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Ch. 17 Sense Organs
The Eye and the Ear
Question | Answer |
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aque/o | water |
blephar/o | eyelid (see also palpebr/o) |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
cor/o | pupil (see also pupill/o) |
corne/o | CORNEA (see also kerat/o |
cycl/o | ciliary body or muscle of the eye |
dacry/o | tears, tear duct (see also lacrim/o) |
ir/o rid/o | iris (colored portion of the eye around the pupil) |
kerat/o | cornea |
lacrim/o | tears |
ocul/o | eye |
ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o optic/o | eye, vision |
palpebr/o | eyelid |
papill/o | optic disc; nipple-like |
phac/o phak/o | lens of the eye |
pupill/o | pupil |
retin/o | retina |
scler/o | sclera (white of the eye); hard |
uve/o | uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and chroroid) |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
dipl/o | double |
glauc/o | gray |
mi/o | smaller, less |
mydr/o | widen, enlarge |
nyct/o | night |
phot/o | light |
presby/o | old age |
scot/o | darkness |
xer/o | dry |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-tropia | to turn |
acous/o | hearing |
audi/o | hearing: the sense of hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o auricul/o | ear (see also ot/o |
cochle/o | cochlea |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
myring/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane (see also tympan/o) |
ossicul/o | ossicle |
ot/o | ear |
salping/o | eustachian tube, auditory tube |
staped/o | stapes (third bone of the middle ear) |
tympan/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
vestibul/o | vestibule |
-acusis or -cusis | hearing |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-otia | ear condition |