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Chapter 17; Eye and Ear Flashcards

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aqueo

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water

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blepharo

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eyelid

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conjuctivo

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conjunctiva

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coro

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pupil

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corneo

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cornea

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cyclo

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ciliary body or muscle of eye

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dacryo

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tears, tear duct

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iro, irido

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iris

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kerato

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cornea

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lacrimo

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tears

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oculo

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eye

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ophthalmo

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eye

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opto, optico

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eye, vision

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palpebro

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eyelid

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papillo

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optic disc, nipple like

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phaco, phako

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lens of eye

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pupillo

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pupil

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retino

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retina

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sclero

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sclera, hard

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uveo

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uvea; vascular portion of the eye

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vitreo

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glassy

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amblyo

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dull, dim

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diplo

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double

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glauco

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grey

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mio

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smaller, less

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mydro

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widen, enlarge

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nycto

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night

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photo

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light

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presbyo

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old age

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scoto

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darkness

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xero

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dry

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opia

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vision

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opsia

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vision

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tropia

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to turn

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chalazion

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small, hard, cystic mass on the eyelid

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hordeolum (stye)

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localized, purulent, inflammatory staph infection of a sebaceous gland in eyelid

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macular degeneration

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progressive damage to the macula of the retina

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strabismus

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abnormal deviation of the eye

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enucleation

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removal of the entire eyeball

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keratoplasty

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surgical repair of cornea

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LASIK

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use of an excimer laser to correct errors of refraction. stands for: Laser In Situ Keratomileusis

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phacoemulsification

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ultrasonic vibrations break up the lens; the pieces are then aspirated through the ultrasonic probe

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scleral buckle

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suture of a silicone band to the sclera over a detached portion of the retina

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HEENT

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head, eyes, ears, nose, throat

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IOL

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intraocular lens

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IOP

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intraocular pressure

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OD

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right eye (oculus dexter)

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OS

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left eye (oculus sinister)

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OU

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both eyes (oculus uterque)

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PERRLA

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Pupils equal, round, reactive to light, and accommodation

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VA

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visual acuity

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VF

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visual field

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cerumen

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earwax

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incus

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anvil

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malleus

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hammer

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stapes

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stirrup

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tympanic membrane

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eardrum

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acouso

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hearing

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audio

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hearing, sense of hearing

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audito

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hearing

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auro, auriculo

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ear

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cocheo

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chochlea

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mastoido

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mastoid process

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myringo

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eardrum

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ossiculo

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ossicle

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oto

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ear

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salpingo

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eustachian tube, auditorytube

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stapedo

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stapes

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tympano

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eardrum

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vestibulo

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vestibule

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-acusis or -cusis

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hearing

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-meter

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instrument to measure

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-otia

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ear condition

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acoustic neuroma

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benign tumor arising from the acoustic vestibular nerve in the brain

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cholesteatoma

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collection of skin cells and cholesterol in a sac within the middle ear

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otitis media

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inflammation of the middle ear

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otosclerosis

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hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear

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tinnitus

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sensation of noise

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vertigo

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

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otoscopy

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visual examination of the ear with an otoscope

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AD

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right ear (auris dextra)

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AOM

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acute otitis media

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AS

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Left ear (auris sinistra)

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EENT

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ear eyes nose throat

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ENG

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electronystagmography

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ENT

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ears nose throat

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HEENT

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head eyes ears nose throat

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PE tube

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Pressure equalizing tube

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SOM

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serous otitis media

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