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chapter 10
the respiratory system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| sept/o | septum |
| sin/o, sinus/o | sinus |
| pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | air or lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| lob/o | lobe |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| stern/o | sternum |
| cost/o | rib |
| thorac/o, pector/o, steth/o | chest |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| spir/o, -pnea | breathing |
| capn/o, carb/o | cardon dioxide |
| pnea | breathing |
| eu | good |
| ventil | breathing |
| phonia | sound/ voice |
| epistaxis | a nosebleed |
| rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| ptysis | cough |
| sputum | mucus discharged from the lungs by coughing |
| loquy | speak |
| cavatum | hollowed |
| trac | drag |
| tel | complete |
| ectasis | expansion |
| caseous | cheeselike |
| chylo | chyle |
| em | in |
| py | pus |
| pan | all |
| struct | build |
| diaphragmato | diaphragm |
| ob | in the way |
| tuss | cough |
| dilator | expander |
| muco | mucus |
| ate | process |
| tub | tube |
| suscit | awaken |