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Chapter10
Respiratory System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bronch/o | bronchus, airway |
| bronchi/o | bronchus, airway |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole (little airway) |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| layng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lob/o | lobe (a portion) |
| naso | nose |
| or/o | mouth |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| palat/o | palate |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
| pleuro | pleura (lining of lungs) |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| spir/o | breathing |
| steth/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| uvulo | uvula |
| nose | structure that warms, moistens, and filters air as it enters the respiratory tract; also houses the olfactory receptors for the sense of smell |
| paranasal sinuses | air-filled space in the skull that opens into the nasal cavities |
| palate | roof of the mouth; partition between the oral and nasal cavities; divided into the hard and soft palate |
| hard palate | bony anterior (front) portion of the palate |
| soft palate | muscular posterior (back) portion of the palate |
| Pharynx | throat; passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynx |
| nasopharynx | part of the pharynx directly behind the nasal passages |