Chapter 17 Combining Forms

Question 1

aque/o

Answer 1

water

Question 2

blephar/o or palpebr/o

Answer 2

eyelid

Question 3

conjunctiv/o

Answer 3

conjunctiva

Question 4

cor/o or pupill/o

Answer 4

pupil

Question 5

corne/o or kerat/o

Answer 5

cornea

Question 6

cycl/o

Answer 6

ciliary body or muscle of the eye

Question 7

dacry/o

Answer 7

tear or tear duct

Question 8

ir/o or irid/o

Answer 8

iris

Question 9

lacrim/o

Answer 9

tears

Question 10

ocul/o or ophthal/o

Answer 10

eye

Question 11

opt/o or optic/o

Answer 11

eye or vision

Question 12

papill/o

Answer 12

optic disk

Question 13

phac/o or phak/o

Answer 13

lens of the eye

Question 14

retin/o

Answer 14

retina

Question 15

scler/o

Answer 15

sclera

Question 16

uve/o

Answer 16

uvea or vascular layer of the eye

Question 17

vitre/o

Answer 17

glassy

Question 18

ambly/o

Answer 18

dull or dim

Question 19

dipl/o

Answer 19

double

Question 20

glauc/o

Answer 20

gray

Question 21

mi/o

Answer 21

smaller or less

Question 22

mydr/o

Answer 22

widen or enlarge

Question 23

nyct/o

Answer 23

night

Question 24

phot/o

Answer 24

light

Question 25

presby/o

Answer 25

ola age

Question 26

scot/o

Answer 26

darkness

Question 27

xer/o

Answer 27

dry

Question 28

-opia or -opsia

Answer 28

vision

Question 29

-tropia

Answer 29

to turn

Question 30

acous/o or audi/o or audit/o

Answer 30

hearing

Question 31

aur/o or auricul/o

Answer 31

ear

Question 32

cochle/o

Answer 32

cochlea

Question 33

mastoid/o

Answer 33

mastoid process

Question 34

myring/o or tympan/o

Answer 34

eardrum or tympanic membrane

Question 35

ossicul/o

Answer 35

ossicle (three bones)

Question 36

ot/o

Answer 36

ear

Question 37

salping/o

Answer 37

eustachian tube

Question 38

staped/o

Answer 38

stapes

Question 39

vestibul/o

Answer 39

vestibule

Question 40

-acusis or -cusis

Answer 40

hearing

Question 41

-meter

Answer 41

instrument to measure

Question 42

-otia

Answer 42

ear condition