EYE
Pigmented layer that opens and closes to allow more or less light into the eye
what is IRIS?
waxy substance secreted by the external ear
what is CERUMEN?
aque/o
what is WATER?
audi/o
what is HEARING?
testing the sense of hearing
what is AUDIOMETRY
Tough, white outer coat of the eyeball
what is SCLERA?
snail shell-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear that contains hearing sensitive receptor cells
what is COCHLEA
cor/o
what is PUPIL?
Ot/o
what is EAR?
surgical repair of the cornea
what is KERATOPLASTY?
Yellowish region in the retina, contains the fovea centralls
what is MACULA?
what is the name given to the maze-like series of canals of the inner ear
what is LABYRINTH?
kerat/o
what is cornea
Tympan/o
what is EARDRUM?
removal of the vitreous humor
what is VITRECTOMY?
Posterior, inner part of the eye; visualized with an ophthalmoscope
what is FUNDUS OF THE EYE?
sensitive auditory receptor area found in the cochlea of the inner ear
what is ORGAN OF CORTI?
presby/o
what is OLD AGE?
-Otia
what is EAR CONDITION?
Use of ultrasonic vibration to break up the lens, which is then aspirated through the ultrasonic probe
what is PHACOEMULSIFICATION?
Tiny pit or depression in the retina that is the region of clearest vision
what is FOVEA CENTRALIS
The three small bones that are the ossicles
what are the INCUS, MALLEUS AND STAPES?
-opsia
what is VISION?
salping/o
what is eustachian tube?
removal of the entire eyeball
what is ENUCLEATION?