[NURS 389] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (33 pages long)
30 Mar 2017
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Palpebral fissure: the elliptical open space between the eyelids. Limbus: border between the cornea and sclera. Canthus: the corner of the eye, angle where eyelids meet. Caruncle: the small fleshy mass containing sebaceous glands. Outer layer: sclera, middle layer: choroid, and inner layer: retina. Pupillary light reflex: the normal constriction of the pupils when bright light shines on the retina. Strabismus diplopia (2 images of the same object) Snellen eye chart is the most common used and accurate measure of visual acuity (it has lines of letters arranged in decreasing size: when they are reading letters, note hesitancy, squinting, leaning forward and misreading. Outer ear: has the external auditory canal, tragus, lobule, helix, antihelix and external auditory meatus. Otosclerosis: a common cause of conductive hearing loss in young adults between 20 and 40: it is gradual hardening that causes the footplate of the stapes to become fixed- impeding sound transmission.
