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The Ear Flashcards

1
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audi/o, audit/o, acoust/o, acust/o, -acusis, -acousia

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hearing

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Ambi-, amphi-

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both, both sides, around, or about

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son/o, acousm/o, acousmat/o

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sound

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aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o

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ear

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atretos

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no opening

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L. pinna, penna

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wing, fin, feather

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macropinna, microstoma

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large fins and small mouth, big wings small mouth

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malleus, incus, stapes

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auditory ossicles

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malle/o

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malleus, hammer

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incud/o

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anvil-shaped bone; incus

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staped/o

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stapes (middle ear bone)

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utricul/o, saccul/o, uter/o

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sac

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conch/o, cochle/o

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shell

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meat/o

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passage, pathway, meatus

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Fenestr/o
Fenestra, -ae

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window, opening

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cerumen, ceruminis, cerumin/o

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earwax

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cer/o

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wax

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Gr. keramos

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clay, ceramics

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salping/o, -salpinx

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fallopian tube, long tube

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tympanum, -i
tympan/o
myringa
myring/o

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eardrum

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audi/o, audit/o, acoust/o, acust/o, -acusis, -acousia

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hearing

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aer/o

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air or gas

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23
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auris, aur/o, ot/o

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ear

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cerumin/o

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wax

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25
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-acusis

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hearing condition

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external ear structures

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auricle, pinna, external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, cerumen

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middle ear structures

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tympanic membrane, tympanum, malleus, incus, stapes

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tympanic membrane, tympanum

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eardrum

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internal ear/labyrinth structures

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cochlea, perilymph, endolymph, spiral organ, organ of Corti, vestibule, utricle, saccule, semicircular canals

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otalgia/otodynia

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earache

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31
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otorrhagia

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bleeding from the ear

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otorrhea

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purulent drainage from the ear

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tinnitus

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a ringing or buzzing in the ear; a jingling

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vertigo

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a turning round; dizziness

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35
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otitis externa

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inflammation of the external acoustic meatus

36
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cerumen impaction

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excessive buildup of wax in the ear that often reduces hearing acuity, especially in elderly persons

37
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myringitis/tympanitis

A

inflammation of the eardrum

38
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otitis media

A

inflammation of the middle ear

39
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aerotitis media

A

inflammation of the middle ear from changes in atmospheric pressure; often occurs with frequent air travel

40
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otosclerosis

A

hardening of the bony tissue in the ear

41
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acoustic neuroma

A

benign, but life-threatening tumor of the vestibular division of the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII) that causes vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss; also called vestibular schwannoma

42
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labyrinthitis

A

inflammation of the internal ear (labyrinth), usually accompanied by vertigo and deafness

43
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presbycusis

A

hearing impairment in old age

44
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Reversed prompt

hearing

A

audi/o, audit/o, acoust/o, acust/o, -acusis, -acousia

45
Q

Reversed prompt

both, both sides, around, or about

A

Ambi-, amphi-

46
Q

Reversed prompt

sound

A

son/o, acousm/o, acousmat/o

47
Q

Reversed prompt

ear

A

aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o

48
Q

Reversed prompt

no opening

A

atretos

49
Q

Reversed prompt

wing, fin, feather

A

L. pinna, penna

50
Q

Reversed prompt

large fins and small mouth, big wings small mouth

A

macropinna, microstoma

51
Q

Reversed prompt

auditory ossicles

A

malleus, incus, stapes

52
Q

Reversed prompt

malleus, hammer

A

malle/o

53
Q

Reversed prompt

anvil-shaped bone; incus

A

incud/o

54
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Reversed prompt

stapes (middle ear bone)

A

staped/o

55
Q

Reversed prompt

sac

A

utricul/o, saccul/o, uter/o

56
Q

Reversed prompt

shell

A

conch/o, cochle/o

57
Q

Reversed prompt

passage, pathway, meatus

A

meat/o

58
Q

Reversed prompt

window, opening

A

Fenestr/o
Fenestra, -ae

59
Q

Reversed prompt

earwax

A

cerumen, ceruminis, cerumin/o

60
Q

Reversed prompt

wax

A

cer/o

61
Q

Reversed prompt

clay, ceramics

A

Gr. keramos

62
Q

Reversed prompt

fallopian tube, long tube

A

salping/o, -salpinx

63
Q

Reversed prompt

eardrum

A

tympanum, -i
tympan/o
myringa
myring/o

64
Q

Reversed prompt

air or gas

A

aer/o

65
Q

Reversed prompt

hearing

A

audi/o, audit/o, acoust/o, acust/o,

-acusis, -acousia

66
Q

Reversed prompt

ear

A

aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o, acous/o

67
Q

Reversed prompt

wax

A

cerumin/o

68
Q

Reversed prompt

hearing condition

A

-acusis

69
Q

Reversed prompt

auricle, pinna, external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, cerumen

A

external ear structures

70
Q

Reversed prompt

tympanic membrane, tympanum, malleus, incus, stapes

A

middle ear structures

71
Q

Reversed prompt

eardrum

A

tympanic membrane, tympanum

72
Q

Reversed prompt

cochlea, perilymph, endolymph, spiral organ, organ of Corti, vestibule, utricle, saccule, semicircular canals

A

internal ear/labyrinth structures

73
Q

Reversed prompt

earache

A

otalgia/otodynia

74
Q

Reversed prompt

bleeding from the ear

A

otorrhagia

75
Q

Reversed prompt

purulent drainage from the ear

A

otorrhea

76
Q

Reversed prompt

a ringing or buzzing in the ear; a jingling

A

tinnitus

77
Q

Reversed prompt

a turning round; dizziness

A

vertigo

78
Q

Reversed prompt

inflammation of the external acoustic meatus

A

otitis externa

79
Q

Reversed prompt

excessive buildup of wax in the ear that often reduces hearing acuity, especially in elderly persons

A

cerumen impaction

80
Q

Reversed prompt

inflammation of the eardrum

A

myringitis/tympanitis

81
Q

Reversed prompt

inflammation of the middle ear

A

otitis media

82
Q

Reversed prompt

inflammation of the middle ear from changes in atmospheric pressure; often occurs with frequent air travel

A

aerotitis media

83
Q

Reversed prompt

hardening of the bony tissue in the ear

A

otosclerosis

84
Q

Reversed prompt

benign, but life-threatening tumor of the vestibular division of the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII) that causes vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss; also called vestibular schwannoma

A

acoustic neuroma

85
Q

Reversed prompt

inflammation of the internal ear (labyrinth), usually accompanied by vertigo and deafness

A

labyrinthitis

86
Q

Reversed prompt

hearing impairment in old age

A

presbycusis

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