combining Forms, and Suffixes, The Ear, Chapter 17

Question 1

acous/o

Answer 1

hearing

acoustic

Question 2

audi/o

audit/o

Answer 2

hearing
auditory
audiogram

Question 3

aur/o

auricul/o

Answer 3

ear
aural
postaurticular

Question 4

cochle/o

Answer 4

cochlea
snail shell shaped spirally wound tube in the inner ear; contains hearing sensitive receptor cells
cochlear

Question 5

mastoid/o

Answer 5

mastoid process
the posterior portion of the temporal bone extending downward behind the external auditory meatus
mastoiditis

Question 6

myring/o

Answer 6

tympanic membrane
eardrum
myringitis

Question 7

ossicul/o

Answer 7

ossicule
small bone in the ear; includes the malleus, incus, and stapes.
ossiculoplasty

Question 8

ot/o

Answer 8

ear

otic

Question 9

salping/o

Answer 9

eustachian tube, auditory tube

salpingopharyngeal

Question 10

staped/o

Answer 10

stapes
third bone of the middle ear, ossicle
stapedectomy

Question 11

tympan/o

Answer 11

tympanic membrane
eardrum
tympanoplasty

Question 12

vistibul/o

Answer 12

vestibule
central cavity of the labyrinth, connecting the semicircular canals and the cochlea. contains two structures, the saccule and utricle, that help to maintain the equilibrium
vestibulchlear

Question 13

• acusis

- cusis

Answer 13

hearing

hyperacusis

Question 14

-meter

Answer 14

instrument to measure

autometer

Question 15

-otia

Answer 15

ear condition