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Parts of the Ear
Combining Forms
Symptoms or Pathologic Conditions
Procedures
Abbreviations
100
The flap of the ear
Pinna
100
The small bone of the ear
Ossicul/o
100
The sensation of irregular or whirling motion
Vertigo
100
Testing of the sense of hearing
Audiomentry
100
ENT
Ear, nose, & throat
200
Also called the auditory tube
Eustachian tube
200
Eustachian tube
Salping/o
200
Sensation of noises in the ear
Tinnitus
200
Test of ear condition using a vibration
Tuning fork test
200
AOM
Acute otitis media
300
The snail-shaped spirally wound tube
Cochlea
300
Tympanic membrane
Myring/o
300
Hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear
Ostoscerosis
300
Visual examination of the ear
Otoscopy
300
SOM
Serous otitis media
400
The central cavity of the labyrinth
Vestibule
400
2 combining forms for ear
Aur/o Ot/o
400
Skin cells & cholesterol in a sac in the middle ear
Cholesteatom
400
Surgically implanted device for hearing
Cochlear implant
400
Test of the balance mechanism of the inner ear
ENG Electronystagmography
500
The 3 bones in the middle ear
Malleus, stapes, incus
500
3 combining form meaning hearing
Acous/o Audi/o Audit/o
500
Disorder of the labyrinth of the inner ear
Meniere disease
500
Temperature measurement
Ear thermometry
500
Ventilating tube placed in the eardrum
PE tube Pressure equalizing tube