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Chap. 10 Special Sense System Word Parts + Anatomy Flashcards

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conjunctiva

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thin, clear, colorless, mucous membrane that covers the entire eye for protection

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sclera

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white part of eye that maintains eye shape and protects eye

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cornea

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clear, anterior portion of sclera, protects iris and pupil and provides most of the optical power of the eye

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choroid

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blood rich coating of the eyeball; provides nourishment

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pupil

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controls light entering inside the eye

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iris

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muscular layer that surrounds the pupil to constrict or dilate pupil

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lens

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clear, curved, flexible structure that focuses images on the retina

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ciliary body

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the ciliary muscle and suspensory ligaments; adjusts shape of lens to help focus on objects

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aqueous humor

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cleanses the eye and provides nutrients to cornea and lens; holds shape of anterior eye

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vitreous humor

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gel like fluid that holds retina in place

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retina

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contains photoreceptors that receive images from the environment and converts them to nerve impulses

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what are the 2 types of photoreceptors

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rods and cones

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rods

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responsible for black and white (allows us to see in dim light and provides our peripheral vision)

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cones

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responsible for color and the different hues

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macula

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contains specialized cones in high density to help with high acuity (fovea centralis)

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optic nerve

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2nd cranial nerve for processing visual images

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what is another name for the fovea centralis

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fovea macula

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acous/o

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hearing; sound

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acoust/o

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hearing; sound

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ambly/o

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dull; dim

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aque/o

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water

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audi/o

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hearing

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audit/o

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hearing

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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cerumin/o

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cerumen

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cochle/o

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cochlea

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what are the three types of areas of the ear?

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outer, middle, inner

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auricle

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aka pinna, directs sound into auditory canal (funnel)

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auditory canal

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aka external acoustic meatus; short, narrow chamber that leads to ear drum

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ceruminous glands

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produce wax

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cerumen

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wax; protects middle ear by trapping debris from environment

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tympanic membrane

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aka ear drum, separates outer ear from middle ear; transmits sound waves through vibrations to ossicles

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auditory ossicles

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middle ear bones; where loss of hearing mostly occurs due to degeneration of the bone due to loud music

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malleus

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hammer shaped; outer most middle ear bone

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incus

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anvil shaped; middle bone

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stapes

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stirrup shaped; innermost middle ear bone

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eustachian tubes

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aka auditory tube; helps equalize pressure within the ear by draining fluids from middle ear to pharynx

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labyrinth

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controls balance and equilibrium

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cochlea

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snail like structure of the inner ear; contains fluid that sound vibrations travel in and is converted to electrical impulses

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organ of corti

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structure within cochlea that converts sound waves

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vestibule

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connects cochlea to semi circular canals

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semicircular canals

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tells your brain where your head is in space

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oval window

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connects middle ear to inner ear

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round window

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connects middle ear to cochlea; allows for displacement of fluid in cochlea

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vestibulocochlear nerve

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aka auditory nerve; 2 nerves in 1

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acous/o or acoust/o

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hearing; sound

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ambly/o

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dull; dim

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aque/o

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water

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audi/o or audit/o

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hearing

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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cerumin/o

A

cerumen

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cochle/o

A

cochlea

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva

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cor/o or core/o

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pupil

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corne/o

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cornea

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cyst/o

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cyst; fluid sac; bladder

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dacry/o

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tear

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dipl/o

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double

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glauc/o

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gray

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graph/o

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writing

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gustat/o

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taste

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ir/o or irid/o

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iris

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kerat/o

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cornea

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lacrim/o

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tears

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mi/o

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smaller; less

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mydr/o

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widened; enlarged

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane; eardrum

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nyct/o

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night

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ocul/o

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eye

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olfact/o

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smell

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ophthalm/o

A

eye

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opt/o or optic/o

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eye; vision

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ossic/o

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ossicle (small bone)

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ot/o

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ear

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papill/o

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optic disc; nipple like

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phac/o or phak/o

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lens of the eye

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presby/o

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old age

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retin/o

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retina

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salping/o

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eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube

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scot/o

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darkness

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staped/o

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stapes (middle ear bone)

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steat/o

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sebrum; fat

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stigmat/o

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point

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vestibul/o

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vestibule

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vitr/o

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vitreous body

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vitre/o

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glassy

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a- or an-

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not; without

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ec-

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out; outside

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en-

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in; within

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eso-

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inward

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exo-

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outward

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hyper-

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above; above normal; excessive

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hypo-

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below; below normal; deficient

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intra-

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within; into

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-cusis

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hearing

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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision

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-esthesia

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feeling; sensation

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-ia

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condition

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-ion

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process; condition; state

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-ism

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process; condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-oma

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tumor; mass

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-opia

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vision condition

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-osmia

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smell condition

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-otia

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ear condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-ptosis

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droop; sag; prolapse; protrude

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-sclerosis

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hardening; thickening

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-scope

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instrument used to view

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-scopy

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visual examination using a scope

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-tomy

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process of cutting; incision

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-tropia

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to turn

115
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what is an optamologist

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has an MD, can prescribe medicine, can do surgery and about anything; where you find out what’s wrong with your eyes and gives a diagnosis

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what is an optometrist

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goes to an optometry school, has an OD but not an MD so they are limited to prescribe medicine and cannot do surgeries; this is where you get your glasses

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what does the mucus membrane do in the conjunctiva?

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produces mucus for protection

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