Chapter 17 - Sense Organs Flashcards
Combining form meaning; aque/o
Water.
Combining form meaning; blephar/o
Eyelid.
Combining form meaning; conjunctiv/o
Conjunctiva
Combining form meaning; cor/o
Pupil.
Combining form meaning; corne/o
Cornea.
Combining form meaning; cycl/o
Ciliary body or muscle of the eye.
Combining form meaning; dacry/o
Tears, tear duct.
Combining form meaning; ir/o, irid/o
Iris (coloured portion of the eye around the pupil).
Combining form meaning; kerat/o
Cornea.
Combining form meaning; lacrim/o
Tears.
Combining form meaning; ocul/o
Eye.
Combining form meaning; ophthalm/o
Eye.
Combining form meaning; opt/o, optic/o
Eye, vision.
Combining form meaning; palpebr/o
Eyelid.
Combining form meaning; papill/o
Optic disc; nipple like.
Combining form meaning; phac/o, phak/o
Lens of the eye.
Combining form meaning; pupill/o
Pupil.
Combining form meaning; retin/o
Retina.
Combining form meaning; scler/o
Sclera (white of the eye); hard.
Combining form meaning; uve/o
Uvea; vascular layers of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid).
Combining form meaning; vitre/o
Glassy.
Combining form meaning; ambly/o
Dull, dim.
Combining form meaning; dipl/o
Double.
Combining form meaning; glauc/o
Gray.
Combining form meaning; mi/o
Smaller, less.
Combining form meaning; mydr/o
Widen, enlarge.
Combining form meaning; nyct/o
Night.
Combining form meaning; phot/o
Light.
Combining form meaning; presby/o
Old age.
Combining form meaning; scot/o
Darkness.
Combining form meaning; xer/o
Dry.
Suffix meaning; -opia
Vision.
Suffix meaning; -opsia
Vision.
Suffix meaning; -tropia
To turn.
Combining form meaning; acous/o
Hearing.
Combining form meaning; audi/o
Hearing; the sense of hearing.
Combining form meaning; audit/o
Hearing.
Combining form meaning; aur/o, auricul/o
Ear.
Combining form meaning; cochle/o
Cochlea.
Combining form meaning; mastoid/o
Mastoid process.
Combining form meaning; myring/o
Eardrum, tympanic membrane.
Combining form meaning; ossicul/o
Ossicle.
Combining form meaning; ot/o
Ear.
Combining form meaning; salping/o
Eustachian tube, auditory tube.
Combining form meaning; staped/o
Stapes (third bone of the middle ear).
Combining form meaning; tympan/o
Eardrum, tympanic membrane.
Combining form meaning; vestibul/o
Vestibule.
Suffix meaning; -acusis, or -cusis
Hearing.
Suffix meaning; -meter
Instrument to measure.
Suffix meaning; -otia
Ear condition.