NURS 209 Exam 2 Questions and Answers Already Passed
Ectropion - Answers lower eyelid loose and rolling outward
Entropion - Answers lower eyelid rolling inward
Periorbital Edema - Answers lids are swollen and puffy
Ptosis - Answers drooping of the upper eyelid
Strabismus - Answers abnormal deviation of the eye
Diplopia - Answers double vision
Snellen chart - Answers used to measure visual acuity
Rosenbaum chart - Answers used to assess near vision acuity
Presbyopia - Answers decrease in accommadation with aging
Ishihara test - Answers tests for color vision
Confrontation test - Answers tests peripheral vision
Hirschberg test (corneal light reflex) - Answers Used to assess parallel alignment of eye axes
diagnostic positions test - Answers lead the eyes through the six cardinal positions of gaze will elicit any
muscle weakness during movement
Scleral icterus - Answers yellowing of the sclera due to jaundice
exophthalmos - Answers protrusion of the eyeball
Enophthalmos - Answers sunken eyes
Conjunctivitis - Answers inflammation of the conjunctiva (pink eye)
pterygium - Answers thin tissue growing into the cornea from the conjunctiva, usually caused from sun
exposure
arcus senilis - Answers gray-white arc or circle around the limbus of the iris that is common with aging
Hyphema - Answers blood in the anterior chamber of the eye
corneal abrasion - Answers an injury, such as a scratch or irritation, to the outer layers of the cornea
anisocoria - Answers a condition in which the pupils are unequal in size
mydriasis - Answers dilated and fixed pupils
, miosis - Answers constricted and fixed pupils
direct pupillary light reflex - Answers immediate constriction of pupil with light (shine light directly in
eye)
consensual pupillary light reflex - Answers response of pupil in non-illuminated eye
PERRLA - Answers pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation
convergence - Answers eyes strain more (looking inward) as objects draw nearer
accommodation - Answers the process by which the eyes' lens changes shape to focus near or far
objects on the retina
visual acuity - Answers sharpness of vision for either distance or near
horner syndrome - Answers disorder of the sympathetic nerves to the face and eye
Argyll Robertson pupil - Answers pupil does not react to light; does constrict with accommodation
Adie's pupil (Tonic pupil) - Answers unilateral large pupil, sluggish or absent in light reflex
Monocular blindness - Answers light in NL gives a NL response, but blind eye shows no response
red reflex - Answers red glow that appears to fill the person's pupil when first visualized through the
ophthalmoscope
Cataracts - Answers eye disease in which the lens becomes covered in an opaque film that affects sight,
eventually causing total blindness
otitis externa - Answers Infection of the outer ear (ear canal) aka swimmers ear
otitis media - Answers infection of the middle ear
whisper voice test - Answers tests for hearing acuity if patient has no difficulty hearing
weber test - Answers test for sensorineural hearing loss
rinne test - Answers more accurate in detecting conductive hearing loss
sensorineural hearing loss - Answers hearing loss resulting from damage to the inner ear or auditory
nerve
conductive hearing loss - Answers hearing impairment caused by interference with sound or vibratory
energy in the external canal, middle ear, or ossicles
Presbycusis - Answers high tone hearing loss w/ aging; trouble distinguishing consonants, thinks people
are mumblingvgf
Ectropion - Answers lower eyelid loose and rolling outward
Entropion - Answers lower eyelid rolling inward
Periorbital Edema - Answers lids are swollen and puffy
Ptosis - Answers drooping of the upper eyelid
Strabismus - Answers abnormal deviation of the eye
Diplopia - Answers double vision
Snellen chart - Answers used to measure visual acuity
Rosenbaum chart - Answers used to assess near vision acuity
Presbyopia - Answers decrease in accommadation with aging
Ishihara test - Answers tests for color vision
Confrontation test - Answers tests peripheral vision
Hirschberg test (corneal light reflex) - Answers Used to assess parallel alignment of eye axes
diagnostic positions test - Answers lead the eyes through the six cardinal positions of gaze will elicit any
muscle weakness during movement
Scleral icterus - Answers yellowing of the sclera due to jaundice
exophthalmos - Answers protrusion of the eyeball
Enophthalmos - Answers sunken eyes
Conjunctivitis - Answers inflammation of the conjunctiva (pink eye)
pterygium - Answers thin tissue growing into the cornea from the conjunctiva, usually caused from sun
exposure
arcus senilis - Answers gray-white arc or circle around the limbus of the iris that is common with aging
Hyphema - Answers blood in the anterior chamber of the eye
corneal abrasion - Answers an injury, such as a scratch or irritation, to the outer layers of the cornea
anisocoria - Answers a condition in which the pupils are unequal in size
mydriasis - Answers dilated and fixed pupils
, miosis - Answers constricted and fixed pupils
direct pupillary light reflex - Answers immediate constriction of pupil with light (shine light directly in
eye)
consensual pupillary light reflex - Answers response of pupil in non-illuminated eye
PERRLA - Answers pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation
convergence - Answers eyes strain more (looking inward) as objects draw nearer
accommodation - Answers the process by which the eyes' lens changes shape to focus near or far
objects on the retina
visual acuity - Answers sharpness of vision for either distance or near
horner syndrome - Answers disorder of the sympathetic nerves to the face and eye
Argyll Robertson pupil - Answers pupil does not react to light; does constrict with accommodation
Adie's pupil (Tonic pupil) - Answers unilateral large pupil, sluggish or absent in light reflex
Monocular blindness - Answers light in NL gives a NL response, but blind eye shows no response
red reflex - Answers red glow that appears to fill the person's pupil when first visualized through the
ophthalmoscope
Cataracts - Answers eye disease in which the lens becomes covered in an opaque film that affects sight,
eventually causing total blindness
otitis externa - Answers Infection of the outer ear (ear canal) aka swimmers ear
otitis media - Answers infection of the middle ear
whisper voice test - Answers tests for hearing acuity if patient has no difficulty hearing
weber test - Answers test for sensorineural hearing loss
rinne test - Answers more accurate in detecting conductive hearing loss
sensorineural hearing loss - Answers hearing loss resulting from damage to the inner ear or auditory
nerve
conductive hearing loss - Answers hearing impairment caused by interference with sound or vibratory
energy in the external canal, middle ear, or ossicles
Presbycusis - Answers high tone hearing loss w/ aging; trouble distinguishing consonants, thinks people
are mumblingvgf
