Chapter 17 - Sense Organs Flashcards
(53 cards)
1
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aque/o
A
water
2
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
3
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conjunctiv/o
A
conjunctiva (membrane lining the inner surfaces of the eyelids and anterior portion of the eyeball over the white of the eye)
4
Q
cor/o
A
pupil
5
Q
corne/o
A
cornea
6
Q
cycl/o
A
ciliary body or muscle of the eye
7
Q
dacry/o
A
tears, tear duct
8
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ir/o, irid/o
A
iris (colored portion of the eye)
9
Q
kerat/o
A
cornea
10
Q
lacrim/o
A
tears
11
Q
ocul/o
A
eye
12
Q
opthalm/o
A
eye
13
Q
opt/o, optic/o
A
eye, vision
14
Q
palpebr/o
A
eyelid
15
Q
papill/o
A
optic disc; nipple-like
16
Q
phac/o, phak/o
A
lens of the eye
17
Q
pupill/o
A
pupil
18
Q
retin/o
A
retina
19
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scler/o
A
sclera (white of the eye)
20
Q
uve/o
A
uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
21
Q
vitre/o
A
glassy
22
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amply/o
A
dull, dim
23
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dipl/o
A
double
24
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glauc/o
A
gray
25
mi/o
smaller, less
26
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
27
nyct/o
night
28
phot/o
light
29
presby/o
old age
30
scot/o
darkness
31
xer/o
dry
32
-opia
vision
33
-opsia
vision
34
-tropia
to turn
35
eso-
inward
36
exo-
outward
37
xanth/o
yellow
38
-elasma
plate
39
acous/o
hearing
40
audi/o
hearing; the sense of hearing
41
audit/o
hearing
42
aur/o, auricul/o
ear
43
cochle/o
cochlea
44
mastoid/o
mastoid process
45
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
46
ossicul/o
ossicles (3 bones in the ear that conduct sound waves)
47
ot/o
ear
48
staped/o
stapes (1 of 3 bones of the ear that conducts sound waves)
49
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
50
vestibul/o
vestibule
51
-acusis or -cusis
hearing
52
-meter
instrument to measure
53
-otia
ear condition
