MED TERMS
Cornea
What is corne/o?
Conjunctiva
What is conjunctiv/o?
Colored portion of the eye.
What is the iris?
The auditory canal is also known as this
What is the auditory meatus?
Outermost layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
Mastoid process
What is mastoid/o?
Hearing
Delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball.
What is the conjunctiva?
Membrane between the outer and the middle ear; also called the eardrum.
What is the tympanic membrane?
Middle layer of the skin; also called corium.
What is the dermis?
Heat, burn
What is cauter/o?
Water
What is aque/o?
Fibrous transparent layer of clear tissue that extends over the anterior portion of the eyeball.
What is the cornea?
A small bones of the ear; includes the malleus, incus, and stapes
What is ossicle?
The innermost layer of the skin, containing fat tissue.
What is the subcutaneous layer?
Eyelid
What is blephar/o?
Fungus
What is myc/o?
Tough, white, outer coat of the eyeball.
What is the sclera?
The auditory tube is also known as this
What is the eustachian tube?
Oil-secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicles.
What is sebaceous gland?
Tears, tear ducts
What is dacry/o?
Profuse sweating
What is diaphor/o?
Cranial nerve carrying impulses from the retina to the brain (cerebral cortex)
What is the optic nerve?
Snail-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear; contains hearing-sensitive receptor cells.
What is the cochlea?
One of the large dermal exocrine glands located in the axilla and genital areas. It secretes sweat that, in action with bacteria, is responsible for human body odor.
What is the apocrine sweat gland?