Special Senses: Eye and Ear

1. SPECIALTY SENSES:
EYE AND EAR
Alvedina Besirevic
Prof: Abdullah

2. PE Tube
Pressure equalizing tube
Help equalize pressure between inner ear and
athmosphere
Placed in child’s eardrum to help drain trapped fluid

3. EENT
Ear, eyes, nose and throat

4. BC
Bone conduction
Conducts sounds to inner ear and to the bones of the
skull

5. AU
Both ears
Auris utraque meaning each ear (Latin)

6. OM
Otitis media
Acute ear infection caused by bacterial or viral
infection
Affects middle ear

7. EM
Emmetropia
Clear vision of the object when eyes are the relaxed
Object 20 feet away
State of normal vision

8. XT
Exotropia
Eye turning outward

9. OS
Left eye
Oculus sinister (Latin)

10. EOM
extraocular movement
Movement of eye controlled by six extraocular muscles

11. VA
Visual Acuity
Known as 20/20 vision