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Chapter 17 - Sense Organs Flashcards

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aque/o

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water

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva (membrane lining the inner surfaces of the eyelids and anterior portion of the eyeball over the white of the eye)

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cor/o

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pupil

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corne/o

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cornea

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cycl/o

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ciliary body or muscle of the eye

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dacry/o

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tears, tear duct

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ir/o, irid/o

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iris (colored portion of the eye)

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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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ocul/o

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eye

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opthalm/o

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eye

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opt/o, optic/o

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eye, vision

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palpebr/o

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eyelid

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papill/o

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optic disc; nipple-like

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phac/o, phak/o

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lens of the eye

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pupill/o

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pupil

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retin/o

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retina

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scler/o

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sclera (white of the eye)

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uve/o

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uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)

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vitre/o

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glassy

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amply/o

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dipl/o

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glauc/o

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mi/o

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smaller, less

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mydr/o

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widen, enlarge

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nyct/o

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phot/o

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presby/o

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scot/o

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xer/o

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-opia

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-opsia

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-tropia

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eso-

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exo-

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xanth/o

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-elasma

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acous/o

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audi/o

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hearing; the sense of hearing

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audit/o

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aur/o, auricul/o

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cochle/o

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process

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myring/o

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

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ossicul/o

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ossicles (3 bones in the ear that conduct sound waves)

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ot/o

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staped/o

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stapes (1 of 3 bones of the ear that conducts sound waves)

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tympan/o

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

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vestibul/o

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-acusis or -cusis

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-meter

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instrument to measure

53
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-otia

A

ear condition

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