| 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 |
