NURSING CARE RELATED TO THE SENSORY AND
NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Exercises: Lesson 1
EXERCISES, LESSON 1
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by completing the incomplete statement or by answering the question.
After you have completed all of these the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced with the solution.
1. The stimulus for sight is _____________________________ .
2. The stimulus for equilibrium is _______________________ .
3. The receptor organ for hearing is the __________________ of the ear.
4. The receptor organ for balance is the _________________ of the
_______________ .
5. Airborne waves are converted to mechanical vibrations by the ______________
and ________________ .
6. When the pupil constricts as a result of light, the response is called a
_______________________ .
7. Prior to instillation of medication or the application of dressings, the eyelids should
be ______________________ .
8. Before instilling eye ointment, you must ________________ to remove any crust.
9. Eyedrops and eye ointments are instilled into the ____________________ .
10. When irrigating a patient's eye, the head should be turned _____________ .
11. After instilling eardrops, the patient should remain still with his head turned
_____________________ .
12. When irrigating the ear, the temperature of the solution should be
___________________ .
13. The visual defect in which close objects can be seen more clearly than distant
objects is called ________________________ .
14. A refractive error that results from weakening of the ciliary muscles is called
_________________________ .
15. The condition known as "pink eye" is called ___________________ .
16. Patient's undergoing ophthalmic surgery should not cough or sneeze
postoperatively because _____________________________ .
17. When a patient returns from ophthalmic surgery, how should he be transferred
from litter to bed? ____________________________ .
18. Hearing loss due to disease of the inner ear or nerve pathways is called
_________________________ .
19. Cerumen should be removed from the ear if it is ________________ or
____________________ .
20. Why should irrigation not be used to remove a vegetable matter foreign body from
the ear? _______________________________ .
