Exam 4: Additional Terms

Question 1

Corne/o

Answer 1

Cornea

Question 2

Dacry/o

Answer 2

Tear

Question 3

Glaucoma

Answer 3

Eye disorder; increase of intraocular pressure (IOP). Untreated - optic nerve damage and visual impairment or loss

Question 4

Lacrim/o

Answer 4

Tear duct

Question 5

Mastoidectomy

Answer 5

Excision of the mastoid bone

Question 6

Myring/o

Answer 6

Tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 7

Nystagmus

Answer 7

Involuntary, jerking movements of the eyes

Question 8

Ocul/o

Answer 8

Eye

Question 9

Ophthalm/o

Answer 9

Eyes

Question 10

Otitis Externa

Answer 10

Inflammation of the outer ear

Question 11

Otitis Media

Answer 11

(OM) inflammation of the middle ear (tympanitis)

Question 12

Tympan/o

Answer 12

Tympanic

Question 13

Tympanoplasty

Answer 13

Surgical repair (of the hearing mechanism) of the middle ear (including the tympanic membrane and the ossicles)