyeball - ANSWER:Nystagmus
Eyes don't focus together - ANSWER:Strabismus (Lazy eye)
Double vision from EOM weakness - ANSWER:Dyplopia
Eyes toward nose - ANSWER:Esotropia
Eyes looking outward - ANSWER:Exotropia
Disc edges blurred from edema, inc ICP - ANSWER:Papilladema
Retinal background: One crosses over another; HTN - ANSWER:Retinal background: Nicking
Retinal background: goes into a "cup"; glaucoma - ANSWER:Retinal background: Cupping
Inflammation of the outer ear - ANSWER:Otitis externa
Inflammation of middle ear.
Sticky, yellow cerumen. - ANSWER:Otitis media
Inflammation of inner ear - ANSWER:Otitis interna
Test: Tunning fork to center of head
Conductive loss: Heard better in deaf ear
Perceptive loss: Heard better in good ear - ANSWER:Weber test
Test: Tunning fork to mastoid then beside ear
Conductive loss: BC > AC
Perceptive loss: AC less than 2x BC - ANSWER:Rinne test
Mucus color: Green, yellow - ANSWER:Mucus: Infections
Mucus color: Blood tinged - ANSWER:Mucus: Upper respiratory infection
Slight protrusion opposite 2nd molar; should only have clear drainage - ANSWER:Stenson's ducts
Bulging of eyes - ANSWER:Exopthalmia
Lower lid falls away from eyeball - ANSWER:Ectropion
Lower lid rolls in and eyelashes touch eyeball - ANSWER:Entropion
Drooping of eyelid - ANSWER:Ptosis
Pink eye - ANSWER:Conjunctivitis
An opaque white ring about the periphery of the cornea, seen in the aged. It is caused by the deposit of
fat granules in the cornea or by hyaline degeneration. - ANSWER:Arcus senilus
Any of a group of eye diseases characterized by increased intraocular pressure, resulting in atrophy of
the optic nerve, and loss of visual fields. - ANSWER:Glaucoma
benign tumor on the iris surface - ANSWER:Iris nevus
Triangular thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva extending from the inner canthus to the border of the
cornea with the apex toward the pupil, probably related to chronic irritation. - ANSWER:Ptergium
Abnormal contraction of the pupils - ANSWER:Miosis
Dilation of the pupil - ANSWER:Mydriasis
unequal pupil size - ANSWER:Anisocoria
Pupil shape: acute glaucoma - ANSWER:Ovoid pupil
Pupil small misshapened, no reaction to light - ANSWER:Argyll-Robertson's
pupil constricts to light then vacillates - ANSWER:Hippus Phenomenon
Inappropriate consensus, opposite pupil dilates to light; optic nerve damage - ANSWER:Marcus Gunn
Blind in one eye; light in the normal one gives normal response but no consensual response to blind side
- ANSWER:Monocular blindness
Tonic pupil, unilateral, abnormally large (>6mm), may indicate problems in SNS - ANSWER:Adies pupil
Chart used for near vision testing - ANSWER:Rosenbaum chart
Nearsighted - ANSWER:Myopia
Farsighted - ANSWER:Hyperopia
Decrease in accommodation with age - ANSWER:Presbyopia
Defect in half of visual field - ANSWER:Hemianopsia
Loss of vision in lateral half of visual field - ANSWER:Hemianopsia: Bitemporal
, Loss of vision in medial half of visual field - ANSWER:Hemianopsia: Nasal
Blindness of the nasal half of the visual field of one eye and of the temporal half of the other. -
ANSWER:Hemianopsia: Homonymous
Island of depressed vision - ANSWER:Scotoma
Both eyes - ANSWER:OU
Right eye - ANSWER:OD
Left eye - ANSWER:OS
Also called Hirschberg test - ANSWER:Corneal light reflex
An involuntary, rhythmic oscillation of the eyeball - ANSWER:Nystagmus
Eyes don't focus together - ANSWER:Strabismus (Lazy eye)
Double vision from EOM weakness - ANSWER:Dyplopia
Eyes toward nose - ANSWER:Esotropia
Eyes looking outward - ANSWER:Exotropia
Disc edges blurred from edema, inc ICP - ANSWER:Papilladema
Retinal background: One crosses over another; HTN - ANSWER:Retinal background: Nicking
Retinal background: goes into a "cup"; glaucoma - ANSWER:Retinal background: Cupping
Inflammation of the outer ear - ANSWER:Otitis externa
Inflammation of middle ear.
Sticky, yellow cerumen. - ANSWER:Otitis media
Inflammation of inner ear - ANSWER:Otitis interna
Test: Tunning fork to center of head
Conductive loss: Heard better in deaf ear
Perceptive loss: Heard better in good ear - ANSWER:Weber test
Test: Tunning fork to mastoid then beside ear
Conductive loss: BC > AC
Perceptive loss: AC less than 2x BC - ANSWER:Rinne test
Mucus color: Green, yellow - ANSWER:Mucus: Infections
Mucus color: Blood tinged - ANSWER:Mucus: Upper respiratory infection
Slight protrusion opposite 2nd molar; should only have clear drainage - ANSWER:Stenson's ducts
