Med Term 13: On Special Senses

Front 1

amblyo

Back 1

dim, dull

Front 2

aqueo

Back 2

water

Front 3

blepharo

Back 3

eyelid

Front 4

conjunctivo

Back 4

conjunctiva

Front 5

core/o

Back 5

pupil

Front 6

corneo

Back 6

cornea

Front 7

cyclo

Back 7

ciliary muscle

Front 8

dacryo

Back 8

tear, tear duct

Front 9

diplo

Back 9

double

Front 10

glauco

Back 10

gray

Front 11

iro
irido

Back 11

iris

Front 12

lacrimo

Back 12

tears

Front 13

oculo
ophthalmo
opto
optico

Back 13

eye

Front 14

papillo

Back 14

optic disc

Front 15

phaco

Back 15

lens

Front 16

rentino

Back 16

retina

Front 17

sclero

Back 17

sclera

Front 18

presbyo

Back 18

old age

Front 19

uveo

Back 19

vascular

Front 20

vitre

Back 20

glassy

Front 21

-chalasis

Back 21

relaxation

Front 22

-opia

Back 22

vision

Front 23

-tropia

Back 23

to turn

Front 24

the study of the eye is known as...

Back 24

ophthalmology

Front 25

the sclera, choroid, and the retina are the three layers of the...

Back 25

of the eyeball

Front 26

the sclera is known in layman's terms as the ________

Back 26

the white of the eye

Front 27

the cornea is the part of the sclera that allows .... in

Back 27

allows light in

Front 28

the second layer of the eye, the choroid, provides...

Back 28

blood flow

Front 29

the third layer of the eye, the retina, contains the

Back 29

rods and cones, which respond to light

Front 30

rods are __ (active/inactive) in dim light and help us see ___ (color/BW)

Back 30

active in dim light;
help us see B/W

Front 31

cones are ___ (active/inactive) in dim light and help us see ____ (color/BW)

Back 31

inactive in dim light and active in bright light;
they help us see color

Front 32

strabismus

Back 32

crossed eyes

Front 33

conjuntiva

Back 33

the mucous membrane lining on the underside of the eye

Front 34

blepharitis

Back 34

eyelid inflammation

Front 35

blepharoplasty

Back 35

surgical repair of the eyelid

Front 36

blepharoptosis

Back 36

drooping eyelid

Front 37

blepharectomy

Back 37

excision of the eyelid

Front 38

conjuntivitis

Back 38

inflammation of the conjunctiva (inner eyelid lining)

Front 39

conjunctivoplasty

Back 39

surgical repair of the conjunctiva

Front 40

cycloplegia

Back 40

paralysis of the ciliary body

Front 41

scleromalacia

Back 41

softening of the sclera

Front 42

sclerotomy

Back 42

incision into the sclera

Front 43

scleritis

Back 43

inflammation of the sclera

Front 44

accomodation

Back 44

ability of the eye to adjust to variations in distance

Front 45

convergence

Back 45

the moving inward of the eyes to see an obje. close to the face

Front 46

ectropion

Back 46

turning outward of the eyelid

Front 47

presbyopia

Back 47

visual loss due to old age

Front 48

xerophthalmia

Back 48

dry eyes

Front 49

achromatopsia

Back 49

color blindness

Front 50

amblyopia

Back 50

"lazy eye"
when brain refuses to recog signal from one eye b/c it percieves two distinct images

Front 51

cataract

Back 51

damage to the lens causing it to become opaque or cloudy

Front 52

tonometry

Back 52

measure of the intraocular pressure of the eye, to check for glaucoma

Front 53

enucleation

Back 53

surgical removal of the eye ball