Medical Terminology Simplified

600 APPENDIX B• Answer Key

Competency Verification, Figure 11–1

Eye structures, page 511.

1.sclera 4. ciliary body 7.fovea 10.optic nerve

2.cornea 5.iris 8.pupil 11.conjunctiva

3.choroid 6.retina 9.optic disc

Competency Verification, Figure 11–3

Lacrimal apparatus, page 517.

1.lacrimal gland 2.lacrimal sac 3.nasolacrimal duct

Section Review 11–2

Competency Verification, Figure 11–4

Ear structures, page 521.

1.auricle 3.tympanic membrane 5.incus 7.eustachian (auditory) tube 9. semicircular canals

2.ear canal 4.malleus 6.stapes 8.cochlea 10.vestibule

Section Review 11–3

1.hyper- 6.salping/o, -salpinx 11.-spasm 16.-rrhexis 21.dacry/o

2.choroid/o 7.ophthalm/o 12.irid/o 17.-malacia 22.tympan/o, myring/o

3.kerat/o 8.blephar/o 13.-ptosis 18.audi/o, -acusis 23.corne/o

4.dipl/o, dipl- 9.aden/o 14.-logist 19.-stenosis 24.-opia, -opsia

5.ot/o 10. scler/o 15.retin/o 20.-edema 25.xanth/o

Term Meaning

1. tympan/o/centesis -centesis: surgical puncture; tympanic membrane (eardrum)


2. acous/tic -tic: pertaining to; hearing


3. hyper/tropia -tropia: turning; excessive, above normal


4. ot/o/rrhea -rrhea: discharge, flow; ear


5. an/acusis -acusis: hearing; without, not


6. myring/o/tomy -tomy: incision; tympanic membrane (eardrum)


7. tympan/o/plasty -plasty: surgical repair; tympanic membrane (eardrum)


8. audi/o/meter -meter: instrument for measuring; hearing


9. ot/o/scope -scope: instrument for examining; ear


10. salping/o/pharyng/eal -eal: pertaining to; tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes);
    pharynx (throat)

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