Combining Forms
Pathology
Anatomy
Abbreviations
Hodge Podge
100
-acusis
Hearing
100
Collection of skin and cholesterol in a sac within the middle ear
Cholesteatoma
100
The membrane that separates the external and middle ear
Eardrum or tympanic membrane
100
AD
Right ear
100
Visual examination of the ear canal with an otoscope
Otoscopy
200
Salping/o
Eustachian tube or auditory tube
200
Sensation of noises in the ears
Tinnitus
200
Liquids of the cochlea
Perilymph and endolymph
200
Pressure equalizing tube
PE tube
200
Ossicle that means hammer
Malleus
300
Staped/o
Stapes
300
Hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear
Otosclerosis
300
Sensitive auditory receptor area of the cochlea
Organ of Corti
300
ETD
Eustachian tube dysfunction
300
The saccule and urticle are located in what part of the ear
Vestibule
400
Ossicul/o
Ossicle
400
Sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects
Vertigo
400
Part of the ear that connects the cochlea to the semicircular canals
Vestibule
400
Left ear
AS
400
Cochlea, auditory liquids, Organ of Corti, and Auditory nerve fibers are located in what part of the ear
What is the inner ear
500
-meter
Instrument to measure
500
Nerve deafness due to aging
Presbycusis
500
Where do sound waves enter the ear?
Pinna or auricle
500
AOM
Acute otitis media
500
Membrane that separates the inner and middle ear
Oval window
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