Chapter 16 terms

front/o-

front

-ception

having a receptor

mastoid/o-

eardrum

acous/o-

hearing

pan-

all

maxill/o-

maxilla

aden/o-

gland

uni-

not paired

ment/o-

chin

adenoid/o-

structure resmbling a gland

-acusis

abnormal condition of hearing

-ant

pertaming to

myring/o-

eardrum

audit/o-

sense of hearing

-coccus

spherical bacterium

vestibul/o-

entrance

aur/i-

ear

-ent

pertaning to

or/o-

mouth

auricul/o-

ear

-phyma

growth; tumor

oss/i-

bone

bucc/o-

cheek

-tome

area with distinct edges; instrument used to cut

ossicul/o-

ossicle

impact/o-

wedged in

purul/o-

pus

cheil/o-

lip

palat/o-

palate

cochle/o-

cochlea

propri/o-

one's own body

dors/o-

back

rhin/o-

nose

ethm/o-

sieve

sept/o-

divinding wall

extern/o-

outside

sinus/o-

sinus

gloss/o-

tongue

sphen/o-

wedge shaped

glott/o-

glottis of the larynx

incud/o-

anvil-shaped bone

infer/o-

below

suppur/o-

pus formation

20. labi/o-

babium; lip

turbin/o-

scroll-like structure

labyrinth/o-

labyrinth

laryng/o-

larynx; voice box

lingu/o-

tongue

voc/o-

voice

malle/o-

hammer-shaped bone

mandibul/o-

lower jawbone

deviat/o-

away from the normal path