6.1 Word Parts of the Sensory System Word Roots Associated with the Eye

Question 1

eye

very valuable but vulnerable organ

Answer 1

oculo
ophthalm/o,
opt/o

Question 2

blepharo

Blepharo+ plasty = surgical reconstruction

Answer 2

The eye rests in a socket made of seven connecting bones in the skull. Protects eye from dust and other floating particles

Question 3

lacrimal gland

Answer 3

is a small gland that sits just above and to the side of the eye

produces tears that stream across the eye and keep it wet.

Question 4

conjunctiva

Answer 4

eyelids are lined with a thin invisible membrane

Question 5

tear

Answer 5

lacrim/o, dacry/o

Question 6

vision condition

Answer 6

-opia, -opsia - a+kinet+ opsia = no movement vision condition

Question 7

Three layers of an eye

Answer 7

cornea and sclera

Question 8

cornea

Answer 8

corne/o, kerat/o

Question 9

sclera (the white of the eye)

Answer 9

scler/o

Question 10

Down layer of the eye

Answer 10

CHOROID AND RETINA

Question 11

choroid

Answer 11

includes lens which gathers light and focus on images in the same way a lens on a camera does. Also includes iris and ciliary muscles

Question 12

vitre/o

Answer 12

vitreous liquid (also called vitreous humor)

Question 13

ciliary body

Answer 13

cycl/o

Question 14

retina ( also known as netlike - patterns of light)

Answer 14

retin/o

Question 15

iris ( colored part of the eye)

Answer 15

ir/o, irid/o

Question 16

lens

Answer 16

phac/o, phak/o

Phaco - greek word meaning “lentil”

Question 17

ear

Answer 17

aur/o, ot/o ( oto is an instrument that a doctor uses to look into the ear)

Question 18

sound, hearing

Answer 18

acous/o, audi/o

Question 19

hearing condition

Answer 19

-acusis

Question 20

eardrum

Answer 20

part of the middle ear and is very important

Question 21

ear wax

Answer 21

cerumin/o

Question 22

eardrum

Answer 22

tympan/o, myring/o

Question 23

cochlea

Answer 23

cochle/o ( Greek word for snail shell) controls heating

Question 24

vestibule

Answer 24

vestibul/o

Controls balance of sound

Question 25

labyrinth

Answer 25

labyrinth/o - inner most part of the ear and contains two structures, cochlea which controls hearing and vestibular which controls the balance