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26 Cards in this Set
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root word for nose
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Naso or Rhino
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tube that leads form ear to throat
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Eustachian Tubes
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special cylindrical neroepithelial cells in the retina highly sensitive to low light.
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Rods
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angles at the ends of the slits between the eyelids
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Canthi
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the depressed area in the center of the back of the retina, the area of the clearest vision
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Fovea
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the projecting part of the ears that lies outside of the head
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Pinna
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structure that separates the meddle ear from the external ear
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Tympanic membrane
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specialized outer ends of the visual cells in the retina that are adapted to bright light, acute vision, and color perception
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Cones
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structures of equilibrium in the labyrinth
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Semicircular canals
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the partition separating the nares
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Septum
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special organs of hearing located on the basilar membrane of the cochlea
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Organ of corti
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eyelid
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Palpebra
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snail-shaped canal in inner ear
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Cochlea
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an arch like structure or space, such as the conjunctival fornix, where the palpebral conjunctiva curves onto the surface of the eye to become the bulbar conjunctiva
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Fornix
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transparent part of eye, directly behind iris, that focuses light rays on retina
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Lens
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transparent structure that forms anterior part of external tunic of eye
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Cornea
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eyelashes
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Cilia
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the openings of the nasal cavity; nostrils
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Nares
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shell-shaped turbinate bones of nose
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Concha
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involuntary rapid movements of the eyeball (horizontal, vertical, rotary, or mixed)
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Nystagmus
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uneven size of pupils
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Anisocoria
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excessive intraocular pressure
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Glaucoma
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excision of the eyeball
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Enucleation
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rolling inward of the eyelid
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Entropion
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removal of ear canal
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Ablation
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indication of vision in animals
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Menace reflex
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