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HAN 312 > Sense organs: The eye and the ear, Terminology > Flashcards

Sense organs: The eye and the ear, Terminology Flashcards

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aque/o

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water

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva

-conjunctivitis: pink eye

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cor/o

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pupil

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corne/o

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cornea

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cycl/o

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ciliary body or muscle of the eye

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dacry/o

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tears, tear duct

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ir/o, irid/o

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iris (colored portion of the eye around the pupil)

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kerat/o

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cornea

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lacrim/o

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tears

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ocul/o

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eye

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ophthalm/o

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eye

-ophthalmologist

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opt/o, optic/o

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eye, vision

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palpebr/o

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eyelid

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papill/o

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optic disc; nipple-like

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phac/o, phak/o

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lens of the eye

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pupill/o

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pupil

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retin/o

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retina

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scler/o

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sclera (white of the eye); hard

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uve/o

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uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)

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vitre/o

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ambly/o

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dull, dim

-amblyopia

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dipl/o

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double

-diplopia

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glauc/o

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gray
-glaucoma: -oma means mass or collection of fluid (aqueous humor). The term comes from the dull gray-green color of the affected eye in advanced cases.

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mi/o

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smaller, less

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mydr/o

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widen, enlarge

-mydriasis: enlargement of pupils

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nyct/o

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phot/o

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presby/o

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scot/o

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xer/o

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-opia

A

-suffix

Vision

33
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-opsia

A

-suffix

Vision

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-tropia

A

-suffix

To turn

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acous/o

36
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audi/o

A

hearing; the sense of hearing

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audit/o

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aur/o, auricul/o

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cochle/o

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process
-mastoiditis: the mastoid process is the posterior portion of the temporal bone extending downward behind the external auditory meatus. Mastoiditis caused by bacterial infection, spreads from middle ear

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myring/o

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

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ossicul/o

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ot/o

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salping/o

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eustachian tube, auditory tube

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staped/o

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stapes (third bone of the middle ear)

46
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tympan/o

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

47
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-acusis or -cusis

A

-suffix

Hearing

48
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-meter

A

-suffix

instrument to measure

49
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-otia

A

-suffix

ear condition

HAN 312 (21 decks)

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