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46 Cards in this Set
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pituitar/o
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pituitary glands
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audiometry
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measuring how well individual hears sound waves at diff frequencies
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tox/o, toxic/o
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poison
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acous/o
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hearing
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-uria
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urination
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audi/o
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sound
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parathyroid
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secretes parathyroid hormone, regulates level of calcium
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aur/o
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ear
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pituaitary gland
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anterior- growth hormone, thyroid
posterior- antidiuretic hormone oxytocin-breast milk |
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irid/o
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iris
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ADH
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antidiuretic hormone
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ocul/o
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eye
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thyroid
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triodothyronine-growh, development, metabolism
Throxine Calcitinin |
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opthalm/o
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eye
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diabetes mellitus
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pancrease, fails to produce adequate amount of insulin-metabolize carbs, fats and protien.
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opia
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vision
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opthalmoscopy
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process of vieing eye, at all depths using opthalmoscope
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DM
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diabetes mellitus
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ot/o
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ear
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diabetes insipidus
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thirst, urination, disorder of pituitary gland- secreation of antidiuretic hormone.
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phak/o
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lens of eye
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scler/o
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sclera-white of eye
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PERL
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pupil equal and reactive to light
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FBS
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fasting blood sugar
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TM
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typanic membrane- eardrum
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otoscopy
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use of otoscope to view tympanic membrane, and outer ear
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cerumen
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ear wax
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cornea
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transparent, nonvascular part of eye, also known as iris
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lens
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colorless, focusses image clearly on retina
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outer ear
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visible portion, auricle/pinna, seperated by tympanic membrane- eardrum
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auricle/pinna
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ear lobe
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adrenal cortex
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outer portion
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external auditory canal
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tube leading from auricle to middle ear
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astigmatism
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blurred vision, rub, headaches, squinting. Causes ligh to be focused irregulaly beacause of abnormally shaped retina
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adrenal medulla
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inner portion
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cataract
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lens becomes cloudy, alters imagages
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aden/o
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gland
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hyperopia
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excessive visual condition, light rays focus behind retina, impaired close vision- eyeball shorter
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myopia
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nearsightedness, muscle-visual condition, impaired distant vision, light rays focussed in front of retina because eyeball is longer than normal.
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adren/o
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adrenal
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purulence
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containing puss
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dips/o
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thirst
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stye (hordeolum)
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bacterial infection, or eyelid, redness, swelling in margin of eyelash
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ex
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out, outward, outside
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exo
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out, outward, outside
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glyc/o
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sugar
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