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Question 1

Presyncope

Answer 1

Light headed feeling because blood flow to your brain temporarily decreases

Question 2

Vertigo

Answer 2

Illusory sensation of either the room or one’s own body spinning; not the same as dizziness

Question 3

Syncope

Answer 3

Loss of consciousness

Question 4

Dysphagia

Answer 4

Difficulty swallowing

Question 5

Fontanels

Answer 5

Spaces between the bones of the skull when bone formation isn’t complete

Question 6

Myxedema

Answer 6

Occurs with severe hypothyroidism

Question 7

Bell palsy

Answer 7

Sudden weakness in the muscles on one half of the face

Question 8

Cardinal field of gaze

Answer 8

Test to assess the functionality of the 6 extraocular eye movements

Question 9

Extra ocular movements

Answer 9

Movements of the eye

Question 10

Red reflex

Answer 10

Red glow that appears to fill the person’s pupil when first visualized through the ophthalmoscope

Question 11

Fixation

Answer 11

Maintaining of the gaze on a singular location

Question 12

Accommodation

Answer 12

Adaptation of the eye for near vision, by increasing the curvature of the lens

Question 13

Confrontation

Answer 13

Assesses the peripheral vision

Question 14

Presbyopia

Answer 14

Decrease in power of accommodation that occurs with aging

Question 15

Snellen eye chart

Answer 15

An eye chart used to measure visual acuity

Question 16

Corneal light reflex

Answer 16

Shining a light on the cornea and observing the reaction

Question 17

Nystagmus

Answer 17

Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic movement of the eyeball

Question 18

Ptosis

Answer 18

Dripping of upper eyelid over the iris and possibly covering the pupil

Question 19

Myopia

Answer 19

Nearsighted; refractive error in which near vision is better than far vision

Question 20

Hyperopia

Answer 20

Visual condition in which nearby objects are blurry

Question 21

Strabismus

Answer 21

(Squint, cross eyed) disparity of the eye axes

Question 22

Otosclerosis

Answer 22

An inherited disorder that causes hearing loss due to the ear’s inability to amplify sound

Question 23

Cerumen

Answer 23

Yellow waxy material that lubricates and protects the ear cabal

Question 24

Whispered voice test

Answer 24

a simple and accurate test for detecting hearing impairment

Question 25

Otitis media and externa

Answer 25

Inflammation of the middle ear, and tympanic membranes Inflammation of the outer ear, and ear canal

Question 26

Tophi

Answer 26

Uric acid deposits

Question 27

Keloid

Answer 27

A keloid is caused by an excess protein (collagen) in the skin during healing.

Question 28

Battle sign

Answer 28

bruising over the mastoid process.

Question 29

Tympanostomy

Answer 29

a surgical procedure performed by an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist to place ear tubes.

Question 30

Weber test

Answer 30

mainly used to establish a diagnosis in patients with unilateral hearing loss to distinguish between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.

Question 31

Rinne test

Answer 31

used to evaluate hearing loss in one ear.

Question 32

Xerostomia

Answer 32

Dry mouth

Question 33

Cheilitis

Answer 33

Red, scaling, shallow, painful, fissures at corners of mouth

Question 34

Epistaxis

Answer 34

Nosebleed usually from anterior septum

Question 35

Koplik spots

Answer 35

Small blue white spots with red halo over oral mucosa; early sign of measles

Question 36

Leukoplakia

Answer 36

Chalky, white, sick, raised patch on sides of tongue; precancerous

Question 37

Stensen duct

Answer 37

is the main excretory duct of the parotid gland.