Chapter 17 - Sense Organs Flashcards

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1
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Combining form meaning; aque/o

A

Water.

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Combining form meaning; blephar/o

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Eyelid.

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3
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Combining form meaning; conjunctiv/o

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Conjunctiva

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4
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Combining form meaning; cor/o

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Pupil.

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5
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Combining form meaning; corne/o

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Cornea.

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Combining form meaning; cycl/o

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Ciliary body or muscle of the eye.

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7
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Combining form meaning; dacry/o

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Tears, tear duct.

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Combining form meaning; ir/o, irid/o

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Iris (coloured portion of the eye around the pupil).

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9
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Combining form meaning; kerat/o

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Cornea.

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10
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Combining form meaning; lacrim/o

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Tears.

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Combining form meaning; ocul/o

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Eye.

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12
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Combining form meaning; ophthalm/o

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Eye.

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13
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Combining form meaning; opt/o, optic/o

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Eye, vision.

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14
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Combining form meaning; palpebr/o

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Eyelid.

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15
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Combining form meaning; papill/o

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Optic disc; nipple like.

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Combining form meaning; phac/o, phak/o

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Lens of the eye.

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Combining form meaning; pupill/o

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Pupil.

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18
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Combining form meaning; retin/o

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Retina.

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19
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Combining form meaning; scler/o

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Sclera (white of the eye); hard.

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Combining form meaning; uve/o

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Uvea; vascular layers of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid).

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21
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Combining form meaning; vitre/o

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Glassy.

22
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Combining form meaning; ambly/o

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Dull, dim.

23
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Combining form meaning; dipl/o

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Double.

24
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Combining form meaning; glauc/o

A

Gray.

25
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Combining form meaning; mi/o

A

Smaller, less.

26
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Combining form meaning; mydr/o

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Widen, enlarge.

27
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Combining form meaning; nyct/o

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Night.

28
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Combining form meaning; phot/o

A

Light.

29
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Combining form meaning; presby/o

A

Old age.

30
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Combining form meaning; scot/o

A

Darkness.

31
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Combining form meaning; xer/o

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Dry.

32
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Suffix meaning; -opia

A

Vision.

33
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Suffix meaning; -opsia

A

Vision.

34
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Suffix meaning; -tropia

A

To turn.

35
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Combining form meaning; acous/o

A

Hearing.

36
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Combining form meaning; audi/o

A

Hearing; the sense of hearing.

37
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Combining form meaning; audit/o

A

Hearing.

38
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Combining form meaning; aur/o, auricul/o

A

Ear.

39
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Combining form meaning; cochle/o

A

Cochlea.

40
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Combining form meaning; mastoid/o

A

Mastoid process.

41
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Combining form meaning; myring/o

A

Eardrum, tympanic membrane.

42
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Combining form meaning; ossicul/o

A

Ossicle.

43
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Combining form meaning; ot/o

A

Ear.

44
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Combining form meaning; salping/o

A

Eustachian tube, auditory tube.

45
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Combining form meaning; staped/o

A

Stapes (third bone of the middle ear).

46
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Combining form meaning; tympan/o

A

Eardrum, tympanic membrane.

47
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Combining form meaning; vestibul/o

A

Vestibule.

48
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Suffix meaning; -acusis, or -cusis

A

Hearing.

49
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Suffix meaning; -meter

A

Instrument to measure.

50
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Suffix meaning; -otia

A

Ear condition.