Ch. 7 Respiratory System Flashcards
aer/o
air
Alveol/o
alveolus
angi/o
vessel
anthrac/o
coal
arteri/o
artery
atel/o
incomplete
bi/o
life
bronch/o
bronchus
bronchi/o
bronchus
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
coni/o
dust
cortic/o
outer region, cortex
cyan/o
blue
cyst/o
cyst, bladder
cyt/o
cell
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
embol/o
plug
epiglott/o
epigiottis
fibr/o
fibers
hem/o
blood
hist/o
tissue
laryng/o
larynx
lob/o
lobe
muc/o
mucus
nas/o
nose
orth/o
straight
ot/o
ear
ox/i
oxygen
ox/o
oxygen
pharyng/o
pharynx
pleur/o
pleura
pneum/o
air
pneumon/o
lung
pulmon/o
lung
py/o
pus
rhin/o
nose
sept/o
wall
sinus/o
sinus
somn/o
sleep
spir/o
breathing
thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea
tuss/o
cough
dys-
abnormal, difficult
endo-
within
eu-
normal
hyper-
excessive
hypo-
insufficient
pan-
all
poly-
many
tachy-
fast
a-
without
an-
without
anti-
against
brady-
slow
de-
without
-algia
pain
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-centesis
puncture to withdraw fluid
-dynia
pain
-ectasis
dilation
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emia
blood
-genic
produced by
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ism
state of
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lytic
destruction
-meter
instrument to measure
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition
-osmia
smell
-ostomy
surgically create an opening
-plasm
formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-ptysis
spitting
-rrhagia
abnormal flow condition
-scope
instrument for viewing
-spasm
involuntary muscle spasm
-stenosis
narrowing
-thorax
chest
-rrhea
discharge