Chap 17, The Ear, Terminology

Question 1

acous/o

Answer 1

hearing

Question 2

acoustic

Answer 2

Pert. to hearing or sound.

Question 3

audiogram

Answer 3

Record of hearing using an audiometer.

Question 4

audiologist

Answer 4

Healthcare professional specializing in the evaluation and rehabilitation of people with hearing loss.

Question 5

audit/o

Answer 5

hearing

Question 6

auditory

Answer 6

Pertaining to hearing.

Question 7

aur/o, auricul/o

Answer 7

ear (see ot/o)

Question 8

aural

Answer 8

Pertaining to the ear.

Question 9

postauricular

Answer 9

Pertaining to behind the ear.

Question 10

cochle/o

Answer 10

cochlea

Question 11

cochlear

Answer 11

Pertaining to the cochlea (spiral-shaped tube in the inner ear).

Question 12

mastoid/o

Answer 12

mastoid process (the posterior portion of the temporal bone extending downward behind the external auditory meatus.

Question 13

mastoiditis

Answer 13

Inflammation of the mastoid process (behind the ear).

Question 14

myring/o

Answer 14

eardrum, tympanic membrane (see tympan/o)

Question 15

myringotomy

Answer 15

Incision of the eardrum.

Question 16

myringitis

Answer 16

Inflammation of the eardrum.

Question 17

ossicul/o

Answer 17

ossicle

Question 18

ossiculoplasty

Answer 18

Surgical repair of a middle ear bone.

Question 19

ot/o

Answer 19

ear

Question 20

otic

Answer 20

Pertaining to the ear.

Question 21

otomycosis

Answer 21

Abnormal condition of a fungal infection in the ear.

Question 22

otopyorrhea

Answer 22

Discharge of pus from the ear.

Question 23

otolaryngologist

Answer 23

Specialist in the ear and larynx (upper respiratory region - nose and throat).

Question 24

salping/o

Answer 24

eustachian tube, auditory tube

Question 25

salpingopharyngeal

Answer 25

Pertaining to the eustachian tube and the throat.

Question 26

staped/o

Answer 26

stapes (third bone of the middle ear)

Question 27

stapedectomy

Answer 27

Removal of the stapes bone (middle ear bone).

Question 28

tympan/o

Answer 28

eardrum, tympanic membrane

Question 29

tympanoplasty

Answer 29

Surgical repair of the eardrum.

Question 30

vestibul/o

Answer 30

vestibule

Question 31

vestibulocochlear

Answer 31

Pertaining to the vestibule and cochlea of the inner ear. This is the 8th cranial nerve (acoustic nerve).

Question 32

-acusis or -cusis

Answer 32

hearing

Question 33

hyperacusis

Answer 33

Abnormally acute sensitivity to sounds.

Question 34

presbycusis

Answer 34

Progressive, bilateral hearing loss occurring with age.

Question 35

-meter

Answer 35

instrument to measure

Question 36

audiometer

Answer 36

Instrument to measure the sharpness of hearing.

Question 37

-otia

Answer 37

ear condition

Question 38

macrotia

Answer 38

Condition of large ears.