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