Medterm Ch 10 Quiz

acous/o

hearing

audi/o, audit/o

hearing

blephar/o

eyelid

cerumin/o

cerumen

cochle/o

cochlea

cor/o, core/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

dacry/o

tear

myring/o

tympanic membrane; eardrum

nyct/o

night

olfact/o

smell

ot/o

ear

papill/o

optic disc; nipple-like

phac/o, phak/o

lens of the eye

phot/o

light

presby/o

old age

vitre/o

glassy

a-, an-

not; without

ec-

out; outside

en-

in; within

eso-

inward

exo-

outward

-al, -atic, -ic, -ory, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-cusis

hearing

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-itis

inflammation

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor; mass

-opia

vision condition

-osmia

smell condition

-ptosis

droop; sag; prolapse; protrude

-scope

instrument used to view

-tropia

to turn

AD

right ear (Latin auris dextra)

AS

left ear (Latin auris sinistra)

O.D.

right eye (Latin oculus dexter)

O.S.

left eye (Latin oculus sinister)

PERRLA

pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation

VA

visual acuity

Vf

field of vision