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Eye and Ear Anatomy
Medical Terms and Vocabulary
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms
Disorders of the eyes and ears
Procedures and Treatments
100
Colored, contractile membrane with a perforated center.
What is the iris?
100
Medical term for eardrum.
What is the tympanic membrane?
100
Ocul/o
What is eye?
100
Otitis media
What is inflammation of the middle ear and also an ear infection?
100
Flushing of the ear canal with water or saline to dislodge foreign bodies or impacted earwax
What is ear irrigation?
200
Middle layer of the eye on the vascular tunic, consisting of the choroid, iris, and ciliary body.
What is the uvea?
200
Transmits impulses to the eye.
What is the optic nerve?
200
Ear
What is ot/o?
200
Vertigo
What is the sensation of spinning motion of oneself or one's surroundings?
200
Sclerostomy
What is the surgical formation of an opening in the sclera?
300
Ossicles
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes?
300
Clearness or sharpness of a sensory function.
What is acuity?
300
-opia
What is vision?
300
Corneal irregularity that prevents light rays from focusing properly on the retina
What is astigmatism?
300
Placement of an artificial hearing device in the ear that produces hearing sensations and stimulates the nerves
What is a cochlear implant insertion?
400
Connects the middle ear to the pharynx.
What is the Eustachian tube?
400
Semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea.
What maintains equilibrium?
400
Hearing
What is -cusis?
400
Perception of ringing, hissing, or other sounds in ear or head when no external sound is present
What is tinnitus?
400
LASIK
What is laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis?
500
Provides a place of attachment for the stapes.
What is the oval window?
500
Provides the greatest acuity for color vision and only consists of cones.
What is the fovea?
500
Lacrimal sac
What is dacryocyst/o?
500
Misalignment of one eye to the other eye
What is strabismus?
500
Enucleation
What is the removal of the eyeball from orbit?