Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
Q
acous/o
A
hearing
2
Q
aer/o
A
air or gas
3
Q
audi/o
A
hearing
4
Q
aur/i
A
ear
5
Q
cerumin/o
A
wax
6
Q
myring/o
A
eardrum
7
Q
ot/o
A
ear
8
Q
salping/o
A
tube
9
Q
tympan/o
A
eardrum
10
Q
-acusis
A
hearing condition
11
Q
pinna
A
feather
12
Q
auricle
A
little ear
13
Q
tympanum
A
middle ear
14
Q
labyrinth
A
maze
15
Q
-metry
A
process of measuring
16
Q
anaerobe
A
microbe that lives without air
17
Q
otologist
A
physician that studies and treats the ear
18
Q
-osis
A
condition or increase
19
Q
ceruminosis
A
excessive ear wax
20
Q
salpingitis
A
inflammation of auditory tube
21
Q
-tomy
A
surgical incision
22
Q
tympanotomy
A
incision into the eardrum
23
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical excision
24
Q
myringectomy
A
excision of the eardrum
25
auricle
projected part of the external ear
26
external ear
outer structures of the ear that collect sound
27
tympanum
eardrum
28
malleus
the hammer
29
incus
the anvil
30
stapes
the stirrup
