Word parts
What combining form means ear/hearing?
Ot/o
This is the angle where the upper and lower eyelids meet.
Canthus
This is the term for dropping of the upper eyelid, usually d/t paralysis.
ptosis
This test is done to determine loss of peripheral vision.
visual field testing
These are the ducts at the inner corner of each eye that collects tears and empty them in lacrimal sacs.
Lacrimal canal
What combining form means eye/vision?
opt/o
This is the opaque middle layer of the eyeball that contains blood vessels and provides blood supply to the entire eye.
Choroid
This term for dilation of the pupil.
mydriasis
This is the term for removal of the eyeball.
enucleation
This is a healthcare professional who designs, fits, and dispenses lenses for vision correction.
Optician
What combining form means old age?
presby/o
These are narrow tubes that lead from the middle of the ear to the nasal cavity and the throat. Their purpose is to equalize the air pressure within the middle ear.
Eustachian tunes
This is the term for a sense of whirling, dizziness, or loss of balance combined with nausea and vomiting.
Vertigo
This is the treatment for mastoiditis, involves the surgical removal of mastoid cells.
mastoidectomy
Aka a stye, this is a pus filled and painful lesion on the eyelid causes from an acute infection of the sebaceous gland.
hordeolum
What combining form means iris or colored part of the eye?
irid/o
This is the middle area of the macula-color vision is best here because it contains a high concentration of cons and no rods.
Fovea centralis
Aka swimmers ear, this is a fungal infection of the external auditory canal.
otomycosis
This is done to reattach the detached area of the retina.
reinopexy
This is the medical term for an earache.
otalgia
What combining form means sclera or white part of the eye?
Scler/o
This term, aka ear wax, traps small insects, dust debris, bacteria from entering the middle ear.
Cerumen
This is the term for an error of refraction in which images do not focus properly on the retina.
Ametropia
This is a treatment for glaucoma in which a focused beam of light creates a hole in the iris of the eye.
Laser iridotmy
This is an electronic device that bypasses damaged portions of the ear and directly stimulates the auditory nerve.
Cochlear implant