Audiology word building & Acronyms

Question 1

hearing (3)

Answer 1

acous/o; audi/o; audit/o

Question 2

ear (3)

Answer 2

aur/o; auricul/o; ot/o

Question 3

cochlea

Answer 3

cochle/o

Question 4

mastoid process

Answer 4

mastoid/o

Question 5

mucus

Answer 5

muc/o

Question 6

fungus

Answer 6

myc/o

Question 7

tympanic membrane, eardrum (2)

Answer 7

myring/o; tympan/o

Question 8

ossicle

Answer 8

ossicul/o

Question 9

eustachian tube

Answer 9

salping/o

Question 10

stapes

Answer 10

staped/o

Question 11

suffix: hearing

Answer 11

-cusis

Question 12

suffix: ear condition

Answer 12

-otia

Question 13

AD

Answer 13

Right ear

Question 14

AS

Answer 14

Left ear

Question 15

AU

Answer 15

Both ears

Question 16

TM

Answer 16

Tympanic membrane

Question 17

ENT

Answer 17

Ears, nose, and throat

Question 18

Fluid within the labyrinth of the inner ear

Answer 18

Endolymph

Question 19

Auditory tube

Answer 19

Eustachian tube

Question 20

Maze-like series of canals in middle ear

Answer 20

Labyrinth

Question 21

Second ossicle of middle ear (anvil)

Answer 21

Incus

Question 22

First ossicle of middle ear (hammer)

Answer 22

Malleus

Question 23

small bone

Answer 23

ossicle

Question 24

membrane between middle and inner ears

Answer 24

oval window

Question 25

fluid contained in labyrinth

Answer 25

perilymph

Question 26

auricle, flap of ear

Answer 26

pinna

Question 27

organ in inner ear that maintains equilibrium

Answer 27

saccule

Question 28

passages in inner ear that maintain equilibrium

Answer 28

semicircular canals

Question 29

third ossicle of middle ear, shaped like stirrup

Answer 29

stapes

Question 30

tiny, sac-like structure in inner ear that helps maintain equilibrium

Answer 30

utricle