Combining Form
Nerve Terms
Word Meanings
Ocular
Auditory
100

dendr/o

What is dendrites

100

afferent

What is sensory neuron 

100

reflex 

What is an automatic involuntary response 

100
sclera

What is the outer layer of the eye

100

pinna

What is the external ear

200

ax/o

What is axon

200

efferent

What is motor neuron 

200

otitis 

What is inflammation of the ear

200
retina 

What is the inner layer of the eye

200

aural hematoma 

What is collection of blood in the pinna

300

synapt/o

What is synapse

300

soma

What is a cell body

300

retina 

What is nervous tissue that receives image 

300

choroid 

What is the middle layer of the eye

300

tympanic membrane

What is the ear drum

400

gli/o

What is glue

400

glial cell

What is supportive cells of the nervous system

400

receptors

What is sensory organs that receive external stimulation 

400

tonometry

What is the procedure that measures intra ocular pressure

400

cochlea 

What is the organ of hearing 

500

neur/i

What is nerve

500

meninges

 three layered membrane that surrounds the cns

500

palpebral 

What is pertaining to the eyelid 

500

palpebral reflex 

What is the diagnostic test for a blink reflex 

500

tympanic bulla

What is osseous chamber that houses the middle ear

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