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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SPECIAL SENSES

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SPECIAL SENSES. OBJECTIVES. To learn medical terminology related to special senses. To review common prefixes and suffixes. OPHTHALMOLOGY. Study of the eye. CORNEA. Transparent anterior portion of the sclera. CONJUNCTIVA .

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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SPECIAL SENSES

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  1. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SPECIAL SENSES

  2. OBJECTIVES • To learn medical terminology related to special senses. • To review common prefixes and suffixes.

  3. OPHTHALMOLOGY • Study of the eye.

  4. CORNEA • Transparent anterior portion of the sclera.

  5. CONJUNCTIVA • Delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball.

  6. CONJUNCTIVITIS • Inflammation of the conjunctiva.

  7. RETINA • Light sensitive posterior layer of the eye containing photoreceptor.

  8. RETINOPATHY • Any degenerative disease of the retina.

  9. KERATOPLASTY • Surgical repair of the cornea.

  10. Keratitis • Inflammation of the cornea.

  11. LACRIMAL • Pertaining to tears.

  12. EXOPHTHALAMUS • Abnormal protrusion of the eye.

  13. IRIS • Colored portion of the eye around the pupil.

  14. IRIDECTOMY • Surgical removal of the portion of the iris.

  15. Sclera • Tough, white outer portion of the eyeball.

  16. BLEPHARITIS • Inflammation of the eyelid.

  17. VA • Visual acuity.

  18. AUDIOMETER • A device used to test/measure hearing.

  19. CERUMEN • Waxy secretion from the glands of the external ear; ear wax.

  20. TINNITUS • Sensation of noises such as ringing, buzzing, whistling, booming in the ears.

  21. TYMPANIC MEMBRANE • Membrane between the outer and middle ear also known as eardrum.

  22. MYRINGEAL • Pertaining to the eardrum.

  23. MYRINGOTOMY • Surgical incision of the tympanic membrane.

  24. MYRINGOPLASTY • Surgical repair of the eardrum.

  25. TYMPANIC • Pertaining to the eardrum.

  26. EUSTACHIAN TUBE • Channel that connects the middle ear and pharynx.

  27. OTORRHEA • Abnormal discharge from the ear.

  28. OTOSCLEROSIS • Hardening of the bony tissue of the labyrinth of the ear.

  29. OTITIS MEDIA • Inflammation of the middle ear.

  30. OTOMYCOSIS • Any fungal disease of the ear.

  31. OSSICLE • Small bone, in the middle ear there are three small bones—maleus, incus, stapes.

  32. DEAFNESS • Loss of the ability to hear.

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