Special Senses

Question 1

audit/o

Answer 1

hearing

Question 2

acous/o

Answer 2

hearing

Question 3

auricul/o

Answer 3

ear

Question 4

cochle/o

Answer 4

cochlea

Question 5

dipl/o

Answer 5

double

Question 6

mi/o

Answer 6

smaller, less

Question 7

mydr/o

Answer 7

widen, enlarge

Question 8

nyct/o

Answer 8

night

Question 9

ossicul/o

Answer 9

ossicle

Question 10

palpebr/o

Answer 10

eyelid

Question 11

papill/o

Answer 11

optic disc

Question 12

uve/o

Answer 12

vascular layer of eye

Question 13

vestibul/o

Answer 13

vestibule

Question 14

vitre/o

Answer 14

glassy

Question 15

ambly/o

Answer 15

dull, dim

Question 16

aque/o

Answer 16

water

Question 17

blephar/o

Answer 17

eyelid

Question 18

choroid/o

Answer 18

choroid

Question 19

conjuctiv/o

Answer 19

conjunctiva

Question 20

core/o

Answer 20

pupil

Question 21

pupill/o

Answer 21

pupil

Question 22

corne/o

Answer 22

cornea

Question 23

cycl/o

Answer 23

ciliary body of eye

Question 24

dacry/o

Answer 24

tear, lacrimal duct

Question 25

lacrim/o

Answer 25

tear, lacrimal duct

Question 26

dacryocyst/o

Answer 26

lacrimal sac

Question 27

glauc/o

Answer 27

gray

Question 28

goni/o

Answer 28

angle

Question 29

irid/o

Answer 29

iris

Question 30

kerat/o

Answer 30

horny tissue, hard, cornea

Question 31

ocul/o

Answer 31

eye

Question 32

ophthalm/o

Answer 32

eye

Question 33

opt/o

Answer 33

eye, vision

Question 34

optic/o

Answer 34

eye, vision

Question 35

phac/o

Answer 35

lens

Question 36

phot/o

Answer 36

light

Question 37

presby/o

Answer 37

old age

Question 38

retin/o

Answer 38

retina

Question 39

scler/o

Answer 39

hardening, sclera (white of eye)

Question 40

scot/o

Answer 40

darkness

Question 41

vitr/o

Answer 41

vitreous body

Question 42

audi/o

Answer 42

hearing

Question 43

labyrinth/o

Answer 43

labyrinth (inner ear)

Question 44

mastoid/o

Answer 44

mastoid process

Question 45

ot/o

Answer 45

ear

Question 46

salping/o

Answer 46

tubes (eustachian)

Question 47

staped/o

Answer 47

stapes

Question 48

tympan/o

Answer 48

tympanic membrane

Question 49

myring/o

Answer 49

tympanic membrane

Question 50

-acusia

Answer 50

hearing

Question 51

-cusis

Answer 51

hearing

Question 52

-opia

Answer 52

vision

Question 53

-opsia

Answer 53

vision

Question 54

-tropia

Answer 54

turning

Question 55

achromatopsia

Answer 55

severe congenital deficiency in color perception

Question 56

astigmatism

Answer 56

defective curvature of cornea or lens, light rays diffuse over large area

Question 57

hyperopia

Answer 57

eyeball too short, image goes behind retina (farsightedness)

Question 58

myopia

Answer 58

eyeball too long, image in front of retina (nearsightedness)

Question 59

photophobia

Answer 59

intolerance/sensitivity to light

Question 60

trachoma

Answer 60

chronic contagious form of conjunctivitis leading to blindness