Medical Terminology Sensory System

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Across
  1. 4. produces tears
  2. 5. doctor who performs eye exams, vision tests, and prescribe corrective lenses
  3. 7. a chart used to test distant vision
  4. 8. a physician who specializes in the treatment of eye diseases and who performs eye surgery
  5. 10. word root for tympanic membrane
  6. 11. ringing in the ears
  7. 13. word root for cornea
  8. 18. increased pressure inside the eye that leads to optic nerve damage; results in vision loss
  9. 19. suffix that means surgical repair
  10. 21. viral or bacterial infection causing erythema of sclera and conjunctiva
  11. 22. connects the middle ear to the pharynx; aids in equalizing pressure
  12. 25. part of inner ear involved in hearing; encoder of auditory stimuli into neural signals
  13. 26. the nerve by which nerve cells of the retina leave the eye and enter the brain
  14. 27. sensorinerual hearing loss occurring as a result of gradual nerve degeneration; primarily impacts aging populations
Down
  1. 1. white outer layer of eyeball
  2. 2. medical term for eardrum
  3. 3. a term synonymous to "pinna"
  4. 6. suffix that means vision
  5. 7. suffix that means visual examination
  6. 9. bumps on tongue that help transmit taste
  7. 12. earwax
  8. 14. part of inner ear responsible for balance
  9. 15. condition where the lens of the eye clouds, causing blurring of vision
  10. 16. nerve that carries auditory and balance information from the ear to the brain
  11. 17. loss of smell
  12. 19. suffix that means disease
  13. 20. assessment tool for color vision
  14. 23. a smooth muscle that opens and closes the pupil, controlling how much light can enter the eye
  15. 24. word root for eyelid