Unit 8: Eyes, Ears, Respiratory, and Special Senses Flashcards
audi/o
hearing
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchus
cor/o, core/o
pupil
corne/o, kerat/o
cornea
irid/o
iris
lacrim/o
tears
laryng/o
larynx
melan/o
black
myring/o
eardrum
nas/o
nasal passage, nose
nyct/o, noct/i
night
ophthalm/o
eye
opt/o
vision
ot/o
ear
phac/o
lens
pharyng/o
pharynx
phas/o
speech
phon/o
sound
phren/o
diaphragm
pleur/o
pleural membrane
pne/o
breathe
pneum/o
air, lungs
pneumon/o
lung
presby/o
old
pulmon/o
lung
py/o
pus
retin/o
retina
rhin/o
nose
scler/o
hard
spir/o
respiration, breathe
thorac/o
thorax
trache/o
trachea
tympan/o
eardrum
a-, an-
lack of, without
ambi-
both
brady-
slow
diplo-
double
dys-
difficult, painful
endo-
inner
eso-
inward
eu-
easy, good
ex-
outside
exo-
outward
hypo-
below, down
hyper-
above, upward
my-
close
tachy-
fast
-algia
pain
-eal
pertaining to
-opia
vision
-pnea
breathing
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-tropia
turning