Medical Terminology Chapter 16

Front 1

5 external structures of the eye

Back 1

Orbit

Muscles

Eyelids

Conjunctiva

Lacrimal apparatus

Front 2

The orbit is lined with this and it cushions the eyeball

Back 2

Fatty tissue

Front 3

The optic foramen is an opening for what 2 things

Back 3

Optic nerve

Ophthalmic artery

Front 4

2 functions of the muscles of the eye

Back 4

Support

Rotary movement

Front 5

Each eye has a pair of eyelids that function to protect the eyeball from what 3 things

Back 5

Foreign particles

Intense light

Impact

Front 6

Describe the conjunctivitis and state its function

Back 6

Mucus membrane that acts as a protective covering for the exposed surface of the eyeball

Front 7

Define lacrimal apparatus

Back 7

Structure that produces, stores and removes the tears that lubricate the eye

Front 8

The 3 internal structures of the eye

Back 8

Eyeball

Its structures

Nerve fibers

Front 9

The eyeball is the organ of

Back 9

Vision

Front 10

The point at which nerve fibers from the retina converge to firm the optic nerve

Back 10

Optic disk

Front 11

Define accommodation

Back 11

Process of sharpening the focus of light on the retina

Front 12

White of the eye

Back 12

Sclera

Front 13

Colored membrane attached to the ciliary body

Back 13

Iris

Front 14

Watery fluid

Back 14

Aqueous humor

Front 15

Opening in the center of the eye

Back 15

Pupil

Front 16

Jellylike material

Back 16

Vitreous humor

Front 17

Middle layer of the eyeball

Back 17

Uvea

Front 18

Transparent anterior portion of the eyeball

Back 18

Cornea

Front 19

Innermost layer of the eyeball

Back 19

Retina

Front 20

Photoreceptor cells

Back 20

Rods and cones

Front 21

Colorless crystalline body

Back 21

Lens

Front 22

A

Back 22

Lack of, without

Front 23

En

Back 23

In

Front 24

Eso

Back 24

Inward

Front 25

Intra

Back 25

Within

Front 26

Ex(o)

Back 26

Out

Front 27

An

Back 27

Lack of

Front 28

Bi

Back 28

Two

Front 29

Em

Back 29

In

Front 30

Hyper

Back 30

Beyond

Front 31

Tri

Back 31

Three

Front 32

Hemi

Back 32

Half

Front 33

Retro

Back 33

Behind

Front 34

Ambly/o

Back 34

Dull

Front 35

Blephar/o

Back 35

Eyelid

Front 36

Conjunctiv/o

Back 36

To join, together, conjunctiva

Front 37

Corne/o

Back 37

Cornea

Front 38

Cycl/o

Back 38

Ciliary body

Front 39

Dipl/o

Back 39

Double

Front 40

Kerat/o

Back 40

Cornea

Front 41

Lent/o

Back 41

Lens

Front 42

Ophthalm/o

Back 42

Eye

Front 43

Orth/o

Back 43

Straight

Front 44

Phot/o

Back 44

Light

Front 45

Xen/o

Back 45

Foreign material

Front 46

Anis/o

Back 46

Unequal

Front 47

Choroid/o

Back 47

Choroid

Front 48

Cor/o

Back 48

Pupil

Front 49

Cry/o

Back 49

Cold

Front 50

Dacry/o

Back 50

Tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct

Front 51

Irid/o

Back 51

Iris

Front 52

Lacrim/o

Back 52

Tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct

Front 53

Mi/o

Back 53

Less, small

Front 54

Opt/o

Back 54

Eye

Front 55

Phac/o

Back 55

Lens

Front 56

Retin/o

Back 56

Retina

Front 57

Xer/o

Back 57

Dry

Front 58

Al

Back 58

Pertaining to

Front 59

Ary

Back 59

Pertaining to

Front 60

Ar

Back 60

Pertaining to

Front 61

Blast

Back 61

Germ cell

Front 62

iasis

Back 62

Condition

Front 63

Gram

Back 63

Mark, record

Front 64

ia

Back 64

Condition

Front 65

ician

Back 65

A specialist

Front 66

ism

Back 66

Condition

Front 67

Itis

Back 67

Inflammation

Front 68

lysis

Back 68

Destruction, to separate

Front 69

Meter

Back 69

Instrument to measure

Front 70

Opia

Back 70

Sight, vision

Front 71

Pathy

Back 71

Disease

Front 72

Plasty

Back 72

Surgical repair

Front 73

Ptosis

Back 73

Prolapse, drooping

Front 74

Tic

Back 74

Pertaining to

Front 75

Us

Back 75

Structure

Front 76

Ectomy

Back 76

Surgical excision

Front 77

Graphy

Back 77

Recording

Front 78

ic

Back 78

Pertaining to

Front 79

ion

Back 79

Process

Front 80

ist

Back 80

One who specializes

Front 81

Logy

Back 81

Study of

Front 82

Plasia

Back 82

Formation

Front 83

Oma

Back 83

Tumor

Front 84

Osis

Back 84

Condition

Front 85

Phobia

Back 85

Fear

Front 86

Plegia

Back 86

Stroke, paralysis

Front 87

Scope

Back 87

Instrument for examining

Front 88

Tomy

Back 88

Incision

Front 89

Dullness of vision

Back 89

Amblyopia

Front 90

Pertaining to having two foci

Back 90

Bifocal

Front 91

Drooping of the upper eyelids

Back 91

Blepharoptosis

Front 92

Pertaining to the cornea

Back 92

Corneal

Front 93

Tumor-like swelling caused by obstruction of the tear ducts

Back 93

Dacryoma

Front 94

Double vision

Back 94

Diplopia

Front 95

Normal or perfect vision

Back 95

Emmetropia

Front 96

Pertaining to within the eye

Back 96

Intraocular

Front 97

Inflammation of the cornea

Back 97

Keratitis

Front 98

Surgical repair of the cornea

Back 98

Keratoplasty

Front 99

Pertaining to tears

Back 99

Lacrimal

Front 100

Pertaining to the eye

Back 100

Ocular

Front 101

Unusual intolerance to light

Back 101

Photophobia

Front 102

Disorder of the eye in which the optic axis cannot be directed to the same object

Back 102

Strabismus

Front 103

Disease of the retinal vessels present in premature infants

Back 103

Retrolental fibroplasia

Front 104

Process of using ultrasound to disintegrate a cataract

Back 104

Phacoemulsification

Front 105

Use of a laser to treat retinal detachment and/or retinal bleeding

Back 105

Photocoagulation

Front 106

Device used to detect color blindness

Back 106

Anomaloscope

Front 107

Turning inward of the margin of the lower eyelid

Back 107

Entropion

Front 108

Surgical procedure performed to correct myopia

Back 108

Radial keratotomy

Front 109

Inability to see half of the field of vision

Back 109

Hemianopia

Front 110

Hordeolum

Back 110

Sty(e)

Front 111

Opacity of the crystalline lens or its capsule

Back 111

Cataract

Front 112

When opacity of the crystalline lens occurs in an older adult

Back 112

Cataract

Front 113

A process of using ultrasound to integrate the lens

Back 113

Phacoenulsification

Front 114

Increased intraocular pressure

Back 114

Glaucoma

Front 115

Double vision

Back 115

Diplopia

Front 116

Surgical excision of a portion of the iris

Back 116

Iridectomy

Front 117

Pertain to tears

Back 117

Lacrimal

Front 118

Pertaining to an agent that causes the pupil to contract

Back 118

Miotic

Front 119

Condition in which the individual has difficulty seeing at night

Back 119

Nyctalopia

Front 120

Study of the eye

Back 120

Ophthalmology

Front 121

Unusual intolerance to light

Back 121

Photophobia

Front 122

Any disease of the retina

Back 122

Retinopathy

Front 123

Condition of in-growing eyelashes that rub against the cornea

Back 123

Trichiasis

Front 124

Pertaining to the second or vascular part of the eye

Back 124

Uveal

Front 125

Dullness of vision

Back 125

Amblyopia

Front 126

Drooping of the upper eyelids

Back 126

Blepharoptosis

Front 127

Paralysis of the ciliary muscle

Back 127

Cycloplegia

Front 128

Tumor-like swelling caused by obstruction of the tear duct

Back 128

Dacryoma

Front 129

Instrument used to examine the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye

Back 129

Gonioscope

Front 130

Inflammation of the cornea

Back 130

Keratitis

Front 131

Process by which the eyes make adjustments to see objects at various distances

Back 131

Accommodation

Front 132

Opacity of the crystalline lens or its capsule

Back 132

Cataract

Front 133

Turning inward of the margin of the lower eyelid

Back 133

Entropian

Front 134

Disease caused by increased intraocular pressure

Back 134

Glaucoma

Front 135

Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina

Back 135

Hyperopia

Front 136

Inflammation of one or more of the sebaceous glands of the eyelid

Back 136

Sty(e)

Front 137

Process of measuring the forward protrusion of the eye

Back 137

Exophthalmometry

Front 138

Process of measuring the cornea

Back 138

Keratometry

Front 139

Used to identify changes in the blood vessels in the eye and to distinguish systemic diseases

Back 139

Ophthalmoscopy

Front 140

Process of measuring the intraocular pressure of the eye

Back 140

Tonometry

Front 141

Process used to measure the acuteness or sharpness of vision

Back 141

Visual acuity

Front 142

Accommodation (abb)

Back 142

Acc

Front 143

EM (abb)

Back 143

Emmetropia

Front 144

Hy (abb)

Back 144

Hyperopia

Front 145

Intraocular (abb)

Back 145

IOL

Front 146

Esotropia (abb)

Back 146

ST

Front 147

MY (abb)

Back 147

Myopia

Front 148

VA (abb)

Back 148

Visual acuity

Front 149

IOP (abb)

Back 149

Intraocular pressure

Front 150

Retrolental fibroplasias (abb)

Back 150

RLF

Front 151

XT (abb)

Back 151

Exotropia

Front 152

What type of medication is Vigamox

Back 152

Antibiotic

Front 153

What type of medication is Zymar

Back 153

Antibiotic