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Unit 8 Resp Sys
Respiratory System
Question | Answer |
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bronch/o | bronchus |
laryng/o | larynx |
nas/o,rhin/o | nose |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phren/o | diaphragm |
pleur/o | pleural membrane |
pne/o | breath |
pneumo/ | lung,air |
pneumon/o | lung,air |
pulmon/o | lung,air |
scler/o | hard |
spir/o | respiration,breath |
thorac/o | thorax |
trache/o | trachea |
a//an- | without |
ambi- | both |
brady- | slow |
dys- | diffucult,painful |
endo- | inside |
ex- | outside |
hypo- | decreased |
hyper- | increased |
tachy- | rapid,fast |
-algia | pain |
-eal | pertaining to |
-pnea | breathing |
-spam | involuntary contraction |
COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
ENT | ear,noseand throat specialist |
Uri | upper respiratory infection |
SOB | short of breath |
TB,Tb | tuberculosis |