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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o

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eye
Ex: oculopathy, ophthalmologist, optometrist

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lacrim/o, dacry/o

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tear
Ex: lacrimation, dacryorrhea
lacrimal gland = tear gland

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-opia, -opsia

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vision condition
Ex: hyperopia, akinetopsia

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blephar/o

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eyelid
Ex: blepharedema, blepharoplasty

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corne/o, kerat/o

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cornea
Ex: corneal transplant, keratitis

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cornea

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clear surface in the middle of the eye that protects the lens and begins the work of focusing light to the back of the eye

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva
Ex: conjunctivitis
The conjunctiva is a clear membrane that covers the sclera and lines the eyelids

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scler/o

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sclera (the white of the eye)
Ex: scleritis
In other contexts it means hard, but in the eye it refers to the white, tough, fibrous protective covering of the eye

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vitre/o

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vitreous liquid (also called vitreous humor)
ExL vitreous liquid, vitrectomy
The liquid in the eye that helps focus light on the back of the retina (as light passes through the lens, it passes through this liquid that bends the light and aims it to the back of the eyeball)

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cycl/o

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ciliary body
Ex; cycloplegia
The ciliary body is a circle of tissue surround the lens, it’s job is to change the shape of the lens of the eye in order to allow the eye to maintain focus (accommodation)

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retin/o

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retina
Ex: retinitis, retinoscope
Netlike pattern of light-sensitive tissue on the inside of the surface of the eye (eye’s image processor), retina helps turn visual stimuli into electric signals that are sent to the brain

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ir/o, irid/o

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iris
Ex: iritis, iridalgia
The iris is the colored part of the eye responsible for adjusting the size of the pupil to control the amount of light that enters the eye
(dilate/constrict)

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phac/o, phak/o

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lens
Ex: phacoscope, phakitis
The lens gathers light and focuses on images (like a camera lens)

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aur/o, ot/o

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ear
Ex: aural, otoscope

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acous/o, audi/o

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sound hearing
Ex: acoustic, audiogram

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-acusis

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hearing condition
Ex: hyperacusis, osteoacusis

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cerumin/o

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ear wax
Ex: ceruminolysis
*c pronounded like s

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salping/o

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eustachian tube
Ex: rhinosalpingitis
They connect the middle ear to the throat (how you pop your ears, where ear infections occur)

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tympan/o, myring/o

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eardrum
Ex: tympanostomy, myringotomy

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process
Ex: mastoiditis
part of skull protrudes behind ear

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labyrinth/o

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labyrinth
Ex: labyrinthitis
The labyrinth is the innermost part of the ear containing two structures: the cochlea (controls hearing) and the vestibular system (controls balance)

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vestibul/o

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vestibule
Ex: vestibulitis
The area in front of semicircular canals, contains structures that help regulate balance

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cochle/o

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cochlea
Ex: cochleitis

24
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myopia

A

nearsightedness
my (shut)
opia (visual condition)

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akinetopsia

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inability to see objects in motion
a (no)
kinet (motion)
opsia (vision condition)

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hemianopsia

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blindness in half of the visual field
hemi (half)
an (no)
opsia (visual condition)

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presbyopia

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decreased vision caused by old age
presby (old age)
opia (visual condition)

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tinnitus

A

ringing in the ears

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vertigo

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sensation of moving through space (while stationary)

30
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ophthalmoscope

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instrument for looking at the eye
ophthalmo (eye)
scope (instrument for looking)

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glaucoma

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eye disease that causes vision loss by damaging the optic nerve

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conjunctivitis

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inflammation of the conjunctiva (pink eye)

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ARMD

A

age-related macular degeneration

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HEENT

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head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat

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IOL

A

intraocular lens

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IOP

A

intraocular pressure

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LASIK

A

laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

38
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OD

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right eye

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OS

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left eye

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OU

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both eyes

41
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PERRLA

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pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation

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VA

A

visual activity

43
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VF

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visual field

44
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AD

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right ear

45
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AOM

A

acute otitis media

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AS

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left ear

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AU

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both ears

48
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EENT

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eye, ears, nose, and throat

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ENT

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ear, nose, and throat

50
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TM

A

tympanic membrane

51
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OM

A

otitis media

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