Special Senses Supplementary Information
Special Senses Supplementary Information
Additional Terms Not Listed in Textbook
| Term | Definition | Example |
| acous/o | hearing | acoustic |
| audit/o | hearing | auditory |
| auricul/o | ear | aural |
| cochle/o | cochlea | cochlear |
| dipl/o | double | diplopia |
| mi/o | smaller, less | miosis |
| mydr/o | widen, enlarge | mydriasis |
| nyct/o | night | nyctalopia |
| ossicul/o | ossicle | ossiculoplasty |
| palpebr/o | eyelid | palpebral |
| papill/o | optic disc; nipple-like | papilledema |
| uve/o | uvea; vascular layer of the eye | uveitis |
| vestibul/o | vestibule | vestibulocochlear |
| vitre/o | glassy | intravitreal |
Special Senses Information Video
The Science of Hearing:
The Science of Vision - Eye Vs. Camera:
Areas of Clarification
This chapter focuses on the terms that relate to the Special Senses. This includes combining forms and suffixes that are pertinent to these systems. You will use the prefixes, suffixes, and additional combining forms you have learned in previous chapters and apply them here to create medical terms pertaining to these systems.
A video that provides deeper understanding into Hearing and Balance is found here:
A video that provides deeper understanding into Vision is found here: