Anatomy & Physiology - Vision -
Combining Forms
Suffixes and Prefixes
Disorders
Anatomy & Physiology
- Hearing -
100
a globe-shaped organ.
What is the "Eye"
100
ambly/o
What is the combining form for dull, dim?
100
-acusia and -cusis
What is the suffix for hearing?
100
opacities that form on the lens and impair vision.
What is a cataract?
100
this is also called the ear canal?
What is external auditory canal?
200
The composition of three distinct tunics or layers...
What is the fibrous, vascular, and the sensory tunic of the eye?
200
phac/o
What is the combining form for lens?
200
-opia and -opsia
What is the suffix for vision?
200
increased intraocular pressure (IOP) caused by failure of aqueous humor to drain from the eye through a tiny duct.
What is glaucoma?
200
eardrum
What is tympanum, tympanic membrane?
300
The outermost layer of the eyeball, that serves as a protective coat for the more sensitive structures beneath which includes (1) sclera, (2) cornea, and (3) conjunctiva.
What is the Fibrous Tunic?
300
presby/o
What is the combining form for old age?
300
-tropia
What is the suffix for turning?
300
also called heterotropia or tropia, is a condition in which one eye is misaligned with the other and the eyes do not focus simultaneously when viewing an object.
What is strabismus?
300
cochlea
What is the first structure of the inner ear (snail shaped)?
400
includes the extraocular muscles, orbits, eyelids, conjunctiva, and lacrimal apparatus.
What is the Adnexa?
400
salping/o
What is the combining form for tubes?
400
exo-
What is the prefix for outside, outward?
400
Otitis Media
What is inflammation of the middle ear?
400
provides a place for attachment of the stapes.
What is the oval window?
500
anterior chamber, canal of Schlemm, choroid, ciliary body, conjunctiva, cornea, fovea, iris, lens, optic disc, optic nerve, posterior chamber, pupil, retina, sclera, suspensory ligaments, vitreous chamber. (17)
What is anatomy of the eye?
500
labyrinth/o
What is the combining form for inner ear?
500
hyper-
What is the prefix for excessive, above normal?
500
disorder characterized by an abnormal hardening of bones of the middle ear that causes hearing loss.
What is otosclerosis?
500
the mazelike design of the inner ear.
What is the labyrinth?
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