Ch 10

Question 1

Adenoid/o

Answer 1

Adenoid
Adenoidectomy
From root gland. Oid means resembling

Question 2

Tonsill/o

Answer 2

Tonsil

Latin meaning almond English the other L disappears.

Question 3

Nas/o

Rhin/o

Answer 3

Latin and Greek for nose

Nose

Question 4

Palat/o

Answer 4

Palate

Roof of the mouth.

Question 5

Or/o

Answer 5

Mouth

Latin for mouth

Question 6

Laryng/o

Answer 6

Larynx (voice box)

Question 7

Pharyng/o

Answer 7

Pharynx (throat)

Question 8

Trache/o

Answer 8

Trachea (windpipe)

Meaning rough for the bumpy ridges that line the outside of the trachea.

Question 9

Sept/o

Answer 9

Septum ( plural: septa)

Partition or diving structure

Question 10

Sin/o

Sinus/o

Answer 10

Sinus

Hollow or cavity

Question 11

Pneum/o
Pneumat/o
Pneumon/o

Answer 11

Air or lungs

Question 12

Pulmon/o

Answer 12

Lungs

Question 13

Lob/o

Answer 13

Lobe

Question 14

Bronch/o

Bronchi/o

Answer 14

Bronchus

Main branches from trachea and each lung.

Question 15

Bronchiol/o

Answer 15

Bronchiole

Diminutive little bronchus.

Question 16

Alveol/o

Answer 16

Alveolus (air sac)

Question 17

Stern/o

Answer 17

Sternum

Breastbone

Question 18

Cost/o

Answer 18

Rib

True false and floating ribs.

Question 19

Thorac/o
Pector/o (pectus)
Steth/o

Answer 19

Chest

Question 20

Pleur/o

Answer 20

Pleura

Membrane that surrounds the lungs.

Question 21

Phren/o

Answer 21

Diaphragm

Question 22

Ox/o

Answer 22

Oxygen

Hypoxia is the lack of oxygen.

Question 23

Spir/o

-pnea

Answer 23

Breathing

Question 24

Capn/o

Carb/o

Answer 24

Carbon dioxide
Greek for smoke
Latin for coal
Hyperventilating has hypocardia and this the need to increase the carbon dioxide

Question 25

Pectus carinatum

Answer 25

Protruding chest

Question 26

Pectus excavatum

Answer 26

Hollowed chest

Concaved

Question 27

Atelectasis

Answer 27

A / Tel / Ectasis
Not / complete / expansion
Incomplete expansion

Question 28

Bronchiectasis

Answer 28

Bronchi / ectasis

Bronchus / expansion

Question 29

Caseous Necrosis

Answer 29

Caseous / necr / osis
Cheeselike / death / condition
Death of tissue that looks like cheese

Question 30

Chylothorax

Answer 30

Chylo / thorax
Chyle / chest
Chyle in the chest.
Chyle is a milky bodily fluid formed in the small intestine during digestion of fatty foods and carried through the body via lymph vessels.

Question 31

Empyema

Answer 31

Em / py / ema
In / pus / condition
Pus inside the chest.

Question 32

Phrenoplegia

Answer 32

Phreno / plegia

Diaphragm paralysis

Question 33

Pleural effusion

Answer 33

Pleur / al ex / fusion

Pleura / pertaining to / out / pour

Question 34

Pulmonary edema

Answer 34

Pulmon / ary / edema
Lung / pertaining to / swelling.
Swelling in the lungs.

Question 35

Hypercapnia

Hypercarbia

Answer 35

Excessive carbon dioxide

Question 36

Hypocapnia

Hypocabia

Answer 36

Insufficient carbon dioxide

Question 37

Hypoxemia

Hypoxia

Answer 37

Insufficient oxygen

Question 38

Antitussive

Answer 38

Anti / tuss / ive
Against / cough / agent
A drug that prevents coughing

Question 39

Bronchodilator

Answer 39

Dilator - expander

A drug that expands the walls of the Bronchi

Question 40

Expectorant

Answer 40

Ex / pector / ant
Out / chest / agent
A drug that helps get things out of the chest.

Question 41

Mucolytic

Answer 41

A drug that breaks down mucus

Question 42

Epistaxis

Rhinorrhagia

Answer 42

Nose bleed