Special Senses chapter 16

Question 1

adjustment of the eye for various distances so that images focus on the retina of the eye

Answer 1

accommodation

Question 2

clearness or sharpness of a sensory function

Answer 2

acuity

Question 3

tissues or structures in the body adjacent to or near a related structure

Answer 3

adnexa

Question 4

any fluid or semifluid of the body

Answer 4

humor

Question 5

series of intricate communication passages

Answer 5

labyrinth

Question 6

substance or surface that neither transmits nor allows the passage of light

Answer 6

opaque

Question 7

fluid that very closely resembles spinal fluid but is found in the cochlea

Answer 7

perilymph

Question 8

light-sensitive pigment in the retinal cones and rods that absorbs light and initiates the visual process; also called visual pigment

Answer 8

photopigment

Question 9

ability to bend light rays as they pass from one medium to another

Answer 9

refractive

Question 10

depth perception provided by visual information derived from two eyes located in slightly different positions so that each produces its own unique view of an object

Answer 10

stereopsis

Question 11

ambly/o

Answer 11

dull, dim

Question 12

aque/o

Answer 12

water

Question 13

blephar/o

Answer 13

eyelid

Question 14

choroid/o

Answer 14

choroid

Question 15

conjunctiv/o

Answer 15

conjunctiva

Question 16

core/o
pupill/o

Answer 16

pupil

Question 17

corne/o

Answer 17

cornea

Question 18

cycl/o

Answer 18

ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle

Question 19

dacry/o
lacrim/o

Answer 19

tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

Question 20

dacryocyst/o

Answer 20

lacrimal sac

Question 21

glauc/o

Answer 21

gray

Question 22

goni/o

Answer 22

angle

Question 23

irid/o

Answer 23

iris

Question 24

kerat/o

Answer 24

horny tissue; hard; cornea

Question 25

ocul/o
ophthalm/o

Answer 25

eye

Question 26

opt/o
optic/o

Answer 26

eye; vision

Question 27

phac/o

Answer 27

lens

Question 28

phot/o

Answer 28

light

Question 29

presby/o

Answer 29

old age

Question 30

retin/o

Answer 30

retina

Question 31

scler/o

Answer 31

hardening; sclera (white of eye)

Question 32

scot/o

Answer 32

darkness

Question 33

vitr/o

Answer 33

vitreous body (of the eye)

Question 34

audi/o

Answer 34

hearing

Question 35

labyrinth/o

Answer 35

labyrinth (inner ear)

Question 36

mastoid/o

Answer 36

mastoid process

Question 37

ot/o

Answer 37

ear

Question 38

salping/o

Answer 38

tubes (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

Question 39

staped/o

Answer 39

stapes

Question 40

tympan/o
myring/o

Answer 40

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 41

-acusia

Answer 41

hearing

Question 42

-cusis

Answer 42

hearing

Question 43

-opia

Answer 43

vision

Question 44

-opsia

Answer 44

vision

Question 45

-tropia

Answer 45

turning

Question 46

exo-

Answer 46

outside, outward

Question 47

hyper-

Answer 47

excessive, above normal

Question 48

the outermost layer of the eyeball, protective coat

Answer 48

fibrous tunic

Question 49

middle layer of the eyeball, known as the uvea

Answer 49

vascular tunic

Question 50

innermost layer of the eyeball

Answer 50

sensory tunic

Question 51

function in dim light and produce black and white vision

Answer 51

rods

Question 52

function in bright light and produce color vision

Answer 52

cones

Question 53

outside of ear

Answer 53

external ear

Question 54

middle of the ear

Answer 54

tympanic cavity

Question 55

inner ear

Answer 55

labyrinth

Question 56

vestibule system:

Answer 56

semicircular canals and the vestibule