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Senses 8/4 Flashcards

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Optic/o

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Eye vision

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Opt/I

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Eye vision

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Ir/I

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Iris, colored part of eye

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Phac/o

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Lens if eye

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Acoust/o

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Hearing, sound

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Pinn/I

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External ear, auricle

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

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Presby/o

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Old age

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Aqueous humor

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Watery liquid that circulates between anterior and posterior eye

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Epistaxis

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Nosebleed; hemorrhage from the nose

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Tympanic membrane

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The eardrum

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Conjunctiva

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Mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the anterior sclera of the eyeball

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye, vision

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Ir/o

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Iris, colored part of eye

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Phak/o

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Lens of eye

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Audi/o

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Ear, hearing, the sense I hearing

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Myring/o

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Tympanic membrane, eardrum

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-cusis

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Hearing

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Scler/o

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Sclera, white of eye, hard

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Astigmatism

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Blurring of the vision caused by an abnormal curvature of the cornea

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Lacrimal

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Pertaining to tears; the glands and ducts that secrete and convey tears

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Vitreous humor

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Substance that fills the vitreous body of the eye behind the lens

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Opt/o

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Eye, vision

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Dacryocyst/o

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Lacrimal sac, tear sac

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Irid/o

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Iris, colored part of eye

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Retin/o

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Retina,net

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Audit/o

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Ear, hearing, sense of hearing

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Tympan/o

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Tympanic membrane, eardrum

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Kerat/o

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Horny, hard, cornea

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Trop/o

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Turn, change

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Cerumen

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Wax like brown secretion found in the external auditory canal

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Otitis

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Inflammation of the ear

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Amblyopia

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Lazy eye; condition characterized by the inward turning of the affected eye

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Retinopathy

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Degeneration of the retina caused by a decrease in blood supply

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Lacrim/o

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Tear, tear duct, lacrimal

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Irit/o

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Iris, colored part of eye

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Acous/o

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Hearing, sound

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Ot/o

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Ear, hearing

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Labyrinth/o

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Maze, labyrinth, inner ear

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-opia

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Vision condition

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Accommodation

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The process of the lens changing shape to permit close vision

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Enucleation

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Surgical excision of the eyeball

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Tinnitus

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Ringing or tinkling sound in the ear that is heard only by the person affected

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Auditory

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Pertaining to the sense of hearing; the external canal of the ear

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