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Ear, Eye, and Nervous System
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05/23/2013
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agoraphobia
 Definition
fear of being outside of ones house
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acrophobia
 Definition
fear of heights
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arachnophobia
 Definition
fear of spiders
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claustrophobia
 Definition
fear of being enclosed in an airless space
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xenophobia
 Definition
faer of foreigners
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hemophobia
 Definition
fear of blood
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panophobia
 Definition
fear of everything
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xenoglossophobia
 Definition
fear of foreign languages
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audi/o
 Definition
sound; hearing
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aur/o
auricul/o
oto
 Definition
ear
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cerumen
 Definition
ear wax (functions to fight infection)
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myring/o
 Definition
tympanic membrane; eardrum
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tympan/o
 Definition
ear drum
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eustachian tube
 Definition
connects the middle ear to nasal passages; allows equal pressure for eustachian tube gets blocked during colds
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presbyacusis
 Definition
hearing loss that occurs with age
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tinnitus
 Definition
ringing in the ears
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vertigo
 Definition
senation of spinning or whirling
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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conjunctiva
 Definition
mucous membrane covering the anterior surface of the eyeball
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core/o
 Definition
pupil
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cornea
 Definition
outer wall of eye; reflector of light
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dacry/o
 Definition
tears
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dacryocysto/o
 Definition
lacrimal sac
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irid/o
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iris
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ocul/o
opthalm/o
 Definition
eye
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palpebra
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eyelid
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phak/o; phac/o
 Definition
lens
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scler/o
 Definition
sclera
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uve/o
 Definition
middle layer of the eye containing muscles and blood vessels
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myopia
 Definition
nearsighted
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hyperopia
 Definition
farsighted
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vitreous (aqueous) humor
 Definition
jelly like filling of the eye
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sclera
 Definition
whites of the eye
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cephal/o
 Definition
brain
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encephal/o
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brain
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cerebell/o
 Definition
the cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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the cerebrum; also, the brain in general
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cortic/o
 Definition
outer layer or covering (in terms of nervous system: it means the outer layer or covering of the brain)
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gangli/o
ganglion/o
 Definition
ganglia
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gli/o
 Definition
glue
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hydr/o
 Definition
water
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megal/o
 Definition
large
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meningi/o
 Definition
a membrane or covering
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myel/o
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in the nervous system: it means brain and medulla oblongata
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neur/o
 Definition
a nerve cell; nervous system
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phren/o
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in reference to the nervous system it means mind, but in reference to the respiratory system it means diaphragm
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pysch/o
 Definition
the mind
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spin/o
 Definition
the spinal cord
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-mania
 Definition
morbid attraction or impulse toward
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phobia
 Definition
fear
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opt
 Definition
light
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