Combining Forms
what is the combining form for labyrinth?
What is labyrinth/o
True/false. The external ear consists of the auricle and auditory canal.
What is true.
inflammation of the labyrinth?
What is labyrinthitis
General term for the bony structures in the middle ear
What is ossicles.
Name the prosthetic device surgically inserted to electrically stimulate the auditory nerve.
What is cochlear implant.
What is the combining form for Mastoid bone?
What is mastoid/o
True/false The external ear produces ear wax.
What is false.
Pain in the ear?
What is otalgia
The end of this structure stimulates the auditory nerve for the brain to receive sound.
What is cochlea.
Excision of the labyrinth
What is labyrinthectomy.
What are the 2 combining forms for tympanic membrane (eardrum)?
What is Myring/o
What is tympan/o
The semi-transparent membrane separating the external auditory canal from the middle ear cavity is
What is tympanic membrane.
Discharge of pus from the ear?
What is otopyorrhea
Sound waves are transmitted into what for hearing to occur?
What is nerve impulses.
Excision of the mastoid bone
What is mastoidectomy.
What is the combining form for stapes (middle ear bone)?
What is Staped/o
Tube connecting the middle ear and pharynx
What is eustachian tube.
Hearing impairment in old age?
What is presbycusis
Name the three bones of the middle ear.
What is malleus, incus, stapes.
Tympanoplasty involves repair of these structures.
What is tympanic membrane and ossicles.
What are the combining 3 forms for the ear?
What is aur/i, aur/o, ot/o
2 Ear parts responsible for the body's sense of balance
What is semicircular canals and vestibule.
A sense that either one's own body or the environment is revolving; may indicate inner ease disease?
What is vertigo
Give the function of the eustachian tubes.
What is equalize pressure on both sides of the eardrum.
The purpose of a stapedectomy is to restore hearing loss due to this.
What is otosclerosis.