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Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac |
| bronch/o | bronchus, airway |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole (little airway) |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| carb/o | carbon dioxide |
| layng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lob/o | lobe (a portion) |
| nas/o | nose |
| or/o | mouth |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| palat/o | palate |
| pector | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
| pleur/o | pleura (lining of lungs) |
| pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung/air |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| spir/o | breathing |
| steth/o | chest |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| 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 |
| eupnea | normal breathing |
| Bradynea | slow breathing |
| Tachypnea | fast breathing |
| hypopnea | shallow breathing |
| hyperpnea | deep breathing |