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51 Cards in this Set
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
(membrane lining inner surfaces of eyelids and anterior portion of eyeball) |
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cor/o
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pupil
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corne/o
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cornea
(fibrous, transparent tissue that extends over pupil and colored portion of eye) |
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cycl/o
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ciliary body or muscle of the eye
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dacry/o
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tears, tear duct
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ir/o
irid/o |
iris
colored portion of the eye around the pupil |
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karat/o
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cornea
(fibrous, transparent tissue that extends over pupil and colored portion of eye) |
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lacrim/o
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tears
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ocul/o
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eye
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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opt/o
optic/o |
eye, vision
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palpebr/o
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eyelid
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papill/o
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optic disc; nipple-like
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phac/o
phak/o |
lens of the eye
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pupill/o
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pupil
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retin/o
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retina
(thin, delicate, sensitive nerve layer, contains cones and rods, lines back of eye) |
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scler/o
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sclera
(white of the eye) |
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uve/o
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uvea; vascular layer of the eye
(iris, ciliary body, and choroid) |
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vitre/o
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glassy
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ambly/o
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dull, dim
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dipl/o
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double
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glauc/o
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gray
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mi/o
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smaller, less
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mydr/o
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widen, enlarge
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nyct/o
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night
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phot/o
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light
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presby/o
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old age
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scot/o
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darkness
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xer/o
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dry
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-opia
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vision
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-opsia
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vision
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-tropia
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to turn
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acous/o
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hearing
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audi/o
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hearing, the sense of hearing
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audit/o
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hearing
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aur/o
auricul/o |
ear
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cochle/o
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cochlea
(bony, snail-shaped, contains perilymph, endolymph) |
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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myring/o
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eardrum, tympanic membrane
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ossicul/o
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ossicle
(3 bones of middle ear) |
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ot/o
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ear
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salping/o
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eustachian tube, auditory tube
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staped/o
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stapes
(third bone of the middle ear) |
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tympan/o
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eardrum, tympanic membrane
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vestibul/o
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vestibule
(connects cochlea to 3 semicircular canals for balance) |
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-acusis
-cusis |
hearing
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-otia
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ear condition
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eso-
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inward
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exo-
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out
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my-
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to shut
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