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Chapter 11

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Term
Definition
Eustachian Tubes   help drain ears and regulate the pressure in the ear  
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Vertigo   whirling, dizziness, or loss of balance often accompanied by nausea or vomiting  
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Presbycussis   progressive nerve deafness associated with aging  
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Tinnitus   ringing or buzzing sound in one or both ears  
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Acoustic Nerves   connected to the cochlea to pass electrical signals  
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cochlea   collects sound waves and transmit vibrations to electrical impulses  
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Tarsorrhaphy   suturing together the upper and lower eyelids to protect the eye when the lids are paralyzed or unable to close properly  
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Conjunctivitis   inflammation of the conjunctive usually caused by an allergy or infection  
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Dacryoadenitis   Inflammation of the lacrimal gland due to bacterial, viral or fungal infections  
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Equilibrium   balance  
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AD (auris dexter)   right ear  
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AS (auris sinister)   left ear  
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AU (auris uterque)   both ears  
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Amblyopia   dimness of vision or partial loss of sight, usually one eye, without any detectable diseases  
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Auditory Ossicles   tiny ear bones  
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Adnexa   accessory structures outside the eyeball such as orbit, eye muscles, eyelids, and eyelashes  
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OU (oculus uterque)   both eyes  
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OS (oculus sinister)   left eye  
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OD (oculus dexter)   right eye  
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tympan/o   tympanic membrane/ eardrum  
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trop/o   turn, change  
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scler/o   sclera, white of eye, hard  
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presby/o   old age  
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-opia   vision condition  
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ophthalm/o   eye, vision  
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myring/o   tympanic membrane/ eardrum  
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kerat/o   horny, hard, cornea  
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-cusis   hearing  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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labrinth/o   inner ear  
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pinn/i   outer ear  
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retin/o   retina  
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phac/o, phak/o   lens  
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ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o   iris  
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Strabismus   the eyes pointing in different directions due to the ocular muscle not being able tofocus together  
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Presbyopia   common changes in the eyes that occur with aging  
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Nystagmus   involuntary, constant, rhythmic movement of the eye  
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Myopia   A defect in which light rays focus in front of the retina (nearsightedness)  
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Hyperopia   a defect in which light rays focus beyond the retina (farsightedness)  
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Hemianopia   blindness of one half of the field of vision  
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Exotropia   outward deviation of one or both eyes  
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Esotropia   inward deviation of one or both eyes (cross-eyed)  
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Diplopia   perception of two images of a single object (double vision)  
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Astigmatism   the eye does not focus properly due to an uneven curvature of the cornea  
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acous/o, acoust/o, audit/o, ot/o   ears  
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dacryocst/o, larim/o   lacrimal apparatus  
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opt/i, opt/o, optic/o, ophthalm/o   eyes  
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