Build the Term & Abbreviations
The abbreviation for cerebrospinal fluid.
What is CSF?
This transparent outer layer of the eye covers the iris and pupil and is the first structure light passes through.
What is the cornea?
These tiny bumps on the surface of the tongue contain taste buds and are responsible for detecting flavor.
What are the papillae
This combining form means smell and is the root of words like anosmia and hyperosmia.
What is osm/o (or olfact/o)?
This combining form means eyelid and is found in the term for drooping of the eyelid.
What is blephar/o?
The medical term meaning "pertaining to taste".
What is gustatory?
This colored ring of muscle controls the size of the pupil and gives the eye its color.
What is the iris?
This combining form meaning taste is the root of the word gustatory.
What is gustat/o?
This specialized tissue high in the nasal cavity contains olfactory receptor cells that detect odor molecules.
What is the olfactory epithelium?
This prefix means four and is used in the term for paralysis of all four limbs.
What is quadri-?
The the medical term meaning surgical removal of part of the skull.
What is craniectomy?
This light-sensitive inner layer of the eye contains rods and cones and sends visual signals to the brain via the optic nerve.
What is the retina?
Taste buds detect five basic tastes — sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and this fifth taste often described as savory or meaty.
What is umami?
Smell signals travel from the olfactory receptors along this cranial nerve directly to the brain — it is the only cranial nerve that bypasses the thalamus.
What is cranial nerve I (the olfactory nerve)?
This combining form means lens of the eye and has two acceptable spellings.
What is phac/o or phak/o?
The abbreviation for cerebrovascular accident.
What is CVA?
This small central area of the retina provides the sharpest, most detailed central vision and is the area most affected by macular degeneration.
What is the macula?
Taste buds are found on the tongue but also on these two other structures inside the mouth and throat.
What are the soft palate and epiglottis?
These bony, shelf-like structures inside the nasal cavity warm, humidify, and filter incoming air before it reaches the lungs.
What are the turbinates (nasal conchae)?
This prefix means inward and is used in the term that describes a type of strabismus where one eye turns inward.
What is eso-?
The abbreviation for intracranial pressure.
What is ICP?
This condition occurs when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, causing progressively blurred vision, and is the leading cause of correctable blindness worldwide.
What is a cataract?
This cranial nerve carries taste signals from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue to the brain.
What is cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve)?
This condition, listed on your word list, refers to a decreased or diminished sense of smell and is often an early symptom of Parkinson's disease or COVID-19.
What is hyposmia?
This suffix means weakness or partial paralysis — different from -plegia, which means complete paralysis.
What is -paresis?