Sense organs: The eye and the ear, Terminology Flashcards
(49 cards)
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aque/o
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water
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
-conjunctivitis: pink eye
4
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cor/o
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pupil
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corne/o
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cornea
6
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cycl/o
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ciliary body or muscle of the eye
7
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dacry/o
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tears, tear duct
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ir/o, irid/o
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iris (colored portion of the eye around the pupil)
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kerat/o
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cornea
10
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lacrim/o
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tears
11
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ocul/o
A
eye
12
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ophthalm/o
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eye
-ophthalmologist
13
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opt/o, optic/o
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eye, vision
14
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palpebr/o
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eyelid
15
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papill/o
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optic disc; nipple-like
16
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phac/o, phak/o
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lens of the eye
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pupill/o
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pupil
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retin/o
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retina
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scler/o
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sclera (white of the eye); hard
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uve/o
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uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
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vitre/o
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glassy
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ambly/o
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dull, dim
-amblyopia
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dipl/o
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double
-diplopia
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glauc/o
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gray
-glaucoma: -oma means mass or collection of fluid (aqueous humor). The term comes from the dull gray-green color of the affected eye in advanced cases.
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mi/o
smaller, less
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mydr/o
widen, enlarge
| -mydriasis: enlargement of pupils
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nyct/o
night
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phot/o
light
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presby/o
old age
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scot/o
darkness
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xer/o
dry
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-opia
-suffix
| Vision
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-opsia
-suffix
| Vision
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-tropia
-suffix
| To turn
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acous/o
hearing
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audi/o
hearing; the sense of hearing
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audit/o
hearinf
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aur/o, auricul/o
ear
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cochle/o
cochlea
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mastoid/o
mastoid process
-mastoiditis: the mastoid process is the posterior portion of the temporal bone extending downward behind the external auditory meatus. Mastoiditis caused by bacterial infection, spreads from middle ear
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myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
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ossicul/o
ossicle
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ot/o
ear
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salping/o
eustachian tube, auditory tube
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staped/o
stapes (third bone of the middle ear)
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tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
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-acusis or -cusis
-suffix
| Hearing
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-meter
-suffix
| instrument to measure
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-otia
-suffix
| ear condition
