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Module 4 CLST 301

The document provides an overview of anatomical roots and terminology related to the eye, ear, senses, and the human body. It lists various roots, prefixes, and suffixes and their meanings as they relate to structures of the eye and ear, as well as senses and general human anatomy terms. Examples include roots like -blephar- for eyelid, -chori- for choroid, and -cochlea- for the inner ear structure through which sound passes. Suffixes defining concepts like -algia for pain, -ectasia for dilation, and -rrhagia for discharge are also presented.

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Module 4 CLST 301

The document provides an overview of anatomical roots and terminology related to the eye, ear, senses, and the human body. It lists various roots, prefixes, and suffixes and their meanings as they relate to structures of the eye and ear, as well as senses and general human anatomy terms. Examples include roots like -blephar- for eyelid, -chori- for choroid, and -cochlea- for the inner ear structure through which sound passes. Suffixes defining concepts like -algia for pain, -ectasia for dilation, and -rrhagia for discharge are also presented.

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Module 4

Anatomical Roots: The Eye and the Ear blepharchorichoroidconjunctivcorcorepupillcyclciliarcilidacrylacrimdacryocystiriridkerat-* cerat-* cornu-* corne-* ophthalmoculoptphacphaklentretinsclerauriculcochleincudlabyrinthmallemyringotaur-* phonstapedstapedieyelid choroid; middle layer of the eye conjunctiva; membrane that lines the eyelid pupil

ciliary body; the structure encircling the lens

tear; tear sac tear sac iris cornea [See Mod. 6, kerat-, cerat-, cornu-, corne-] eye eye; vision lens

retina; inner layer of the eye sclera; outer layer of the eye auricle; pinna; the outer structure of the ear cochlea [liquid-filled structure through which sound vibrations pass] incus; anvil-shaped bone of the middle ear labyrinth; inner ear malleus; hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear ear drum; tympanum ear ear; hearing [See Mod. 8 and 12, aur-] voice; sound stapes; stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear

tympan-

ear drum; tympanum; middle ear [includes eardrum, malleus, stapes, and incus]

Roots: The Human Being and Senses andranthrophom-* hominbi-* vitdemdipsgamgergerontgyngynegynecgynaechapthaphhygieniatrmismortthanatnecrnarcnatped-* paedmale human being [See Mod. 9, hom-] life [See Mod. 8, bi-] people; population thirst marriage; sexual union old person/people; old age female

sense of touch; touch health medicine; physician aversion (to something or someone) death death; dead tissue; dead cell; corpse stupor; sleep birth; born child [See Mod. 2, ped-]

Terminations -acousia -acousis -algesia -odynia -aphia -centesis -cyte -dipsia sense of hearing pain sense of touch surgical puncture [to withdraw fluid from an organ] cell thirst

-ectasis -ectasia -ectopia -ectopy -edema -gamy -geusia -geustia -iatry -iatrics -lysis -lytic -necrosis

dilation; expansion malposition; displacement fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure) marriage; sexual union sense of taste study and treatment [in specific reference to the medical profession or a physician] destruction; a loosening; breakdown pertaining to destruction, loosening, breakdown death [in particular reference to cells, tissues, or organs] visual disorder; vision; a viewing; examination

-opia -opy -opsia -opsy -orexia -orexis -osphresia -osphresis -osmia -penia -ptosis -rrhagia -rhagia -rrhage -rhage -rrhaphy -rrhea -rhea -rrhexis -rhexis -sclerosis

appetite sense of smell

insufficient amount (of a substance) prolapse [i.e., a slipping down of an organ or part of an organ] rapid discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)

suture discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location) rupture a hardening (of an organ or other body structure); a hardening caused by (a substance) infection pertaining to infection; infected spasm act of controlling

-sepsis -septic -spasm -stasis

-stat -static -stenosis -therapy

device used to control; agent used to control pertaining to control a narrowing; constriction treatment (of an organ, symptom, or disease); treatment by means (of a substance or process)

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