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| accomodation | normal adjust of eye to focus far to near
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| anteroir chamber | area behind the cornea and in front of the lens and iris. contains aqueous humor
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| aqueous humor | fluid produced by ciliary body and found in the anterior chamber
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| choroid | middle,vasculayer of the eye between the retina & sclera
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| cornea | fibrous transparent layer of clear tissue over eyeball.
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| fovea centralis | tiny pit or depression in the retina that is the region of clearest vision
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| iris | colored layer that opens and closes to allow more or less light into the eyes.
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| lens | transparent, bioconvex body behind the pupil of eye. it bends to let light rays to bring them into focus on retina
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| macula | yellowish region on the retina lateral to and slighlty below the optic disc
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| optic disc | region at back of the eye where the optic nerve meets the retina, blind spot of the eye
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| auditory canal | channel that leads from the pinna to the eardrum
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| auditory meatus | auditory canal
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| auricle | flap of the ear
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| cerumen | ear wax
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| elistachian tube | auditory tube
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| incus | second ossicle of middle ear
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| labyrinth | maze like series of canals of the inner ear. includes vestibule and semicircular canals
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| malleus | first bone of middle ear
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| ossicle | small bone of the ear
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| pinna | auricle or flap of the ear
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| stapes | third ossicle of the middle ear
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| tympanic membrane | membrane between the otter and middle ear ( ear drum )
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| audiometry | testing the sense of hearing
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| otoscopy | visual examination of the ear with a otoscope
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| otitis media | inflammation of the middle ear
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| otosclerosis | hardening to the boney tissue of the ear
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| tinnitus | sensation of noises, ringing, buzzing, whistling, booming in the ears
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| vertigo | sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects
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| astigmatism | defective curvature of the cornea or lens of the eye
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| hyperopia or hpyermetropia | farsighted
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| myopia | nearsighted
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| presbyopia | impairment of vision from old age
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| strabismus | abnormal devation of the eye
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| opthalmoscopy | cisual exmaination of the interior of the eyes
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| visual acuity test | clarity of vision is assessed
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| kerato plasty | surgical repair of the cornea
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| optic nerve | cranial nerve carrying impulses from the retina to the brain ( cebral cortex)
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| pupil | central opening of the eye, surrounded by iris, light passes through, it appears dark
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| refraction | bending of light rays by the cornea lens and fluids to the eyes to bring the rays into focus on retina
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| sclera | tough white outer coat of the eyeball
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| vitreous humor | soft jelly like material behind the lens in the vitreous chamber, helps maintain the shape of the eye ball
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| aque/o | water
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| biephar/o | eye lid
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| corne/o or kerat/o | cornea
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| dacry/o | tear duct
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| lacrim/o | tears
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| ocul/o | eye
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| opthalm/o | eye
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| pulpill/o | pupil
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| retin/o | retina
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| scler/o | sclera or white of eye
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| ambly/o | dull or dim
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| dipl/o | double
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| glauc/o | gray
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| nyct/o | night
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| phot/o | light
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| presby/p | old age
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| xer/o | dry
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| acous/o | hearing
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| audi/o | hearing
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| audit/o | hearing
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| myring/o | eardrum
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| ot/o | ear
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| aur/o or auricul/o | ear
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| cochle/o | cochlea
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| mastoid/o | mastoid process
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| ossicul/o | occicle
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| salping/o | elistachian or auditory tube
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| staped/o | stapes or third bone of the middle ear
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| tympan/o | ear drum
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| vestibul/o | vestibule
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| -acusis or -cusis | hearing
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| -meter | instrument to measure
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| -otia | ear condition
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| -opia or opsia | vision
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| -tropia | to turn
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