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CH 7 Respiratory Sys
Chapter 7: Respiratory System Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tachy- | rapid |
| eu- | good, normal |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| brady- | slow |
| -thorax | chest |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -phonia | voice |
| -osmia | smell |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| spir/o | breathe |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind |
| pector/o | chest |
| steth/o | chest |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| orth/o | straight |
| lob/o | lobe |
| cyan/o | blue |
| coni/o | dust |
| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
| anthrac/o | coal, coal dust |
| pleur/o | pleural |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pneum/o | air, lung |
| pneumon/o | air, lung |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| trache/o | trachea |
| laryng/o | larynx ( voice box ) |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| pharyng/o | pharynx ( throat ) |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| sept/o | septum |
| nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| diaphragm/o | diaphragm |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| muc/o | mucus, membrane |
| thor/a | chest |
| surfactant | phospholipid that allows lungs to expand |
| resection | excision of a portion of a structure |
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