EYES AND EARS

• EYES - the delicate sensory organs, equipped with many extraocular and intraocular structures.
• SNELLEN CHART - are used to test distance vision and measure and visual acuity.
• ROSENBAUM CARD - used to evaluate near-vision, develop by DR. J. GEORGE ROSENBAUM to test bedside patient after cataract surgery.
• JAEGERS CARD - eye chart used in testing near vision acuity, it ia a card on which paragraph of text are printed.
• ISHIHARA TEST - a color perception test for redgreen color deficiencies. name after the designer SHINOBU ISHIHARA (UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 1917)
• ALLEN CARD TEST - done at distance of 3 meters or 15 feet, consist of seven cards with each card containing a single picture.
• CONJUNCTIVITIS - inflammation or infection of the transparent membrane.
• CONJUNCTIVAL PALLOR - reason enough to perform hemoglobin determination.
• PTERYGIUM OR PINGUECULA - growth and thickening of conjunctiva.
• SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - occurs when a tiny blood vessel breaks just underneath the clear surface of the eye.
• NEVUS - a birthmark mole on the skin.
• PAPILLOMA - on of the most common eyelid tumor.
• CORNEA - the clear outer layer at the front of the eye.
• SCLERA - the white outer layer of the eyeball.
• COVER AND UNCOVER TEST - to determine if there is a heterophoria or phoria.
• DYSPHAGIA - refers to difficulty of swallowing.
• TYMPANIC MEMBRANE - pearl gray, shiny and transluscent.
• WHISPER TEST - client will be able to repeat the words or phrase.
• WEBERS TEST - vibration are heard in equally both ears, no lateralizations of sound.
• RINNES TEST - air conduction is greater than bone conduction.
• NYSTAGMUS O INVOLUNTARY - rapid movement of the eyeball.
• STRABISMUS O SQUINT - deviation of the eye which the patient cannot overcome.
• EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES - responsible for eye movement, cardinal fields of gaze test.