Chapter 16
Otolaryngology
Chapter 16 Assignments
1.
Read Chapter 16, “Otolaryngology” in the text “Medical Language: Immerse Yourself”.
2.
Complete ONLY the textbook exercises below for credit of 5 points toward your grade. (The other
exercises do NOT need to be completed).
Chapter exercises will be checked on the due dates on the class Schedule. Homework turned in after the due
date will receive 50% credit.
Textbook Exercises – Complete ONLY the following:
Vocabulary Review
Labeling, p 818 - 819
Building Medical Words
Combining Forms, p 820
Combining Forms and Suffix, p 821
Building Medical Words
Combining Forms, p 841
Related Combining Forms, p 841
Combining Form and Suffix, p 842
Prefix, p 843
Multiple Combining Forms and Suffix, p 843 - 844
Abbreviations
Matching, p 846
1. Pearson MyMedicalTerminologyLab Website Assignments
Each of these exercises must be completed to 90% or greater to get credit for the activities.
repeat online activities as many times as necessary in order to obtain 90%. You may
You are allowed to consult your textbook and medical dictionary for homework assignments.
Each chapter must be completed by the due date for full credit (5 points for required activities and 2
points for extra credit).
“Save and Exit” must be clicked before leaving each activity to be added to the Gradebook. View your grades
in the Gradebook on the MyMedicalTerminologyLab Course Home page. Required online activities at: MyMedicalTerminologyLab:
“Matching”
“Word Surgery”
See directions in Chapter 1 Assignments / Word List
“Spelling Challenge”
Optional (extra credit)
“Popping Words”
Chapter 16 Study Guide:
1.
2.
Review all previous word lists and study guides as we move ahead through the remaining course.
You may find questions on a test from a previous chapter. You will need to know all of these terms
from memory. The midterm and final exam are “closed book” exams.
Learn the combining forms, prefixes, suffixes and any additional medical terms from the Word List below.
Recognize, pronounce, build, and correctly spell medical terms related to the above system.
Chapter 16 Combining Forms Combining Form acous/o‐ aden/o‐ adenoid/o‐ alg/o‐ allerg/o‐ audi/o‐ audit/o‐ aur/i‐ auricul/o‐ bi/o‐ bucc/o‐ candid/o‐ carcin/o‐ cavit/o‐ cav/o‐ cervic/o‐ cheil/o‐ circul/o‐ cochle/o‐ conduct/o‐ congest/o‐ cortic/o‐ dissect/o‐ dors/o‐ effus/o‐ ethm/o‐ extern/o‐ faci/o‐ front/o‐ gloss/o‐ glott/o‐ hem/o‐ impact/o‐ incud/o‐ infer/o‐ labi/o‐ labyrinth/o‐ laryng/o‐ later/o‐ leuk/o‐ lingu/o‐ log/o‐ lymph/o‐ Medical Meaning hearing; sound gland adenoids pain allergy the sense of hearing the sense of hearing ear ear life; living organisms; living tissue cheek Candida (a yeast) cancer hollow space hollow space neck; cervix lip circle cochlea (of the inner ear) carrying; conveying accumulation of fluid cortex (outer region) to cut apart back; dorsum a pouring out sieve outside face front tongue glottis (of the larynx) blood wedged in incus (anvil‐shaped bone) below lip; labium labyrinth of the inner ear larynx (voice box) side white tongue word; the study of lymph; lymphatic system Combining Form malign/o‐ malle/o‐ mandibul/o‐ mast/o‐ mastoid/o‐ maxill/o‐ ment/o‐ mucos/o‐ myring/o‐ nas/o‐ neur/o‐ or/o‐ osm/o‐ ossic/o‐ ossicul/o‐ ot/o‐ palat/o‐ pharyng/o‐ plak/o‐ polyp/o‐ presby/o‐ radic/o‐ rhin/o‐ scler/o‐ scop/o‐ sensitiv/o‐ sensor/i‐ sept/o‐ ser/o‐ sinus/o‐ sphen/o‐ staped/o‐ strept/o‐ super/o‐ suppur/o‐ tempor/o‐ tonsill/o‐ toxic/o‐ turbin/o‐ tuss/o‐ tympan/o‐ vestibul/o‐ voc/o‐ Medical Meaning intentionally causing harm; cancer malleus (hammer‐shaped bone) mandible (lower jaw) breast; mastoid process mastoid process maxilla (upper jaw) chin mucous membrane tympanic membrane (eardrum) nose nerve mouth the sense of smell bone ossicle (little bone) ear palate pharynx (throat) plaque polyp old age all parts including the root nose hard; sclera (white of the eye) examine with an instrument affected by; sensitive to sensory septum (dividing wall) serum of the blood; serumlike fluid sinus wedge shape stapes (stirrup‐shaped bone) curved above pus formation temple (side of the head) tonsil poison; toxin scroll‐like structure; turbinate cough tympanic membrane (eardrum) vestibule (entrance) voice Medical Meaning Abnormal condition of hearing pertaining to pertaining to pertaining to pertaining to composed of; pertaining to pertaining to small thing spherical bacterium surgical excision pertaining to Suffix ‐ive ‐meter ‐metry ‐oid ‐oma ‐ory ‐osis ‐ous ‐pathy ‐pharynx ‐phyma Medical Meaning pertaining to instrument used to measure process of measuring resembling tumor; mass having the function of condition; abnormal condition; process pertaining to disease; suffering pharynx (throat) tumor; growth Suffixes Suffix ‐acusis ‐al ‐ant ‐ar ‐ary ‐ate ‐ative ‐cle ‐coccus ‐ectomy ‐eal ‐gram ‐ia ‐ial ‐iasis ‐ic ‐ine ‐ion ‐ior ‐ist ‐itis ‐ity a record or picture condition; state; thing pertaining to state of; process of pertaining to pertaining to action; condition pertaining to one who specializes in inflammation of; infection of state; condition ‐plasty ‐rrhea ‐scope ‐scopy ‐steroid ‐stomy ‐tic ‐tome ‐tomy process of reshaping by surgery flow; discharge instrument used to examine process of using an instrument to examine steroid surgically created opening pertaining to instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges process of cutting or making an incision Medical Meaning without; not against two reversal of; without innermost; within upon; above all Prefix para‐ post‐ semi‐ sub‐ uni‐ Medical Meaning beside; apart from; two parts of a pair; abnormal after; behind half; partly below; underneath; less than single; not paired Prefixes Prefix an‐ anti‐ bi‐ de‐ endo‐ epi‐ pan‐ Additional Medical Terms (be familiar with these terms) Term ala (pl. alae) anakusis antihistamine antiyeast cerumen cholesteatoma cleft cochlea (pl. cochleae) concha (pl. conchae) cortex culture dorsum disequilibrium epistaxis eustachian tube glottis helix hemotympanum herpes simplex impedance incus (pl. incudes) labyrinth larynx malleus (pl. mallei) meatus (pl. meati) Meniere’s disease mentum mucosa mucus naris (pl. nares) nodule palate Medical Meaning the flared cartilage on each side of the nostril total deafness a drug which blocks the effect of histamine released during an allergic reaction a drug used to treat yeast infections (oral candidiasis, thrush) of the mouth. a waxy, sticky substance that traps dirt and has an antibiotic action in the external ear benign, slow‐growing tumor in the middle ear, containing cholesterol deposits and epithelial cells a usually abnormal fissure or opening especially when resulting from failure of parts to fuse during embryonic development a spiral‐shaped cavity in the temporal bone of the inner ear, containing the nerve endings essential for hearing and forming one of the divisions of the labyrinth any turbinate bone, especially in the nose the outer or superficial part of an organ or body structure laboratory test in which a swab of mucus or pus from the nose, tonsils, or throat is placed onto the culture medium in a Petri dish to identify the cause of an infection the upper, outer surface of an organ, an appendage, or a part loss or lack of equilibrium sudden, sometimes severe bleeding from the nose a slender tube that connects the tympanic cavity with the nasal part of the pharynx and serves to equalize air pressure on either side of the eardrum (also auditory tube, salpinx) the part of the larynx that contains the vocal cords and the space between them the outer rim of tissue and cartilage that forms a C and ends at the earlobe blood in the middle ear behind the tympanic membrane, caused by infection or trauma the virus that causes cold sores (fever blisters) on the lips or nose the ratio of the pressure to the volume displacement at a given surface in a sound‐transmitting medium the middle bone of the chain of three ossicles in the middle ear the system of interconnecting canals and spaces that make up the inner ear the voice box, a short, triangular structure at the inferior end of the pharynx the hammer‐shaped bone that is the outermost of the three auditory ossicles a body opening or passage, especially the external opening of a canal edema of the semicircular canals with destruction of the cochlea, with tinnitus, vertigo and hearing loss the chin a mucus‐secreting membrane that lines body cavities or passages that are open to the external environment a viscous, slimy mixture of mucins, water, electrolytes, epithelial cells, and leukocytes that is secreted by glands lining the nasal, esophageal, and other body cavities and serves primarily to protect and lubricate surfaces. external opening or nostril a small mass of rounded or irregular shape the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft pharynx philtrum polyp pinna (pl. pinnae) Rinne hearing test Romberg’s sign septum sinus (pl. sinuses) speculum stapes (pl. stampedes) tinnitus tonsil tragus (pl. tragic) uvula vestibule vertigo Weber hearing test palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. throat the vertical groove above the upper lip a usually nonmalignant growth of tissue protruding from the mucous lining of an organ such as the nose, bladder, or intestine, often causing obstruction the external ear (also auricle) a tuning fork test which evaluates bone versus air conduction of sound in one ear at a time procedure to assess equilibrium a dividing wall or membrane especially between bodily spaces or masses of soft tissue a hollow cavity within a bone that is lined with mucous membrane any of various instruments for insertion into a body passage to facilitate visual inspection or medication the innermost of the chain of three ossicles in the middle ear sounds (buzzing, ringing, hissing or roaring) heard constantly or intermittently in one or both ears, even in a quiet environment a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat a small projection in front of the external opening of the ear the fleshy hanging part of the soft palate (Latin for “little grape”) the entrance to the inner ear sensation of motion when the body is not moving a tuning fork test which evaluates bone conduction of sound in both ears at the same time Abbreviations (know the highlighted abbreviations) Abbreviation ABR AD, A.D.* AS, A.S.* AU, A.U.* BAER BOM C&S dB, db EAC ENT Medical Meaning auditory brainstem response right ear (Latin, auris dextra) left ear (Latin, auris sinister) each ear (Latin, auris uterque); both ears (Latin auris unitas) brainstem auditory evoked response bilateral otitis media culture and sensitivity decibel external auditory canal ears, nose, and throat Abbreviation HEENT Hz PE PND RAST SOM T&A TM TMJ URI Medical Meaning head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat hertz pressure‐equalizing (tube) postnasal drip (or drainage) radioallergosorbent test serous otitis media tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy tympanic membrane temporomandibular joint upper respiratory infection CHAPTER 16 Pronunciation Checklist Read each word and its pronunciation. Practice pronouncing each word. Pronunciation help can be found at: http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/resources/pronunciations/index/a.html or http://dictionary.reference.com/ ❏ acoustic neuroma (ah‐KOOS‐tik nyoo‐ROH‐mah) ❏ auricle (AW‐rih‐kl) ❏ adenoidectomy (AD‐eh‐noy‐DEK‐toh‐mee) ❏ auricular (aw‐RIK‐yoo‐lar) ❏ adenoids (AD‐eh‐noydz) ❏ benign (bee‐NINE) ❏ ala (AA‐lah) ❏ bilateral (by‐LAT‐eh‐ral) ❏ alae (AA‐lee) ❏ buccal mucosa (BUK‐al myoo‐KOH‐sah) ❏ allergic rhinitis (ah‐LER‐jik ry‐NY‐tis) ❏ Candida albicans (KAN‐dih‐dah AL‐bih‐kanz) ❏ anacusis (AN‐ah‐KOO‐sis) ❏ candidiasis (KAN‐dih‐DY‐ah‐sis) ❏ anosmia (an‐AWZ‐mee‐ah) ❏ carcinoma (KAR‐sih‐NOH‐mah) ❏ antibiotic drug (AN‐tee‐by‐AWT‐ik DRUHG) (AN‐tih‐by‐AWT‐ik) ❏ cerumen (seh‐ROO‐men) ❏ antihistamine drug (AN‐tee‐HIS‐tah‐meen DRUHG) ❏ cerumen impaction (seh‐ROO‐men im‐PAK‐shun) ❏ antitussive drug (AN‐tee‐TUS‐iv DRUHG) ❏ cervical lymphadenopathy (SER‐vih‐kal lim‐FAD‐eh‐ NAWP‐eh‐
❏ antiyeast drug (AN‐tee‐YEEST DRUHG) thee) ❏ audiogram (AW‐dee‐oh‐GRAM) ❏ cheiloplasty (KY‐loh‐PLAS‐tee) ❏ audiologist (AW‐dee‐AWL‐oh‐jist) ❏ cholesteatoma (koh‐LES‐tee‐ah‐TOH‐mah) ❏ audiometer (AW‐dee‐AWM‐eh‐ter) ❏ cochlea (KOH‐klee‐ah) ❏ audiometry (AW‐dee‐AWM‐eh‐tree) ❏ cochleae (KOH‐klee‐ee) ❏ auditory (AW‐dih‐TOH‐ree) ❏ concha (CON‐kah) ❏ conductive (con‐DUK‐tiv) ❏ meatus (mee‐AA‐tus) ❏ corticosteroid drug (KOR‐tih‐koh‐STAIR‐oyd DRUHG) ❏ Meniere’s disease (MEN‐eh‐AIRZ dih‐ZEEZ) ❏ culture and sensitivity (KUL‐chur and SEN‐sih‐TIV‐ih‐tee) ❏ mentum (MEN‐tum) ❏ decibel (DES‐ih‐bel) ❏ mucosa (myoo‐KOH‐sah) ❏ decongestant drug (DEE‐con‐JES‐tant DRUHG) ❏ mucosal (myoo‐KOH‐al) ❏ dorsal (DOR‐sal) ❏ mucosal hypertrophy (myoo‐KOH‐sal hy‐PER‐troh‐fee) ❏ dorsum (DOR‐sum) ❏ mucus (MYOO‐kus) ❏ dysequilibrium (DIS‐ee‐kwih‐LIB‐ree‐um) ❏ myringitis (MEER‐in‐JY‐tis) ❏ effusion (ee‐FYOO‐shun) ❏ myringotome (mih‐RING‐goh‐tohm) ❏ endoscope (EN‐doh‐skohp) ❏ myringotomy (MEER‐ing‐GAWT‐oh‐mee) ❏ endoscopic (EN‐doh‐SKAWP‐ik) ❏ nares (NAY‐reez) ❏ endoscopy (en‐DAWS‐koh‐pee) ❏ naris (NAY‐ris) ❏ epiglottis (EP‐ih‐GLAWT‐is) ❏ nasal (NAY‐zal) ❏ epistaxis (EP‐ih‐STAK‐sis) ❏ nasal cavity (NAY‐zal KAV‐ih‐tee) ❏ ethmoid sinus (ETH‐moyd SY‐nus) ❏ nasolabial (NAY‐zoh‐LAY‐bee‐al) ❏ eustachian (yoo‐STAY‐shun) ❏ nasopharynx (NAY‐zoh‐FAIR‐ingks) ❏ external auditory canal (eks‐TER‐nal AW‐dih‐TOH‐ree kah‐NAL) ❏ nodule (NAWD‐yool) ❏ external auditory meatus (eks‐TER‐nal AW‐dih‐TOH‐ree mee‐AA‐
❏ oral cavity (OR‐al KAV‐ih‐tee) tus) ❏ frontal sinus (FRUN‐tal SY‐nus) ❏ glossal (GLAWS‐al) ❏ glossectomy (glaw‐SEK‐toh‐mee) ❏ glossitis (glaw‐SY‐tis) ❏ glottis (GLAWT‐is) ❏ helix (HEE‐liks) ❏ hemotympanum (HEE‐moh‐TIM‐pah‐num) ❏ herpes simplex virus (HER‐peez SIM‐pleks VY‐rus) ❏ hertz (HERTS) ❏ impedance (im‐PEE‐dans) ❏ incudal (IN‐kyoo‐dal) ❏ incudes (in‐KYOO‐deez) ❏ incus (ING‐kus) ❏ labyrinthitis (LAB‐ih‐rin‐THY‐tis) ❏ laryngeal (lah‐RIN‐jee‐al) ❏ laryngectomy (LAIR‐in‐JEK‐toh‐mee) ❏ laryngitis (LAIR‐in‐JY‐tis) ❏ laryngopharynx (lah‐RING‐goh‐FAIR‐inks) ❏ larynx (LAIR‐ingks) ❏ leukoplakia (LOO‐koh‐PLAY‐kee‐ah) ❏ lingual (LING‐gwal) ❏ lingual tonsil (LING‐gwal TAWN‐sil) ❏ malignant (mah‐LIG‐nant) ❏ mallear (MAL‐ee‐ar) ❏ mallei (MAL‐ee‐eye) ❏ malleus (MAL‐ee‐us) ❏ mastoid (MAS‐toyd) ❏ mastoidectomy (MAS‐toy‐DEK‐toh‐mee) ❏ mastoiditis (MAS‐toy‐DY‐tis) ❏ maxillary sinus (MAK‐sih‐LAIR‐ee SY‐nus) ❏ maxillofacial surgeon (MAK‐sil‐oh‐FAY‐shal SER‐jun) ❏ meati (mee‐AA‐tie) ❏ oral mucosa (OR‐al myoo‐KOH‐sah) ❏ oropharynx (OR‐oh‐FAIR‐ingks) ❏ ossicle (AWS‐ih‐kl) ❏ ossicular (aw‐SIK‐yoo‐lar) ❏ otalgia (oh‐TAL‐jee‐ah) ❏ otitis externa (oh‐TY‐tis eks‐TER‐nah) ❏ otitis media (oh‐TY‐tis MEE‐dee‐ah) ❏ otolaryngologist (OH‐toh‐LAIR‐ing‐GAWL‐oh‐jist) ❏ otolaryngology (OH‐toh‐LAIR‐ing‐GAWL‐oh‐jee) ❏ otorhinolaryngologist (OH‐toh‐RY‐noh‐LAIR‐ing‐ GAWL‐oh‐jist) ❏ otoplasty (OH‐toh‐PLAS‐tee) ❏ otorrhea (OH‐toh‐REE‐ah) ❏ otosclerosis (OH‐toh‐skleh‐ROH‐sis) ❏ otoscope (OH‐toh‐skohp) ❏ otoscopy (oh‐TAWS‐koh‐pee) ❏ palatal (PAL‐ah‐tal) ❏ palate (PAL‐at) ❏ palatine tonsil (PAL‐ah‐teen TAWN‐sil) ❏ pansinusitis (PAN‐sy‐nyoo‐SY‐tis) ❏ paranasal sinus (PAIR‐ah‐NAY‐zal SY‐nus) ❏ pharyngeal (fah‐RIN‐jee‐al) ❏ pharyngitis (FAIR‐in‐JY‐tis) ❏ pharynx (FAIR‐ingks) ❏ philtrum (FIL‐trum) ❏ pinna (PIN‐ah) ❏ pinnae (PIN‐ee) ❏ polyp (PAWL‐ip) ❏ polypectomy (PAWL‐ih‐PEK‐toh‐mee) ❏ postnasal (post‐NAY‐zal) ❏ presbycusis (PREZ‐bee‐KOO‐sis) ❏ radical neck dissection (RAD‐ih‐kal NEK dy‐SEK‐shun) ❏ rhinophyma (RY‐noh‐FY‐mah) ❏ rhinoplasty (RY‐noh‐PLAS‐tee) ❏ rhinorrhea (RY‐noh‐REE‐ah) ❏ tinnitus (TIN‐ih‐tus) (tih‐NY‐tus) ❏ Rinne test (RIN‐eh TEST) ❏ tonsil (TAWN‐sil) ❏ Romberg’s sign (RAWM‐bergz sine) ❏ tonsillar (TAWN‐sih‐lar) ❏ sensorineural (SEN‐soh‐ree‐NYOOR‐al) ❏ tonsillectomy (TAWN‐sih‐LEK‐toh‐mee) ❏ septal (SEP‐tal) ❏ tonsillitis (TAWN‐sih‐LY‐tis) ❏ septum (SEP‐tum) ❏ tragi (TRAY‐jeye) ❏ serous (SEER‐us) ❏ tragus (TRAY‐gus) ❏ sinus (SY‐nus) ❏ turbinate (TER‐bih‐nayt) ❏ sinusitis (SY‐nyoo‐SY‐tis) ❏ tympanic membrane (tim‐PAN‐ik MEM‐brayn) ❏ speculum (SPEK‐yoo‐lum) ❏ tympanogram (tim‐PAN‐oh‐gram) ❏ sphenoid sinus (SFEE‐noyd SY‐nus) ❏ tympanometry (TIM‐pah‐NAWM‐eh‐tree) ❏ stapedectomy (STAY‐pee‐DEK‐toh‐mee) ❏ tympanoplasty (TIM‐pah‐noh‐PLAS‐tee) (TIM‐pah‐noh‐PLAS‐tee) ❏ stapedes (STAY‐pee‐deez) ❏ tympanostomy (TIM‐pan‐AWS‐toh‐mee) ❏ stapedial (stay‐PEE‐dee‐al) ❏ unilateral (YOO‐nih‐LAT‐eh‐ral) ❏ stapes (STAY‐peez) ❏ vertigo (VER‐tih‐goh) ❏ streptococcus (STREP‐toh‐KAWK‐uhs) ❏ vestibulocochlear nerve (ves‐TIB‐yoo‐loh‐KOH‐klee‐ar NERV) ❏ submandibular (SUB‐man‐DIB‐yoo‐lar) ❏ vestibular (ves‐TIB‐yoo‐lar) ❏ submental (sub‐MEN‐tal) ❏ vestibule (VES‐tih‐byool) ❏ suppurative (SUP‐uh‐rah‐TIV) ❏ vocal cord (VOH‐kal KORD) ❏ temporomandibular joint (TEM‐poh‐roh‐man‐DIB‐yoo‐lar JOYNT) ❏ Weber test (VAH‐ber TEST)