Special Senses

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Chapter 13 Special Senses The Eye and Ear

• BIO 120 Terminology for Medical Careers
• by
• Crystal Golson

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Select the correct abbreviation for the following
medical terms. Write your answers down and you
can check them at the end.

• 1. pressure equalizing tube
• A. PE
• B. PE tube
• C. PEQT
• D. PET

• 2. eye, ear, nose, and throat
• A. ENT
• B. E2NT
• C. EENT
• D. HEENT

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Select the correct abbreviation for the following
medical terms.

• 3. bone conduction
• A. Bone C.
• B. BC
• C. Con B
• D. B.C.

• 4. both ears
• A. AS
• B. OU
• C. OD
• D. AU

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Select the correct abbreviation for the following
medical terms.

• 5. otitis media
• A. Otitis m.
• B. OME
• C. O.M.
• D. OM

• 6. emmetropia
• A. EMO
• B. EM
• C. EOM
• D. REM

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Select the correct abbreviation for the following
medical terms.

• 7. exotropia
• A. EXT
• B. XPT
• C. EPT
• D. XT

• 8. left eye
• A. OD
• B. OS
• C. AD
• D. OU

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Select the correct abbreviation for the following
medical terms.

• 9. extraocular movement
• A. EXM
• B. EOM
• C. EMT
• D. EM

• 10. visual acuity
• A. VS
• B. VAC
• C. VT
• D. VA

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Check your answers. How did you do?

• 1. B
• 2. C
• 3. B
• 4. D
• 5. D
• 6. B
• 7. D
• 8. B
• 9. B
• 10. D