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.