Dictionaries Chapter 17 Use Word Parts Build And Define Eye

Chapter 17-2: Sense Organs: The Eye and the Ear—Part 2

Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition

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Supply the terms to complete the following sentences.

1. The region at the back of the eye where the retina meets the optic nerve is the _____ _____.

2. The normal adjustment of the lens to bring an object into focus is called __________.

3. A yellowish region on the retina lateral to the optic disc is the _______.

4. Bending of light rays by the cornea, lens, and fluids of the eye is called __________.

5. Photosensitive receptor cells in the retina that make color perception possible are

__________.

6. Photosensitive receptor cells that make vision in dim light possible are __________.

Give meanings for the following terms.

7. Anisocoria: __________

8. Papilledema: __________

9. Photophobia: __________

10. Scotoma: __________

Complete the medical terms from their definitions and word parts.

11. Inflammation of an eyelid: __________itis

12. Inflammation of the cornea: __________itis

13. Inflammation of the iris: __________itis

ir

14. Inflammation of the conjunctiva: __________itis

15. Pertaining to within the eye: intra__________

Describe the following visual conditions.

16. Presbyopia: __________

17. Myopia: __________

18. Diplopia: __________

19. Amblyopia: __________

20. Hyperopia: __________

21. Keratitis: __________

Complete the following medical terms from their definitions.

22. Removal of the third bone of the middle ear: __________ectomy

23. Instrument to measure hearing: __________meter

24. Deafness due to old age: __________cusis

25. Inflammation of the middle ear: ot_____ _____ [two words]

26. Surgical repair of the eardrum: __________plasty

27. Impairment of vision due to old age: __________opia

28. Surgical repair of the eardrum: __________oplasty

29. Paralysis of the eye: __________o__________

30. Pertaining to the eustachian tube and the throat: __________eal

31. Loss of one half of the visual field: hemi__________

32. Inflammation of the vascular layer of the eye: __________itis

33. Hardening of the bony tissue in the inner ear: oto__________

34. Condition of the absence of the lens: a__________

Give meanings for the following combining forms.

35. acous/o: __________

36. ambly/o: __________

37. anis/o: __________

38. aque/o: __________

39. audit/o: __________

40. aur/o: __________

41. blephar/o: __________

42. cochle/o: __________

43. conjunctiv/o: __________

44. cor/o: __________

45. corne/o: __________

46. cycl/o: __________

47. dacry/o: __________

48. dipl/o: __________

49. glauc/o: __________

50. ir/o: __________

51. kerat/o: __________

Give meanings for the following combining forms.

52. mi/o: __________

53. mydr/o: __________

54. myring/o: __________

55. nyct/o: __________

56. ocul/o: __________

57. ophthalm/o: __________

58. opt/o: __________

59. ossicul/o: __________

60. ot/o: __________

61. palpebr/o: __________

62. papill/o: __________

63. phac/o: __________

64. phot/o: __________

65. presby/o: __________

66. pupill/o: __________

67. retin/o: __________

68. salping/o: __________

69. scler/o: __________

70. scot/o: __________

71. staped/o: __________

72. tympan/o: __________

73. uve/o: __________

74. vitre/o: __________

75. xer/o: __________

76. -cusis: __________

77. -opia: __________

78. -otia: __________

79. -meter: __________

80. -tropia: __________

Give the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis =

no, endocrine = en).

81. Otolaryngologist: __________

82. Corneoscleral: __________

83. Audiometer: __________

84. Malleus: __________

85. Palpebral: __________

86. Presbycusis: __________

87. Mydriasis: __________

88. Retinopathy: __________

89. Macrotia: __________

90. OU: __________

91. OD: __________

92. OS: __________

93. PERRLA: __________

94. HEENT: __________

95. VF: __________

96. LASIK: __________

97. Semicircular canals: __________

98. Cerumen: __________

99. Perilymph and endolymph: __________

100. Tympanic membrane: __________

101. Vertigo: __________

102. Otosclerosis: __________

103. Tinnitus: __________

104. Labyrinthitis:___________

105. Myringitis: __________

106. Suppurative otitis media: __________

107. Mastoiditis: __________

108. Ménière disease: __________

109. Acoustic neuroma: __________

110. Cholesteatoma: __________

Give meanings for the following abbreviations.

111. AS: __________

112. ENG: __________

113. EENT: __________

114. AD: __________

115. ENT: __________

116. IOL: __________

117. AOM: __________

118. VA: __________

119. IOP: __________

120. PERRLA: __________

121. AMD: __________

122. VF: __________

123. PE tube: __________

124. lacrim/o: __________

125. A. anisocoria

B. anisocorea