Ch 14. Sight and hearing

Question 1

Blephar/o

Answer 1

Eyelid

Question 2

Conjunctiv/o

Answer 2

To bind together, conjunctiva

Question 3

Dacry/o

Answer 3

Tear,lacrimal sac

Question 4

Ir/o

Answer 4

Iris

Question 5

Ocul/o

Answer 5

Eye

Question 6

Ophthalm/o

Answer 6

Eye

Question 7

Opt/o

Answer 7

Eye

Question 8

Ot/o

Answer 8

Ear

Question 9

Retin/o

Answer 9

Retina

Question 10

Rhin/o

Answer 10

Nose

Question 11

Scler/o

Answer 11

Hard,sclera

Question 12

Asthen/o

Answer 12

Weakness

Question 13

Cor/o

Answer 13

Pupil

Question 14

-opia

Answer 14

Condition of vision

Question 15

-rrhagia

Answer 15

Abnormal discharge

Question 16

Kerat/o

Answer 16

Hard,cornea

Question 17

Presby/o

Answer 17

Old age

Question 18

Sinus/o

Answer 18

Cavity

Question 19

Stigmat/o

Answer 19

Point

Question 20

Dipl-

Answer 20

Double

Question 21

-iasis

Answer 21

Condition of

Question 22

-ism

Answer 22

Condition of disease

Question 23

-plegia

Answer 23

Paralysis

Question 24

-pathy

Answer 24

Disease

Question 25

Amblyopia

Answer 25

Lazy eye

Question 26

Strabismus

Answer 26

Crossed eye, Greek for squinting

Question 27

Cataract

Answer 27

Lens clarity is reduced

Question 28

Conjunctivitis

Answer 28

Pink eye

Question 29

Detached retina

Answer 29

Retina tears away from the choroid layer -causes blindness

Question 30

Hordeolum

Answer 30

Localized swelling of eyelid
Latin hordeum-barely
Hordeun is also called a sty
Chalazion-chronic version

Question 31

Macular degeneration (AMD)

Answer 31

Degeneration of the cones

Question 32

Refractive errors

Answer 32

Myopia-Nearsightedness 
Hyperopia-farsightedness 
Presbyopia-reduction of Vision due to old age 
Emmetropia-normal condition of eye
Astigmatism-blurred vision

Question 33

Radi/o

Answer 33

Radius

Question 34

-ar

Answer 34

Pertaining to

Question 35

-metrist

Answer 35

One who studies

Question 36

-tomy

Answer 36

Incision

Question 37

-stomy

Answer 37

Surgical creation of an opening

Question 38

Phacoemsification (phaco)

Answer 38

Cataract extraction

Question 39

Cryopexy

Answer 39

Fixation of detached retina by freezing.

Question 40

Davryocystorhinostomy

Answer 40

A channel is surgically created b/t the nasal cavity and lacrimal sac for drainage

Question 41

-rrhea

Answer 41

Discharge

Question 42

Para-

Answer 42

Alongside,abnormal

Question 43

Paracusis

Answer 43

Symptom of partial loss of hearing

Question 44

Tinnitus

Answer 44

Ringing or buzzing sensation in ears

Latin tinnio-jingling sound

Question 45

Vertigo

Answer 45

Dizziness

Question 46

Cholesteatoma

Answer 46

Formation of a cyst like ball of epithelial cells in the middle ear(not actually cancer or cholesterol)

Question 47

Mastoid/o

Answer 47

Resembling a breast

Question 48

Extern/o

Answer 48

Exterior

Question 49

Med/o

Answer 49

Middle

Question 50

Mastoiditis

Answer 50

Inflammation of middle ear (mastoid)

Question 51

Meniere disease

Answer 51

Chronic middle ear disease-vertigo,tinnitus

Question 52

Otitis media

Answer 52

Inflammation of middle ear- partial hearing loss, 80% of kids gets it before 3-bacterial infection

Question 53

Otosclerosis

Answer 53

Abnormal bone growth in ear

Question 54

Presbyacusis

Answer 54

Gradual los of hearing with age

Question 55

Audi/o

Answer 55

Hearing

Question 56

Labyrinth/o

Answer 56

Maze,inner ear

Question 57

Myring/o

Answer 57

Membrane,eardrum

Question 58

Tympan/o

Answer 58

Eardrum