Chapter 11 - Special Senses: Eyes & Ears Flashcards by chelsea mcvay | Brainscape

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acous/o , audi/o, audit/o

A

hearing

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aden/o

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Gland

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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choroid/o

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choroid

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chromat/o

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color

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cochle/o

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cochlea

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corne/o

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cornea

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dacry/o , lacrim/o

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tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

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dipl/o

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double

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irid/o

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iris

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kerat/o

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horny tissue; hard; cornea

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myring/o , tympan/o

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tympanic membrane (eardrum)

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ocul/o, ophthalm/o

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eye

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ot/o

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ear

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retin/o

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retina

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salping/o

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tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

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scler/o

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hardening; sclera (white of eye)

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presby/o

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old age

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erythr/o

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red

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my/o

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muscle

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neur/o

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nerve

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ton/o

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tension

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xanth/o

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yellow

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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-tomy

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Incision

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-acusis

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Hearing

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-algia, -dynia

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Pain

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-edema

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Swelling

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-pathy

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Disease

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-ptosis

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prolapse, downward displacement

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logist

A

Specialist in the study of

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-logy

A

study of

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-malacia

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Softening

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-metry

A

act of measuring

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-oma

A

Tumor

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-opia, -opsia

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Vision

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-osis

A

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-scope

A

Instrument for examining

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-scopy

A

Visual examination

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-stenosis

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Narrowing, stricture

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-tomy

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Incision

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-tropia

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Turning

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a-

A

Without, not

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ana-

A

against; up; back

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dipl-

A

double

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eso-

A

inward

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exo-

A

outside, outward

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hyper-

A

Excessive, above normal