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Combining Forms
Structures of the Ear
Disease and Disorder
Vocabulary Structures
Surgical Terms
100
what is the combining form for labyrinth?
What is labyrinth/o
100
True/false. The external ear consists of the auricla and auditory canal.
What is true.
100
inflammation of the labyrinth?
What is labyrinthitis
100
General term for the bony structures in the middle ear
What is ossicles.
100
Name the prosthetic device surgically inserted to electrically stimulate the auditory nerve.
What is cochlear implant.
200
What is the combining form for Mastoid bone?
What is mastoid/o
200
True/false The external ear produces ear wax.
What is false.
200
Pain in the ear?
What is otalgia
200
The end of this structure stimulates the auditory nerve for the brain to receive sound.
What is cochlea.
200
Excision of the labyrinth
What is labyrinthectomy.
300
What is the combining form for tympanic membrane (eardrum)?
What is Myring/o
300
The semi transparent membrane separating the external auditory canal from the middle ear cavity is
What is tympanic membrane.
300
Discharge of pus from the ear?
What is otopyorrhea
300
Sound waves are transmitted into what for hearing to occur?
What is nerve impulses.
300
Excision of the mastoid bone
What is mastoidectomy.
400
What is the combining form for stapes (middle ear bone)?
What is Staped/o
400
Tube connecting the middle ear and pharynx
What is eustachian tube.
400
Hearing impairment in old age?
What is presbycusis
400
Name the three bones of the middle ear.
What is malleus, incus, stapes.
400
Tympanoplasty involves repair of these structures.
What is tympanic membrane and ossicles.
500
What are the combining forms for the ear?
What is aur/i, aur/o, ot/o
500
Ear parts responsible for the body's sense of balance
What is semicircular canals and vestibule.
500
A sense that either one's own body or the enviroment is revolving; may indicate inner ease disease?
What is vertigo
500
Give the function of the eustachian tubes.
What is equalize pressure on both sides of the eardrum.
500
The purpose of a stapedectomy is to restore hearing lost due to this.
What is otosclerosis.