Combining Form Eyes
Combining Form Ears
Function of the eyes
Function of the Ears
Pathology
100
ambly/o
What is dull, dim
100
myring/o
What is tympanic membrane?
100
study of the eye
What is ophthalmology?
100
Ear is subdivided into three areas
What is the external, middle and inner ear?
100
fear of light
What is photophobia?
200
chromat/o
What is color
200
salping/o
What is eustachian tube/auditory tube?
200
three layers of the eye
What is sclera, choroid, and retina?
200
commonly referred to as the ear because is only visible portion
What is pinna or auricle?
200
dry eyes
What is xerophthalmia?
300
emmetr/o
What is correct, proper
300
ot/o
What is ear?
300
anterior portion of sclera, clear, transparent area: allows light to enter interior of eyeball, bends or refracts
What is cornea?
300
produced in oil glands in the auditory canal; protects and lubricatesear
What is cerumen?
300
a person can see things in a distance but has trouble reading material at close range?
What is hyperopia?
400
nyctal/o
What is night?
400
vestibul/o
What is vestibule?
400
behind the iris; not actually part of choroid layer, attached to the ciliary body.
What is lens?
400
contains hearing and equilibrium sensory organs; fluid filled cavity
What is labyrinth?
400
fungal infection of the ear
What is otomycosis?
500
mydr/i
What is widening?
500
auricul/o
What is ear?
500
point where retinal blood vessels enter and exit eyeball and where optic nerve leaves eyeball, causes blind spots in each eye's field of vision
What is optic disk?
500
anvil, ear bone
What is incus?
500
dizziness caused by the sensation that the room is spinning
What is vertigo?
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