Eyes and ENT systems for medical terminology

An aura is sometimes experienced by patients with _____________.

epilepsy

A stapedectomy would be performed for which condition?

otosclerosis

A drooping of the upper eyelid is known as _____________.

blepharoptosis

Xerophthalmia is also known as ___________.

dry eye syndrome

Otorrhea is the drainage of serous fluid or pus from the:

ear

The combining form presby/o- means ___________.

old age

All of the following are associated with the retina, except ________.

optic chiasm

The word buccal means pertaining to the:

cheek

Anakusis is:

deafness

A phorometer is used to _____________.

determine the lens that best corrects the vision

A radical neck dissection for cancer would include partial removal of the:

mandible

The orbicularis oris muscle goes around the _____________.

mouth

Epistaxis is the medical word for:

nosebleed

The cause of new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease as well as mad cow disease is a _____________.

prion

Rhinophyma is:

redness and hypertrophy of the nose

The combining form "myel/o-" means _____________.

spinal cord

Rinne and Weber are:

tests to assess hearing ability

The infection of the mouth and tongue called oral candidiasis is also known as:

thrush

A/an _____________ is used to treat glaucoma.

trabeculoplasty

Which is the fleshy tissue in the back of the oral cavity that hangs from the soft palate?

uvula