ABBREVIATION AND THEIR MEANING

Sirinthip ThanomphonJuly 14, 2010

Pressure Equalizing Tube

Abbreviation : PE Tube.

PE tube is a small tube surgically placed in a child’s eardrum to assist in drainage of trapped fluid and to equalize pressure between the middle ear cavity and the atmosphere.

Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat

Abbreviation: EENT

Eyes are organs that detect light, and convert it to electro-chemical impulses in neurons.

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Ear is the organ that detects sound.

It also plays a major role in the sense of balance and body position.

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Physically a nose is an organ on the face.

Anatomically, a nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which admit and expel air for respiration in conjunction with the mouth.

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The throat is the anterior part of the neck, in front of the vertebral column.

Bone Conduction

Abbreviation: BC

Bone conduction is the conduction of sound to the inner ear through the bones of the skull.

Both Ears

Abbreviation: AU Our two ears register

signals coming from multiple directions.

The complex structures of each ear process the received signals and pass them to the brain where we create meaning from our acoustic environment.

Otitis Media Abbreviation:

OM Otitis media is

inflammation of the middle ear, or middle ear infection.

Emmetropia

Abbreviation: EM Is a state of proper

correlation between the refractive system of the eye and the axial length of the eyeball, rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis being brought to focus exactly on the retina.

Exotropia Abbreviation: XT Is a form of

strabismus where the eyes are deviated outward.

Alternative name: Crossed eyes, Squint, and Walleye

Left Eye

Abbreviation: OS

Extraocular Movement Abbreviation: EOM Extraocular movement or the eyes

movement. The movement of the eyes is controlled

by The extraocular muscles that are the six muscles.

The actions of the extraocular muscles depend on the position of the eye at the time of muscle contraction.

Extraocular Movement

Visual Acuity

Abbreviation: VA Visual acuity is acuteness or

clearness of vision, especially form vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain.

References Fremgen, Bonnie F., and Suzanne S.

Frucht. Medical Terminology: a Living Language. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009. Print.

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dictionary.thefreedictionary.com www.kellogg.umich.edu www.uclaser.com/lasik-los-angeles/eye