Chapter 13 - Special Senses: Eye and Ear Abbreviations
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Biology 120Presentation 13Special Senses: The Eye and EarMary Oliva
What's the abbreviation?
1. pressure equalizing tube
2. eye, ear, nose and throat
3. bone conduction
4. both ears
5. otitis media
6. emmetropia
7. exotropia
8. left eye
9. extraocular movement
10. visual activity
Pressure Equalizing Tube abbreviation: PE tubesmall tube surgically placed in a child's eardrum to assist in drainage of trapped fluid and to equalize pressure between the middle ear cavity and the atmosphere
eye, ear, nose and throatabbreviation: EENT
Bone conductionabbreviation: BCthe conduction of sound between the bones and the skullwhy one person's voice sounds different to him/her when it is recorded and played back
Both earsAbbreviation: AUAU = “auris uterque”
Latin for each ear
Otitis mediaAbbreviation: OM
Ot/o: ear -itis: inflammation media: middle
Often seen in children, it is a middle ear infection often preceded by an upper respiratory infection
Pathogens move from the pharynx to the middle ear via the Eustachian tube
Serous otitis media: watery fluidPurulent otitis media: fluid full of pus
EmmetropiaAbbreviation: EM
Emmetr/o: correct, proper-opia: vision condition
State of normal vision
ExotropiaAbbreviation: XT
Exo-: outward-tropia: turned condition
Outward turning of the eye“wall-eyed”
Example of strabismus – muscles weakness of the eye
Left eyeAbbreviation: OS
“oculus sinister”
Extraocular movementAbbreviation: EOM
Extra-: outside ofocul/o: eye-ar: pertaining to
Pertaining to being outside the eyeball
Tested by having patient move look in all directions without moving their head to see if they experience any double vision
Visual acuityAbbreviation: VAMeasurement of the sharpness of a patient’s vision
Snellen chart: used to measure visual acuityImage on left is example