Common Terms and Word Elements for the Anatomy of the Ear

Question 1

AUR/O
(or‐ō)

Answer 1

Ear

Question 2

AURICUL/O
(or‐ik‐yŭ‐lō)

Answer 2

Auricle (visible external ear)

Question 3

PINN/O
(pin‐ō)

PENN/O
(pen‐ō)

Answer 3

Auricle (visible external ear), feather, fin, wing

Question 4

CONCH/O
(kŏng‐kō)

Answer 4

Auricle (visible external ear), shell, shell‐like

Question 5

OT/O
(ō‐tō)

‐OTIA
(ō‐shē‐ă)

Answer 5

Ear

Question 6

MALLE/O
(mal‐ē‐ō)

Answer 6

Malleus (one of the ossicles of the ear), hammer

Question 7

INCUD/O
(ing‐kyŭ‐dō)

Answer 7

Incus (one of the ossicles of the ear), anvil

Question 8

STAPED/O
(stā‐pēd‐ō)

Answer 8

Stapes (one of the ossicles of the ear), stirrup

Question 9

LABYRINTH/O
(lab‐ĭ‐rin‐thō)

Answer 9

Labyrinth of the ear, maze

Question 10

VESTIBUL/O
(vĕs‐tĭb‐ū‐lō)

Answer 10

Vestibule of the inner ear, an entrance

Question 11

UTRICUL/O
(ū‐trik‐yŭ‐lō)

Answer 11

Utricle of the inner ear, bag, sack

Question 12

SACCUL/O
(sak‐yŭ‐lō)

Answer 12

Saccule of the inner ear, bag, sack

Question 13

COCHLE/O
(kok‐lē‐ō)

Answer 13

Cochlea of the inner ear, spiral shell

Question 14

MEAT/O
(mē‐ă‐tō)

Answer 14

Opening, passageway

Question 15

FENESTR/O
(fĕ‐nes‐trō)

Answer 15

Opening, window

Question 16

SALPING/O
(săl‐pĭng‐gō)

‐SALPINX
(sal‐pingks)

Answer 16

Eustachian tube, or Fallopian (Uterine), a long tubular structure

Question 17

TYMPAN/O
(tĭm‐pă‐nō)

Answer 17

Eardrum, drum

Question 18

MYRING/O
(mĭ‐ring‐gō)

Answer 18

Eardrum, membrane