Definitions - eye
includes the orbit, eye muscles, eyelids, conjunctiva, and lacrimal apparatus
Adnexa
earlobe
Auricle or pinna
Opt/i, Opt/o, Optic/o, Ophthalm/o
eye or vision
Eso vs. Exo
Inward
Outward
turning
Tympan/o
eardrum
OU vs. AU
Both eyes
Both ears
The white of the eye that maintains its shape
Sclera
waxy secretion
cerumen
Ocul/o
eye
Extra vs. Intra
Outside
Inside
-algia
pain
Labyrinth/o
Inner ear, maze
Esophoria
Esotropia
cross eyed - both eyes
Inward deviation of one eye
Transparent anterior portion of the sclera
Cornea
Sound waves enter the ear through pinna strike the tympanic membrane and create this type of conduction
Air conduction
Blephar/o
Eyelid
Micro vs. Macro
Small
Large
surgical incision
surgical removal
Salping/o
tube
nearsighted
farsighted
myopia
hyperopia
presbyopia?
Muscular colored part of the eye that controls how much light is permitted
Iris
spiral shaped passage that leads from the oval window
Cochlea
Dacry/o
Tear or tear duct
poly
many
-slcerosis vs. -stenosis
hardening
narrowing
Mastoid/o
Mastoid process
pink eye
conjunctivitis
Opaque middle layer of the eye
Choroid
membrane that separates the middle ear from the inner ear
Oval window
Kerat/o
Cornea
dys
bad, painful, difficult
-centesis
surgical puncture
myc/o
Fungus
stye/sty of an eye
Hordeolum
Inner nerve layer of the eye transmits rods and cones to the brain via optic nerve
Retina
Name the auditory ossicles
Malleus, Incus, Stapes
Retin/o
Retina
a-, an-
without
ringing in the ear
Tinnitus
hallucination or feeling of movement/dizziness
Vertigo
Removing an entire organ or other mass intact from its supporting tissues
Enucleation
known as the blind spot - where the optic nerve and blood vessels enter the eye
optic disk
narrow tube connecting the middle ear to pharynx
Eustachian tube
pharynx = throat
Audi/o, audit/o
ear, hearing, sense of hearing
neo
new
-plasty
-pexy
-ostomy
surgical repair
surgical fixation
surgical opening, form a new mouth
Presbycusis
Presbyopia
Hearing loss in old age
Vision loss in old age
small localized swelling of the eyelid similar to sebaceous cyst
Chalazion
Area of retina responsible for central vision
Macula
Semicircular canals
Ot/o
ear or hearing
Ankylosis
fused together
-rrhaphy
-rrhexis
-rrhagia
-rrhea
suture
rupture
bursting, blood
watery discharge/flow
Myring/o
tympanic membrane
eardrum
Xenophthalmia
foreign object in eye