Week 6

Question 1

Which part of the eye is responsible for the peripheral vision?

Answer 1

Rod

Question 2

Which part of the ear contains the incus?

Answer 2

Middle Ear

Question 3

In appointment scheduling, the matrix includes what?

Answer 3

Time not available to schedule patients

Question 4

What is the screening and sorting of emergency situations?

Answer 4

Emergency Triage

Question 5

What type of scheduling system schedule patients so that 2 come at the beginning of each hour and the others are scheduled every 10-20 minutes?

Answer 5

Modified Wave Scheduling

Question 6

What is the basic format of the appointment book?

Answer 6

The matrix

Question 7

When the physician asks a patient to have an annual breast examination, which reminder is the most appropriate system that should be used to help the patient to remember?

Answer 7

Recall Notice

Question 8

Which type of appointment should be scheduled for the same day of the month and the same time of day?

Answer 8

Repeat visits

Question 9

In which system are patients scheduled to be seen in the first 30 minutes of each hour?

Answer 9

Wave scheduling

Question 10

What is the most useful for determining realistic time frames for appointments?

Answer 10

Patient flow analysis

Question 11

An appointment book is consider . . .

Answer 11

A legal document & a scheduling system

Question 12

Two patients are scheduled for an appointment at the same time on the same day. This is an example of which of the scheduling systems?

Answer 12

Double-booking

Question 13

Which scheduling methods allows short-term flexibility within an hour to account for variables in appointments?

Answer 13

Wave scheduling

Question 14

Which scheduling systems is most likely to decrease the patient’s waiting time?

Answer 14

Modified Wave

Question 15

When should patients be scheduled that are referred by other physicians?

Answer 15

In the next available appointment

Question 17

The white outer layer of the eye

Answer 17

Sclera

Question 18

The part of the uvea that absorbs excess light rays

Answer 18

Choroid

Question 19

The part of the uvea that changes the shape of the lens

Answer 19

Ciliary Body

Question 20

The part of the uvea that regulates the size of the pupil and gives the eye its color

Answer 20

Iris

Question 21

The dark opening of the eye, surrounded by the iris, through which rays pass

Answer 21

Pupil

Question 22

The light-sensitive nerve cell layer of the eye that contains the rods and cones

Answer 22

Retina

Question 23

A photoreceptor for black and white vision. They are essential for vision in dim light and for peripheral vision.

Answer 23

Rod

Question 24

A photoreceptor for color vision and visual activity

Answer 24

Cone

Question 25

A clear, watery fluid that fills the anteior segment of the eye and circulates in the anterior and posterior chambers

Answer 25

Aqueous humor

Question 26

A transparent jellylike substance that fills the posterior segment of the eye between the lens and the retina. It helps maintain sufficient intraocular pressure to prevent the eyeball from collapsing

Answer 26

Vitreous humor

Question 27

The adjustment of the eye for close or distant vision

Answer 27

Accommodation

Question 28

The eardrum, which separates the external from the middle ear and transmits sounds to the auditory ossicles

Answer 28

Tympanic Membrane

Question 29

Eustachian Tube

Answer 29

A tube that joins that nasopharynx and the middle ear cavity (also known as the auditory tube)

Question 30

The middle part of the inner ear, involved in balance

Answer 30

Vestibule

Question 31

Detects motion and governs balance

Answer 31

Semicircular canal

Question 32

The snail-shaped, spiral tube that contains the organ of Corti, the receptor of hearing

Answer 32

Cochlea

Question 33

The passages of the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea that contain receptors for hearing and equilibrium

Answer 33

Labyrinth

Question 34

Ringing in the ears

Answer 34

Tinnitus

Question 35

Sensorineural hearing loss most common form of hearing loss in older adults

Answer 35

Presbycusis

Question 36

Patient complains that the room appears to spin, causing dizziness, and the sensation is exacerbated by any movement sometimes to the point of N/V

Answer 36

Labyrinthitis

Question 37

What is the Jaeger chart used to test for?

Answer 37

Hyperopia

Question 38

What is the common disorder of the inner ear that is caused by increased fluid in the labyrinth and produces symptons of vertigo and tinnitus

Answer 38

Menieres disease

Question 39

What does an ophthalmologist measure intraocular pressure with?

Answer 39

Tonometer

Question 40

Ear disorder that is the result of injury from a sharp object, explosion, a sudden change in air pressure, or severe middle ear infection?

Answer 40

Ruptured eardrum

Question 41

What is the most common screening tool for distance vision?

Answer 41

Snellen chart

Question 42

What instructions given when performing a visual acuity test using the Snellen Chart?

Answer 42

Stand with heels at the 20-foot mark

Question 43

Illustrations containing numbers or symbols made up of colored dots that appear among other colored dots are used to test for what?

Answer 43

Color blindness

Question 44

What would the medical assistant be responsible for when preparing a patient for an eye examination?

Answer 44

Checking visual acuity

Question 45

What is used to test color vision?

Answer 45

Ishihara book

Question 46

What is the commonly used test for near vision?

Answer 46

Jaeger chart

Question 47

What disease is a disturbance in the equilibrium characterized by vertigo and tinnitus?

Answer 47

Menieres disease

Question 48

What is the Snellen chart commonly used to test for?

Answer 48

Myopia

Question 49

What can you test for that can detect cataracts or problems of the retina even before the sharpness of the patient's vision is impaired?

Answer 49

Contrast sensitivity

Question 50

What is used to test for distance vision?

Answer 50

Snellen chart