Sensory system
Across
- 3. Lens of eyes gradually become cloudy.
- 7. surgical opening made in tympanic membrane and tubes placed in ear to drain fluid.
- 8. Cartilage in the middle of your nose that separates the right and left side
- 10. Connected to the pharynx and equalizes the air pressure in the middle ear with the outside environment
- 11. Oral yeast infection commonly cause by antibiotics
- 12. Innermost layer of the eye and where light rays reflect to form an image.
- 14. Incurable eye disease due to the retina wearing down
- 15. Known as the blind spot. Nerve fibers form optic nerve here.
- 17. The "window of the eye". Permits the passage of light rays
- 18. Crystalline structure located behind the iris and pupil.
- 19. Farsighted due to eyeball being too short.
- 21. Affects the semicircular canals causing vertigo.
- 22. Three tiny bones that transmit soundwaves from the eardrum to the inner ear
- 23. Genetic disorder carried by female and transmitted to male that affects the cones. Trouble seeing colors correctly.
- 24. Nearsighted due to eyeball being too long
Down
- 1. excessive intraocular pressure in the eye causing loss of peripheral vision and halos around lights
- 2. separates the outer ear from the middle ear
- 4. Middle ear infection commonly a complications in cold of children
- 5. Sounds to the inner ear are blocked by things like earwax.
- 6. Bumps on the tongue commonly known as taste buds.
- 9. Irregular curvature of the cornea or lens causing blurred image and eye strain
- 11. Sensation of ringing or buzzing in the ears
- 13. Carries the impulses formed by the retina to the brain for interpretation
- 16. Most commonly known as pink eye and is highly contagious
- 19. abscess at the base of the eyelash that is commonly known as a sty.
- 20. Outer ear that directs sound waves into the auditory canal