Chapter 17: Sense Organs Eye and Ear: Combining Forms Flashcards
aque/o
water
blephar/o
eyelid
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
cor/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cycl/o
ciliary body or muscle of the eye
dacry/o
tears, tear duct
ir/o
iris
irid/o
iris
kerat/o
cornea
lacrim/o
tears
ocul/o
eye
ophthalm/o
eye
opt/o
eye, vision
optic/o
eye, vision
palpebr/o
eyelid
papill/o
optic disc; nipple-like
phac/o
lens of the eye
phak/o
lens of the ey
pupill/o
pupil
retin/o
retina
scler/o
sclera (white of the eye); hard
uve/o
uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
vitre/o
glassy
ambyl/o
dull, dim
dipl/o
double
glauc/o
gray
mi/o
smaller, less
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
nyct/o
night
phot/o
light
presby/o
old age
scot/o
darkness
xer/o
dry
acous/o
hearing
audi/o
hearing; the sense of hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o
ear
auricul/o
ear
cochle/o
cochlea
mastoid/o
mastoid process
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
ossicul/o
ossicle
ot/o
ear
salping/o
eustachian tube, auditory tube
staped/o
stapes (third bone in the middle of the ear)
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
vestibul/o
vestibule