Sensory Perception T5

Question 1

Sensory perception

Answer 1

Visual
Auditory
Touch
Smell
Taste
Movement/position

Question 2

Sensory input affects

Answer 2

Consciousness 
Arousal
Awareness
Memory 
Affect
Judgement 
Language

Question 3

Vision loss

Answer 3

Presbyopia                Macular degeneration 
Cataracts                   Infection
Glaucoma                  Inflammation
Diabetic                      Injury
Retinopathy              Brain tumor

Question 4

Conductive hearing loss

Answer 4

Obstruction 
Wax accumulation 
Tympanic membrane perforation 
Ear infection 
Otosclerosis

Question 5

Sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 5

Exposure to loud noises
Ototoxic medications
Aging
Acoustic neuroma

Question 6

Taste deficit

Answer 6

Xerostomia
Reduced salvation
Alters appetite

Question 7

Neurological deficits

Answer 7

Peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral numbness

Question 8

Stroke

Answer 8

Can result in loss of sensation
Difficulty speaking
Visual deficits

Question 9

Presbyopia

Answer 9

Age related
Loss of ability to focus on close objects
Decreased elasticity of the lens

Question 10

Cataracts

Answer 10

Opacity of lens

Blocks entry of light rays into the eye

Question 11

Glaucoma

Answer 11

Structural eye disorder
Increase in intaocular pressure
Can lead to blindness

Question 12

Diabetic retinopathy

Answer 12

Leakage and blockage of retinal blood vessels
Retinal hypoxia
Hemorrhage
Blindness

Question 13

Muscular degeneration

Answer 13

Loss of central vision

Deterioration of center of retina

Question 14

Diplopia

Answer 14

Double vision

Question 15

Ophthalmoscope

Answer 15

Visualization of back part of eyeball (fundus)
Retina
Optic disc
Macula
Blood vessels

Question 16

Visual acuity tests

Answer 16

Snellen

Rosenbaum

Question 17

Tonometry

Answer 17

Measures intraocular pressure

Question 18

Intraocular pressure

Answer 18

10-21 mm Hg

Question 19

Gonioscopy

Answer 19

Visualization of anterior chamber of eyes

Determines open-angle or closed-angle glaucoma

Question 20

Slit lamp exam

Answer 20

Visualization of anterior portion of eye

Question 21

Conductive hearing loss

Answer 21

Alteration in middle ear

Blocks sound waves before they reach cochlea

Question 22

Sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 22

Alteration in inner ear
Auditory nerve
Hearing center of brain

Question 23

Mixed hearing loss

Answer 23

Conductive and sensorineural

Question 24

Anticholingergics

Answer 24

Dilation of pupil

Paralysis for exam and surgery

Question 25

Audiometry

Answer 25

Identifies if hearing loss is conductive or sensorineural

Question 26

Tympanogram

Answer 26

Mobility of tympanic membrane and middle ear structures

Question 27

Otoscope

Answer 27

Visualization of external auditory canal Tympanic membrane Malleus bone

Question 28

Ototoxic medications

Answer 28

Antibiotics: gentamicin, metronidazole Diuretics: furosemide NASIDs: Aspirin, ibuprofen Chemotherapeutic agents: cisplatin

Question 29

Tympanoplasty

Answer 29

Surgical reconstruction of middle ear structures

Question 30

Myringoplasty

Answer 30

Eardrum repair

Question 31

Myopia

Answer 31

Nearsightedness

Question 32

Hyperopia

Answer 32

Farsighted

Question 33

Astigmatism

Answer 33

Irregular curvature of cornea or lens Scatters light rays Blurs image

Question 34

Strabismus

Answer 34

Crossed eye