Module 7 (Ear, Cardiovascular, and Immune)

What is audi/o?

hearing

What is aur/i?

ear

What is cochle/o?

cochlea

What is labyrinth/o?

labyrinth

What is mastoid/o?

mastoid bone

What is myring/o?

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

What is ot/o?

ear

What is staped/o?

stapes

What is tympan/o?

middle ear

What is vestibul/o?

vestibule

What is electr/o?

electricity, electrical activity

What is py/o?

pus

What is -ar?

pertaining to

What is -gram?

the record, radiographic image

What is -graphy?

process if recording, radiographic imaging

What is -meter?

instrument used to measure

What is -metry?

measurement

What is -plasty?

surgical repair

What is -rrhea?

flow, discharge

What is -sclerosis?

hardening

WHat is -scope?

instrument used for visual examination

What is -scopy?

visual examination

What is -stomy?

creation of an artificial opening

What is -tomy?

cut into, incision

What is labyrinthitis?

inflammation of the labyrinth

What is mastoiditis?

inflammation of the mastoid bone

What is myringitis?

inflammation of the tympanic membrane

What is otalgia?

pain in the ear

What is otomycosis?

abnormal condition of fungus in the ear

What is otopyrorrhea?

discharge of pus fro the ear

What is otorrhea?

discharge from the ear

What is otosclerosis?

hardening of the ear (stapes)

What is acoustic Neuroma?

benign tumor within the inner ear that forms along the vesticulocochlear

What is cholesteatoma?

cystlike mass composed of epithelial cells and cholestrerol occurring in the middle ear

What is Meniere Disease?

chronic disease of the inner ear characterized by a sensation of spinning motion

What is otitis externa?

infammation of the outer ear

What is otitis media?

inflammation of the middle ear

WHat is ototoxictity?

adverse pharmacologic reaction causing damage to the vestibulocochlear

What is presbycusis?

hearing impairment occuring with age

What is tinnitus?

ringing in the ears

What is vertigo?

senses that either one’s own body or environmental

What is labyrinthectomy?

excision of teh labyrinth

What is the mastoidectomy?

excision of the mastoid bone

What is myringoplasty?

surgical repair of the tympanic membrane

What is Myringotomy?

incision into the tympanic membrane

What is otoplasty?

surgical repair of the (outer) ear

What is stapedectomy?

excision of the stapes

What is tympanoplasty?

surgical repair of the middle ear

What is tympanostomy?

creation of an artificial opening into the middle ear

What is audiogram?

graphic recording of hearing

What is audiometer?

instrument used to measure hearing

What is audiometry?

measurement of hearing

What is electrocochleography?

process of recording the electrical activity in the cochlea

What is otoscope?

instrument used for visual examination of the ear

What is tympanometer?

instrument used to measure middle ear (function)

WHat is otoscopy?

visual examination of the ear

WHat is tympanometry?

measurement of middle ear (function)

What is aural?

pertaining to the ear

What is cochlear?

pertaining to the cochlea

What is vestibular?

pertaining to the vestibule

What is vestibulochlear?

pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea

OE Abbreviation?

Otitis externa

What is OM?

Otitis media

What is ENT?

ears, nose, and throat

What is HOH?

hard of hearing

What is angi/o?

vessel

What is aort/o?

aorta

What is arteri/o?

artery

What is atri/o?

atrium

What is cardi/o?

heart

What is cyt/o?

cell

What is hem/o?

blood

What is hemat/o?

blood

What is lymph/o?

lymph, lymph tissue

What us lymphaden/o?

lymph

What is my/o?

muscles

What is myel/o?

bone marrow

What is phleb/o?

veins

What is plasm/o?

plasma

What is splen/o?

spleen

WHat is thym/o?

thymus gland

What is valvul/o?

valve

What is ven/o?

veins

What is ventricul/o?

ventricle

What is ather/o?

yellowish, fatty plaque

What is ech/o?

sound

What is embol/o?

plug

What is isch/o?

deficiency, blockage

What is immun/o?

immune system

What is thromb/o?

blood clot

What is brady-?

slow

What is pan-?

all, total

What is peri-?

surrounding (outer)

What is tachy-?

fast, rapid

What is -apheresis?

removal

What is -centesis?

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

WHat is -emia?

in the blood

What is -ia?

diseased state, condition of

What is -ism?

state of

What is -lysis?

loosening, dissolution, separating