Anatomy & Physiology
of Eyes
Vocabulary of Eyes
Anatomy & Physiology
of Ears
Vocabulary of Ears
Terminology of Eyes
and Ears
100
The central opening of the eye.
What is the pupil?
100
Relay center of the brain
What is thalamus?
100
Flap of the ear
What is pinna, auricle?
100
Auditory tube
What is eustachian tube?
100
Conjunctiv/o
What is conjunctiva?
200
Maintains the shape of the eyeball.
What is the vitreous humor?
200
Inner part of the eye.
What is fundus of the eye?
200
Third ossicle of the ear.
What is stapes?
200
Waxy substance secreted by the external ear (ear wax)
What is cerumen?
200
Ir/o
What is iris?
300
Layer between the retina and sclera.
What is the choroid?
300
The crossing of the optic nerve fibers in the brain.
What is optic chiasm?
300
Pinna, External auditory canal, Tympanic membrane
What is the outer ear?
300
Membrane between the middle and the inner ear.
What is oval window?
300
Myring/o, Tympan/o
What is eardrum, tympanic membrane?
400
Surrounds the lens that connects the choroid and iris.
What is ciliary body?
400
Responsible for color and central vision.
What is cone?
400
Snail shell shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear
What is cochlea?
400
Sensitive auditory receptor area found in the cochlea of the inner ear.
What is organ of Corti?
400
Staped/o
What is stapes?
500
Layer that opens and closes to allow more or less light into the eye.
What is iris?
500
Retina essential for vision in dim light and for peripheral vision
What is rod?
500
Carry impulses from the inner ear to the brain
What is auditory nerve fibers?
500
Contains two structures, the saccule and utricle, that maintain equilibrium.
What is vestibule?
500
-acusis, -cusis
What is hearing?
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