Week 4 Homework Sensory system terminology PDF

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Week 4 Homework: Sensory System Terminology

1. ocul/o – eye/combining form 2. ot/o – ear/combining form

3. Ophthalmologist – A specialist in the branch of medicine concerned with the study ad treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye. 4. gloss/o – tongue/combining form

5. olfact/o – smell/combining form 6. Audiology – The science concerned with the sense of hearing.

7. Blepharitis – Inflammation of the glands and lash follicles along the margin of the eyelids. 8. Cerumen – A waxy secretion of the glands of the external acoustic meatus; ear wax

9. Conjunctivitis – Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye. (The mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelids.) 10. Hyperopia – Farsightedness

11. Otitis media – Is an infection of the middle ear space, behind the eardrum. 12. Otosclerosis – Excessive growth in the bones of the middle ear which interferes with the transmission of sound.

13. Presbycusis – Age-related hearing loss with gradually progressive inability to hear. 14. Tympanic – Eardrum

15. Tinnitus – Ringing, buzzing, or other sounds without and external cause....