SPECIALTY SENSES:
EYE AND EAR
     Alvedina Besirevic
      Prof: Abdullah
PE Tube

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


Ear, eyes, nose and throat
BC

Bone conduction
Conducts sounds to inner ear and to the bones of the
skull
AU

Both ears
Auris utraque meaning each ear (Latin)
OM

Otitis media
Acute ear infection caused by bacterial or viral
infection
Affects middle ear
EM

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

Exotropia
Eye turning outward
OS

Left eye
Oculus sinister (Latin)
EOM

extraocular movement
Movement of eye controlled by six extraocular muscles
VA

Visual Acuity
Known as 20/20 vision

Ch13 presentation

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