14 Flashcards
Conjunctiv/o
To bind together, conjunctiva
Blephar/o
Eyelid
Dacry/o
Tear
Ir/o
Iris
Ocul/o
Ophthalm/o
Opt/o
Eye
Ot/o
Ear
Retin/o
Retina
Rhin/o
Nose
Scler/o
Hard, sclera
The four special senses each of which contains sensory receptors and supportive tissues
they are smell, or olfaction
taste or gustation and blank or vision and hearing or audition
Site
The special sense of sight or vision is performed by the eyes, organs located in the orbits of the skull each I contains this sensitivity to light called …..
photoreceptors and support instructors
Sensory receptors
The special sense of hearing or audition is centered within the …
which contain sensory receptors the response to mechanical vibrations
Ear
Transmission and interpretation of impulses sent from the thin membrane of the eye containing photoreceptors is called the
Retina
Diseases of the ear may affect the function of .... or equilibrium or in some cases both
Hearing
Asthen/o
Weakness
Cor/o
Pupil
Leuk/o
White
-algia
Condition of pain
-ia
Condition of
-itis
Inflammation
-opia
Condition of vision
-ptosis
Drooping
-rrhagia
Abnormal discharge
A symptom of eye weakness commonly referred to as eyestrain is known as this is
also resulting from reading a computer screen or book without frequent breaks
Asthenopia
In some people of senior age the eyelid troops over the eye abnormally when this word is combined it forms the symptom called
Blepharoptosis
A common symptom of inflammation of the eyelid is called
Blepharitis
Eyelid repair is known as a procedure called
Blepharoplasty
The abnormal appearance of a white film in the pupil is a sign of disease it is called
which literally means white in the pupil
Leukocoria
The symptom of eye pain
Ophthalmagia
The term meaning bleeding of the eye is
Ophthalmorrhagia
A-
An-
Without absence of
Dipl-
Double
Hyper-
Excessive, abnormally high, above
Cyst/o
Bladder, sac
Kerat/o
Hard, cornea
Lith/o
Stone
Presby/o
Old age
Sinus/o
Cavity
Stigmat/o
Point
- iasis
- osis
Condition of
-ism
Condition or disease
-malacia
Softening
-pathy
Disease
-plegia
Paralysis
Transparency of the lens is reduced in this condition
Cataract
Bacteria may infect this membrane causing inflammation known as
commonly known as pinkeye because of the pink color of the sclera causing inflammation
Conjunctivitis
The presence of rocky particles in the apparatus is a condition known as
Dacryolithiasis
A painful condition often leads to inflammation of that lacrimal apparatus known as
Dacryocystitis
It occurs when the retina tears away from the choroid layer of the eye
it can be caused by a severe blow to the head, high blood pressure or old age
Detached retina
The condition of double vision is called
Diplopia
In the disease of the eye known as this …. a loss of vision occurs when the fluid pressure within the anterior chamber of the eyeball rises above normal
Glaucoma
A meibomian gland is a small gland in the eyelid that secretes lubricating fluid onto the conjunctiva
An infection of this gland produces a local swelling of the eyelid known as
Hordeolum
During a bacterial infection of the eye, parts of the eye may become inflamed when the iris is affected the condition is known as
Iritis
During a bacterial infection of the eye, parts if the eye may become inflamed when the cornea becomes inflamed it is called
Keratitis
