The Eyes
The colorful, circular structure that surrounds the pupil
What is the iris?
Any discharge from the ear
What is otorrhea?
Prefix meaning retina
What is retin/o?
A doctor who provides primary eye care
What is an optometrist?
A sense of whirling, dizziness, and loss of balance often combined with nausea and vomiting
What is vertigo?
The transparent outer surface of the eye covering the iris and pupil
What is the cornea?
The snail shaped structure of the inner ear where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses
What is the cochlea?
Suffix that means condition
What is -ion?
A tool used to measure visual acuity
What is a Snellen chart?
An inflammation of the cornea that can have many causes, including bacterial, viral, or fungal infections.
The white of the eye that maintains the eye and protects the delicate inner layers of tissue.
What is the sclera?
Located between the outer and middle ear, also known as the eardrum
What is the tympanic membrane?
Prefix that means ear
What is ot/o?
An instrument used to examine the external ear canal
What is an otoscope?
The swelling of the tissues surrounding the eye or eyes
What is periorbital edema?
The medical term for the opaque layer of the eyeball
What is the choroid?
Transmits sound waves to the tympanic membrane of the middle ear
What is the external auditory canal?
What is -cusis?
Health care specialist that specializes in the measurement of hearing function and the rehabilitation of persons with hearing impairments
What is an audiologist?
A relatively rare chronic disorder in which the fluid increases intermittently in the inner ear
What is Meniere's disease?
The normal relationship between the refractive power of the eye and the shape of the eye that enables light rays to focus correctly on the retina
What is emmetropia?
Narrow tubes that lead from the middle ear to the nasal cavity and the throat, also called the auditory tubes
What are eustachian tubes?
Suffix relation to the lens of the eye
What is phak/o?
A measure of sound frequency that determines how high or low a pitch is
What is hertz?
The medical term for the condition also known as nerve deafness
What is sensorineural hearing loss?