| Question | Answer |
| nas/o | nose |
| sunus/o | sinuses |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| trache/o | trachea |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi |
| alveol/o | alveoli |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o | lungs |
| para- | near |
| adam's apple | thyroid cartilage |
| trachea | windpipe |
| inter- | between |
| cost/o | ribs |
| inhalation | breathing in |
| exhalation | breathing out |
| mediastinum | cavity between lungs |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| respiration | one breath in, one out |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -itis | inflammation |
| aphonia | loss of larynx to produce speech sounds |
| -rrhea | abnormal discharge |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| phon/o | voice or sound |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| -rrhagia | bleeding |
| -ectasis | enlargement |
| -dynia | pain |
| -thorax | chest |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -ectasis | stretching |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| coni/o | dust |
| anthrac/o | coal, coal dust |
| asbest/o | abestos |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| byssin/o | cotton dust |
| silic/o | glass |
| eu- | good |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ventilation | breathing |
| ox/i, ox/o, oxy/o | oxygen |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide, sooty or smoke appearance |
| spir/o | breath |
| -metry | measure |
| poly- | many |
| somn/o | sleep |
| tuss/o | cough |
| sept/o | septum |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| thora/o, thorac/o | chest |
| -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
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