Anatomy
Tears pass through these openings into small blank
Lacrimal ducts
What part of the eye functions as movement of the eyeball and globe?
External Ocular Muscles
Chrom/o
Color
What means inability to hear?
Deafness
What means surgical creation of an opening through the Eardrum?
Tympanostomy
What are three small bones in the middle ear called?
Malleus, Incus, and Stapes
Protection for the Eye
Eyelid
Therm/o
Heat
What means uneven focusing of a image?
Astigmatism
Covering an eye in childhood is a example of therapeutic intervention for what?
Amblyopia
What tube leads from the middle ear to the pharynx (throat)
Auditory or Eustachian Tube
What part of the Eye refracts light?
Lens
Phot/o
Light
What means pain in the Ear?
Otalgia
How is Glaucoma treated?
Often with eye drops and a laser
What are fluid-filled canals that open into the Cochlea called?
Semicircular Canals
What part of the Eye transmits visual information to the Brain?
Optic Nerve
-Ory
Pertaining to
What means loss or impairment of the sense of smell?
Anosmia
What means corneal surgery in which the excimer laser and a microkeratome are combined to correct nearsightedness?
LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis)
External ear: the visible part of the ear ends at this
Tympanic Membrane (Eardrum)
What part of the Eye functions as color vision?
Cones
Aur/o
Ear
What means drooping of the upper eyelids?
Ptosis
What means removal of the lens to treat a cataract?
Extraction of the lens