Ch. 17 Sense Organs: The Eye and the Ear

Question 1

Cor/o

Answer 1

pupil

Question 2

Corne/o

Answer 2

cornea

Question 3

Cycl/o

Answer 3

ciliary body

Question 4

Darcy/o

Answer 4

tears, tear duct

Question 5

Ir/o; irid/o

Answer 5

iris; coloured portion of the eye around the pupil

Question 6

Kerat/o

Answer 6

cornea

Question 7

Lacrim/o

Answer 7

tears

Question 8

Papill/o

Answer 8

optic disc

Question 9

Phac/o; phak/o

Answer 9

lens of the eye

Question 10

Vitre/o

Answer 10

glassy

Question 11

Ambly/o

Answer 11

dull, dim

Question 12

Glauc/o

Answer 12

gray

Question 13

Mi/o

Answer 13

smaller, less

Question 14

Mydr/o

Answer 14

widen, enlarge

Question 15

Nyct/o

Answer 15

night

Question 16

Presby/o

Answer 16

old age

Question 17

Scot/o

Answer 17

darkness

Question 18

Xer/o

Answer 18

dry

Question 19

-tropia

Answer 19

to turn

Question 20

Presbyopia

Answer 20

impairment of vision as a result of old age

Question 21

Cataract

Answer 21

clouding of the lens , causing decreased vision

Question 22

Chalazion

Answer 22

small, hard, cystic mass on the eyelid

Question 23

Glaucoma

Answer 23

increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve with loss of vision

Question 24

Hordeolum

Answer 24

stye

Question 25

Macular degeneration

Answer 25

progressive damage to the macula of the retina

Question 26

Strabismus

Answer 26

abnormal deviation of the eye

Question 27

Enucleation

Answer 27

removal of the entire eyeball

Question 28

Auditory canal

Answer 28

channel that leads from the punna to the eardrum

Question 29

Auditory meatus

Answer 29

auditory canal

Question 30

Auditory tube

Answer 30

channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx; eustachian tube

Question 31

Auricle

Answer 31

flap of the ear; pinna

Question 32

Cerumen

Answer 32

earwax

Question 33

Eustachian tube

Answer 33

channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx; auditory tube

Question 34

Incus

Answer 34

second small bone of the middle ear

Question 35

Labyrinth

Answer 35

maze-like series of canals of the inner ear

Question 36

Malleus

Answer 36

first small bone of the middle ear

Question 37

Ossicle

Answer 37

small bone

Question 38

Oval window

Answer 38

membrane between the middle ear and the inner ear

Question 39

Pinna

Answer 39

flap of the ear; auricle

Question 40

Semicircular canals

Answer 40

passages in the inner ear associated with maintaining equilibrium

Question 41

Stapes

Answer 41

third bone of the middle ear

Question 42

Tympanic membrane

Answer 42

eardrum

Question 43

Vestibule

Answer 43

central cavity of the labyrinth, connecting the semicircular canals and the cochlea

Question 44

Acous/o

Answer 44

hearing

Question 45

Audi/o

Answer 45

hearing

Question 46

Audit/o

Answer 46

hearing

Question 47

Aur/o; auricul/o

Answer 47

ear

Question 48

Cochle/o

Answer 48

cochlea

Question 49

Mastoid/o

Answer 49

mastoid process

Question 50

Myring/o

Answer 50

eardrum

Question 51

Ot/o

Answer 51

ear

Question 52

Salping/o (Ear)

Answer 52

eustachian tube, auditory tube

Question 53

Staped/o

Answer 53

stapes

Question 54

Tympan/o

Answer 54

eardrum

Question 55

-acusis; -cusis

Answer 55

hearing

Question 56

-otia

Answer 56

ear condition

Question 57

Deafness

Answer 57

loss of the ability to ear

Question 58

Tinnitus

Answer 58

sensation of noises

Question 59

Vertigo

Answer 59

sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects