Chapter 17: Sense Organs Eye and Ear: Combining Forms Flashcards
(48 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
4
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cor/o
A
pupil
5
Q
corne/o
A
cornea
6
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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
A
iris
9
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irid/o
A
iris
10
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kerat/o
A
cornea
11
Q
lacrim/o
A
tears
12
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ocul/o
A
eye
13
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ophthalm/o
A
eye
14
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opt/o
A
eye, vision
15
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optic/o
A
eye, vision
16
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palpebr/o
A
eyelid
17
Q
papill/o
A
optic disc; nipple-like
18
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phac/o
A
lens of the eye
19
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phak/o
A
lens of the ey
20
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pupill/o
A
pupil
21
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retin/o
A
retina
22
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scler/o
A
sclera (white of the eye); hard
23
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uve/o
A
uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
24
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vitre/o
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glassy
25
ambyl/o
dull, dim
26
dipl/o
double
27
glauc/o
gray
28
mi/o
smaller, less
29
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
30
nyct/o
night
31
phot/o
light
32
presby/o
old age
33
scot/o
darkness
34
xer/o
dry
35
acous/o
hearing
36
audi/o
hearing; the sense of hearing
37
audit/o
hearing
38
aur/o
ear
39
auricul/o
ear
40
cochle/o
cochlea
41
mastoid/o
mastoid process
42
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
43
ossicul/o
ossicle
44
ot/o
ear
45
salping/o
eustachian tube, auditory tube
46
staped/o
stapes (third bone in the middle of the ear)
47
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
48
vestibul/o
vestibule
