Suffixes Pertaining to the Senses
●-esthesia → sensation -algesia → pain -osmia → sense of smell
●-geusia → sense of taste
The Senses - Normal Structure and Function
●equilibrium → sense of balance gustation → sense of taste
●hearing → sense or perception of sound olfaction → sense of smell
●proprioception → the awareness of posture, movement, and changes in equilibrium
●sensory receptor → sensory nerve ending or specialized structure associated with a
sensory nerve that responds to a stimulus
●tactile → pertaining to the sense of touch
●vision → sense by which shape, size, and color of objects are perceived by mans of the
light they give off
Roots Pertaining to the Ear and Hearing
●audi/o → hearing acous, acus, cus → sound, hearing ot/o → ear
●myring/o → tympanic membrane tympan/o → tympanic cavity (middle ear)
●sapling/o → tube, auditory tube staped/o, stapedi/o → stapes
●labyrinth/o → labyrinth (inner ear) cochle/o → cochlea of inner ear
●vestibul/o → vestibule, vestibular apparatus
The Ear - Normal Structure and Function
The Ear - Disorders:
