Special Senses: Eyes & Ears

Question 1

acous/o, audi/o, audit/o

Answer 1

hearing

Question 2

blephar/o

Answer 2

eyelid

Question 3

choroid/o

Answer 3

choroid

Question 4

conjunctiv/o

Answer 4

conjunctiva

Question 5

cor/o, core/o, pupill/o

Answer 5

pupil

Question 6

corne/o

Answer 6

cornea

Question 7

dacry/o, 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

labyrinth/o

Answer 11

labyrinth (inner ear)

Question 12

my/o

Answer 12

muscle

Question 13

myring/o, tympan/o

Answer 13

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 14

ocul/o, ophthalm/o

Answer 14

eye

Question 15

opt/o, optic/o

Answer 15

eye, vision

Question 16

ot/o

Answer 16

ear

Question 17

py/o

Answer 17

pus

Question 18

retin/o

Answer 18

retina

Question 19

salping/o

Answer 19

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)

Question 20

scler/o

Answer 20

hardening; sclera (white of eye)

Question 21

xer/o

Answer 21

dry

Question 22

-acusis

Answer 22

hearing

Question 23

-algia, -dynia

Answer 23

pain

Question 24

-metry

Answer 24

act of measuring

Question 25

-opia, -opsia

Answer 25

vision

Question 26

-plegia

Answer 26

paralysis

Question 27

-ptosis

Answer 27

prolapse, downward displacement

Question 28

-rrhea

Answer 28

discharge, flow

Question 29

-rrhexis

Answer 29

rupture

Question 30

-salpinx

Answer 30

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)

Question 31

-tome

Answer 31

instrument to cut

Question 32

-tomy

Answer 32

incision

Question 33

-tropia

Answer 33

turning

Question 34

di-, dipl-, diplo-

Answer 34

double