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Special Senses: Eyes & Ears Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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acous/o, audi/o, audit/o

A

hearing

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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choroid/o

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choroid

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva

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cor/o, core/o, pupill/o

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pupil

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corne/o

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cornea

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dacry/o, lacrim/o

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

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dipl/o

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double

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irid/o

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iris

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kerat/o

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horny tissue; hard; cornea

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labyrinth/o

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labyrinth (inner ear)

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12
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my/o

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muscle

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myring/o, tympan/o

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tympanic membrane (eardrum)

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ocul/o, ophthalm/o

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eye

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opt/o, optic/o

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eye, vision

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ot/o

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ear

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py/o

A

pus

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retin/o

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retina

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salping/o

A

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)

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scler/o

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hardening; sclera (white of eye)

21
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xer/o

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dry

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-acusis

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hearing

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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-metry

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act of measuring

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-opia, -opsia

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vision

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-ptosis

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prolapse, downward displacement

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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rupture

30
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-salpinx

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tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube)

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

32
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-tomy

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incision

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-tropia

A

turning

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di-, dipl-, diplo-

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double

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