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Medical Term. Ch.5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| phac/o | lens (lentil) |
| presby/o | old age |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| anterior chamber | fluid-filled space between the cornea and iris |
| choroid | vascular layer beneath the sclera that provides nourishment to the outer portion of the retina |
| Zeis glands | oil glands opening into the follicles of the eyelashes |
| trabecular meshwork | mesh-like structure in the anterior chamber that filters the aqueous humor as it flows into the canal of Schlemm |
| vitreous | jelly-like mass filling the inner chamber between the lens and retina that gives bulk to the eye |
| asthenopia | eyestrain (asthenia = weak condition) |
| exophthalmos | abnormal protrusion of one or both eyeballs; also spelled exophthalmos |
| blepharoplasty | surgical repair of an eyelid |
| phacoemulsification | use of ultrasound to shatter and break up a cataract, with aspiration and removal |
| refractive errors | defects in the bending of light as it enters the eye, causing an improper focus on the retina |
| hyperopia | farsightedness; difficulty seeing close objects when light rays are focused on a point behind the retina |
| myopia | nearsightedness; difficulty seeing distant objects when light rays are focused on a point in front of the retina |
| aphakia | absence of the lens, usually after cataract extraction |
| dacryoadenitis | inflammation of the lacrimal gland |
| ectropion | outward turning of the rim of the eyelid (tropo = turning) |
| hordeolum | sty; an acute infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid (hordeum = barley) |
| esotropia | right or left eye deviates inward, toward nose (eso = inward; tropo = turning) |
| cryopexy | use of intense cold to seal a hole or tear in the retina; used to treat retinal detachment |
| presbyopia | impaired vision caused by old age or loss of accommodation |
| keratoplasty | corneal transplantation; replacement of a diseased or scarred cornea with a healthy one from a matched donor |
| cryoretinopexy | use of intense cold to seal a hole or tear in the retina; used to treat retinal detachment |
| eye irrigation | washing of the eye with water or other fluid (saline) |
| mydriatic | agent that causes dilation of the pupil; used for certain eye examinations |
| scotoma | blind spot in vision |
| nystagmus | involuntary, rapid, oscillating movement of the eyeball |
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