special senses

Question 1

what does the eye do?

Answer 1

Receives light rays and transmits impulses from the rays to the optic nerve

Question 2

conjunctiva

Answer 2

the mucous membrane, lines the eyelids

Question 3

outermost layers of the eye

Answer 3

scerla, and the cornea

Question 4

scerla

Answer 4

maintains the shape pf the eye, known as the white of the eye

Question 5

cornea

Answer 5

allows light rays to pass through

Question 6

middle layer of the eye

Answer 6

Choroids coat

Question 7

choroids coat

Answer 7

interlaced with many blood vessels, nourishes the eye

Question 8

intermost layer of the eye

Answer 8

retina, cones, rods

Question 9

retina

Answer 9

transmits light impulse to the optic nerve

Question 10

cones

Answer 10

It is sensitive to color, used mainly for vision when it is light,

Question 11

rods

Answer 11

used for vision when it is dark or dim

Question 12

iris

Answer 12

Located behind the cornea on the front of the choroids coat

Question 13

pupil

Answer 13

opening center of the eye

Question 14

Lens

Answer 14

Refracts light rays so the rays focus on the retina.

Question 15

aqueous humor

Answer 15

fluid that fills the space between the cornea and iris, Helps maintain the forward curvature of the eyeball and refracts light rays

Question 16

Vitreous Humor

Answer 16

Jellylike substances that fills the area behind the lens, Helps maintain the shape of the eyeball and also reflects lights

Question 17

amblyopia

Answer 17

lazy eye

Question 18

astigmatism

Answer 18

abnormal shape of the cornea that causes blurred vision

Question 19

cataract

Answer 19

cloudiness of the lens

Question 20

conjunctivitis

Answer 20

pink eye

Question 21

glaucoma

Answer 21

a condition where there is an excess amount of aqueous fluid that causes blindness

Question 22

hyperopia

Answer 22

farsightedness

Question 23

colorblindness

Answer 23

genetic disorder where you cannot tell the difference between colors, can be helped with Enchroma glasses.

Question 24

Diabetic Retinopathy

Answer 24

An eye condition that damages the small blood vessels in the retina.

Question 25

myopia

Answer 25

nearsightedness

Question 26

Strabismus

Answer 26

When eyes do not move or focus together

Question 27

parts of the ear

Answer 27

pinna, auditory canal, tympanic membrane

Question 28

pinna

Answer 28

collects sound waves and transmits them to the ear canal

Question 29

auditory canal

Answer 29

Special glands that produce wax, sound waves travel through the auditory canal and goes through the tympanic membrane

Question 30

tympanic membrane

Answer 30

separates the middle ear from the outer ear

Question 31

small bones of the middle ear

Answer 31

malleus, incus, stapes

Question 32

inner ear

Answer 32

Separated from the middle ear by a membrane called oval window

Question 33

sections of the middle ear

Answer 33

vestibule, cochlea

Question 34

vestibule

Answer 34

acts as the entrance to the inner ear

Question 35

cochlea

Answer 35

transmits sound waves and controls balance

Question 36

semicircular canal

Answer 36

controls balance with liquid that moves along with the head and body

Question 37

Conductive hearing loss

Answer 37

occurs when the sound waves are not transmitted to the inner ear, causes extra wax, and rupturing of the tympanic membrane

Question 38

Sensory hearing loss

Answer 38

damage to the auditory nerve, cannot be cured, irreversible

Question 39

Meniere’s disease

Answer 39

results in a collection of fluid in the labyrinth of the ear, degeneration of the hair cells of the cochlea and the vestibule

Question 40

otitis externa

Answer 40

inflammation of the outer ear

Question 41

otitis media

Answer 41

inflammation of the middle ear

Question 42

Otosclerosis

Answer 42

a disorder of the middle ear bone, the stapes.