Chapter 11

Question 1

blephar/o

Answer 1

eyelid

Question 2

-cusis

Answer 2

hearing

Question 3

irid/o

Answer 3

iris, colored part of eye

Question 4

kerat/o

Answer 4

horny, hard, cornea

Question 5

myring/o

Answer 5

tympanic membrane, eardrum

Question 6

ophthalm/o

Answer 6

eye, vision

Question 7

-opia

Answer 7

vision condition

Question 8

opt/o

Answer 8

eye, vision

Question 9

ot/o

Answer 9

ear, hearing

Question 10

phak/o

Answer 10

lens of eye

Question 11

presby/o

Answer 11

old age

Question 12

retin/o

Answer 12

retina, net

Question 13

scler/o

Answer 13

slcera, white of eye, hard

Question 14

trop/o

Answer 14

turn, change

Question 15

tympan/o

Answer 15

tympanic membrane, eardrum

Question 16

adnexa oculi

Answer 16

structure outside the eyeball

Question 17

binocular vision

Answer 17

muscles of eyes work together to make depth perception possible

Question 18

canthus

Answer 18

corner of the eye

Question 19

cilia

Answer 19

small hairs, make up eyebrows & eyelashes

Question 20

tarsus (tarsal plate)

Answer 20

framework that provides stiffness and shape

Question 21

conjunctiva

Answer 21

transparent mucous membrane; protects exposed eyeball surface

Question 22

ciliary body

Answer 22

muscles and ligaments that adjust the thickness of the lens

Question 23

cornea

Answer 23

transparent outer surface

Question 24

accommodation

Answer 24

contraction and dilation of the pupil

Question 25

convergence

Answer 25

simultaneous inward movement of the eyes toward each other

Question 26

emmetropia

Answer 26

relationship between the refractive power and the shape of the eye

Question 27

refraction (refractive power)

Answer 27

ability of the lens to bend light rays so they focus on the retina

Question 28

visual activity (VA)

Answer 28

ability to distinguish object details and shape at a distance

Question 29

ptosis

Answer 29

dropping of the upper eyelid

Question 30

chalazion

Answer 30

module or cyst

Question 31

hordeolum (stye)

Answer 31

pus-filled lesion

Question 32

blepharitis

Answer 32

swelling of the eyelid

Question 33

entropion

Answer 33

eversion of the edge of an eyelid

Question 34

periorbital edema

Answer 34

swelling of the tissues surrounding the eye