Sensory System Key Terms Quiz
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Surgical opening made in tympanic membrane and tubes placed in ear to drain fluids.
A. Malleus
B. Ossicles
C. Myringotomy
D. Glossitis
A sensation of spinning dizziness, as though the room or surrounding environment is spinning in circles around the person.
A. Aqueous humor
B. Equilibrium
C. Vertigo
D. Ossicles
Bony cavity in the skull that houses and protects the eyeball.
A. Eustachian tube
B. Vitreous humor
C. Nasal septum
D. Orbital cavity
To contract or shrink; become smaller
A. Constrict
B. Dilate
Tiny hairs that move mucous and dust particles from the sinuses to the back of the nose.
A. Cilia
B. Cerumen
C. Pinna
D. Papillae
Cells within the retina that are responsible for color vision and function best in bright light.
A. Rods
B. Cones
Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose
A. Rhinitis
B. Pinna
C. Cerumen
D. Nasal septum
Projections on the tongue that contain taste buds
A. equilibrium
B. cones
C. ossicles
D. papillae
Ear wax
A. Equilibrium
B. Rhinitis
C. Ossicles
D. Cerumen
A lighted instrument for inspecting the retina and other parts of the eye.
A. Ishihara test
B. Myringotomy
C. Otoscope
D. Ophthalmoscope
Inflammation of the tongue
A. Cerumen
B. Glossitis
C. Rhinitis
D. Vertigo
Small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear, transmitting vibrations between the malleus and stapes
A. cones
B. rods
C. incus
D. pinna
The bone and cartilage in the nose that separates the nasal cavity into the two nostrils.
A. Nasal septum
B. Eustachian tube
C. Ossicles
D. Pinna
A lighted instrument used to examine the ear.
A. Otoscope
B. Ophthalmoscope
C. Ishihara tests
D. Myringotomy
A type of specialized light-sensitive cell in the retina of the eye that provides side vision and the ability to see objects in dim light (night vision)
A. Rods
B. Cones