Special Senses: Eyes & Ears Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
Q
acous/o, audi/o, audit/o
A
hearing
2
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
3
Q
choroid/o
A
choroid
4
Q
conjunctiv/o
A
conjunctiva
5
Q
cor/o, core/o, pupill/o
A
pupil
6
Q
corne/o
A
cornea
7
Q
dacry/o, lacrim/o
A
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
8
Q
dipl/o
A
double
9
Q
irid/o
A
iris
10
Q
kerat/o
A
horny tissue; hard; cornea
11
Q
labyrinth/o
A
labyrinth (inner ear)
12
Q
my/o
A
muscle
13
Q
myring/o, tympan/o
A
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
14
Q
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
A
eye
15
Q
opt/o, optic/o
A
eye, vision
16
Q
ot/o
A
ear
17
Q
py/o
A
pus
18
Q
retin/o
A
retina
19
Q
salping/o
A
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)
20
Q
scler/o
A
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
21
Q
xer/o
A
dry
22
Q
-acusis
A
hearing
23
Q
-algia, -dynia
A
pain
24
Q
-metry
A
act of measuring
25
-opia, -opsia
vision
26
-plegia
paralysis
27
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
28
-rrhea
discharge, flow
29
-rrhexis
rupture
30
-salpinx
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)
31
-tome
instrument to cut
32
-tomy
incision
33
-tropia
turning
34
di-, dipl-, diplo-
double
