MA 201 Eye and Ear C14U1

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Achromatic
- Total color blindnes
- Very rare
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Acuity

Sharpness or clearness of vision / hearing

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Anesthetize

To cause a loss of sensation

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Audiometer

An instrument used to measure one's hearing

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Auditory

Sense of hearing

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Cerumen

Secretion of the ear (ear wax)

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Daltonism
- Can't tell between Red and Green
- Most common
- Hereditary disorder
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Decibel

Unit of measure to express degree of loudness of sound

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Deuteranopia
- Trouble seeing verying shades of green and bluish reds
- also neutral shades
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Instill

To slowly drop liquid onto a surface / into a cavity

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Irrigate

Wash out with liquid

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Ishihara

Book of color plates used to screen for color blindness

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Jaeger Chart

Common method of screening for near vision acuity

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Lavage

Washing out of a cavity

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Occluder

Used to block one eye while using other to read chart

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Ophthalmic

About the eye

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Otic

Pertaining to the ear

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Protanopia
- Trouble seeing reds
- Yellow and green are confused
- Refered to as "Red Blindness"
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Snellen Chart

Most common screening devise for distance vision acuity

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Big "E" Snellen Chart

Used for distance vision acuity for children, illiterates, foreign members

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Tritanopia
- Cannot see blue
- Most rare
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Vertex

Crown of the head

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Wick

Cotton saturated with medication and placed in ear canal after meds instilled

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MA 201 Eye and Ear C14U1

Description

Chapter 14 Unit 1

Updated

2011-03-04T05:44:30Z

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