Chap 11 - Special Senses Flashcards
— acusis
hearing
—opsia
vision
—ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
—tropia
turning
acous/o
hearing
aden/o
gland
audi/o
hearing
audi/o
hearing
audit/o
hearing
blephar/o
eyelid
Blepharoplasty
surgical repair of the eyelid
choroid/o
choroid
conjunctiv/o
conjuctiva
cor/o
pupil
core/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
dacry/o
tear, lacrimal apparatus
dipl/o
double
erythr/o
red
irid/o
iris
kerat/o
horny tissue, hard, cornea
keratotomy
used to correct vision
lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal apparatus
myopia
nearsightedness
myring/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
myringotomy
incision into the eardrum
ocul/o
eye
ophthalm/o
eye
—opia
vision
opt/o
eye, vision
ot/o
ear
pupill/o
pupil
retin/o
retina
salping/o
tube (usually fallopin or eustachian)
scler/o
hardening, sclera (white of eye)
stapedectomy
removal of stapes (from ear)
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
xanth/o
yellow
chromat/o
color
cochle/o
cochlea
my/o
muscle
neur/o
nerve
presby/o
old age
ton/o
tension
eso-
inward
exo-
outside, outward
ana-
against, up, back