Special Senses: Eyes and Ears

Question 1

blephar/o

Answer 1

eyelid

Question 2

choroid/o

Answer 2

choroid

Question 3

corne/o

Answer 3

cornea

Question 4

cor/o

Answer 4

pupil

Question 5

core/o

Answer 5

pupil

Question 6

dacry/o

Answer 6

tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

Question 7

lacrim/o

Answer 7

tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

Question 8

dipl/o

Answer 8

double

Question 9

irid/o

Answer 9

iris

Question 10

kerat/o

Answer 10

horny tissue; hard; cornea

Question 11

blepharospasm

Answer 11

involuntary contraction of eyelid muscles

Question 12

choroidopathy

Answer 12

noninflammatory degeneration of the choroid

Question 13

corneitis

Answer 13

inflammation of the cornea; also called keratitis

Question 14

anisocoria

Answer 14

inequality if the size of the pupils

Question 15

aniso-

Answer 15

unequal, dissimilar

Question 16

-ia

Answer 16

condition

Question 17

coreometer

Answer 17

instrument for measuring the pupil

Question 18

dacryorrhea

Answer 18

excessive secretion of tears

Question 19

lacrimation

Answer 19

secretion and discharge of tears

Question 20

diplopia

Answer 20

two images of an object seen at the same time, double vision

Question 21

-opia

Answer 21

vision

Question 22

iridoplegia

Answer 22

paralysis of the sphincter of the iris

Question 23

keratoplasty

Answer 23

replacement of a cloudy cornea with a transparent one, typically derived from an organ donor; corneal grafting

Question 24

ocul/o

Answer 24

eye

Question 25

opthalm/o

Answer 25

eye

Question 26

opt/o

Answer 26

eye, vision

Question 27

retin/o

Answer 27

retina

Question 28

scler/o

Answer 28

hardening; sclera (white of the eye)

Question 29

-opia

Answer 29

vision

Question 30

-opsia

Answer 30

vision

Question 31

-ptosis

Answer 31

prolapse, downward displacement

Question 32

intraocular

Answer 32

within the eyeball

Question 33

opthalmoscope

Answer 33

instrument used for examining the interior of the eye especially the retina

Question 34

optic

Answer 34

pertaining to the eye or to sight

Question 35

retinopathy

Answer 35

any disease of the retina

Question 36

scleritis

Answer 36

superficial and deep inflammation of the sclera

Question 37

amblyopia

Answer 37

reduction or dimness of vision with no apparent pathological condition

Question 38

ambly

Answer 38

dull, dim

Question 39

heteropsia

Answer 39

inequality of vision in the two eyes

Question 40

heter-

Answer 40

different

Question 41

blepharoptosis

Answer 41

drooping of the upper eyelid

Question 42

scleritis

Answer 42

inflammation of the sclera

Question 43

choroiditis

Answer 43

inflammation of the choroid

Question 44

retinitis

Answer 44

inflammation of the retina

Question 45

choroidopathy

Answer 45

disease of the choroid

Question 46

retinopathy

Answer 46

disease of the retina

Question 47

keratorrhexis

Answer 47

rupture of the cornea

Question 48

iridocele

Answer 48

herniation of the iris

Question 49

scleromalacia

Answer 49

softening of the sclera

Question 50

keratome

Answer 50

instrument for incision the cornea

Question 51

opthalmoscopy

Answer 51

visual examination of the eye

Question 52

opthalmectomy

Answer 52

surgical excision of the eye

Question 53

opthalmomalacia

Answer 53

softening of the eye

Question 54

opthalmoplegia

Answer 54

paralysis of the eye

Question 55

blepharoplasty

Answer 55

surgical repair of the eyelid(s); eye tuck

Question 56

blepharectomy

Answer 56

excision of all or part of the eyelid

Question 57

blepharotomy

Answer 57

surgical incision of the eyelid

Question 58

blepharospasm

Answer 58

twitching of the eyelid

Question 59

blepharoplegia

Answer 59

paralysis of an eyelid

Question 60

erythropia

Answer 60

condition in which objects that are not red appear to be red

Question 61

xanthopia

Answer 61

a condition in which objects that are not yellow appear to be yellow

Question 62

hyperopia

Answer 62

farsightedness

Question 63

myopia

Answer 63

nearsightedness

Question 64

blepharoplasty

Answer 64

surgical repair of the eyelid

Question 65

blepharoptosis

Answer 65

prolapse of an eyelid

Question 66

dacrorrhea

Answer 66

excessive flow of tears

Question 67

dacryadenalgia

Answer 67

pain in a tear gland

Question 68

dacryadenitis

Answer 68

inflammation of a tear gland

Question 69

acous/o

Answer 69

hearing

Question 70

audi/o

Answer 70

hearing

Question 71

myring/o

Answer 71

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 72

tympan/o

Answer 72

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 73

to/o

Answer 73

ear

Question 74

salping/o

Answer 74

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian tubes)

Question 75

-acusis

Answer 75

hearing

Question 76

-tropia

Answer 76

turning

Question 77

acoustic

Answer 77

pertaining to sound or the sense of hearing

Question 78

audiometer

Answer 78

an instrument for testing hearing

Question 79

myringotomy

Answer 79

incision of the tympanic membrane

Question 80

tympanoplasty

Answer 80

surgical repair if the tympanic membrane

Question 81

otorrhea

Answer 81

inflammation of the ear with purulent discharge

Question 82

salpingopharyngeal

Answer 82

concerning the eustachian tube and pharynx

Question 83

-eal

Answer 83

pertaining to

Question 84

anacusis

Answer 84

total deafness

Question 85

hypertropia

Answer 85

an ocular deviation with one eye located higher than the other

Question 86

salpingitis

Answer 86

inflammation of the eustachian tube

Question 87

salpingoscope

Answer 87

instrument for examining the eustachian tube

Question 88

salpingoscopy

Answer 88

visual examination of the eustachian tube

Question 89

salpingostenosis

Answer 89

narrowing or sticture of the eustachian tube

Question 90

otalgia

Answer 90

earache

Question 91

otoscopy

Answer 91

visual examination of the ear

Question 92

otoplasty

Answer 92

plastic surgery of the ear to correct defects and deformities