Chap 12 Review Sheet Flashcards
adenoid/o
adenoids
alveol/o
alveolus; air sac; small sac
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial tube
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
capn/o
carbon dioxide
coni/o
dust
cyan/o
blue
epiglott/o
epiglottis
hydr/o
water
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
lob/o
lobe
mediastin/o
mediastinum
nas/o
nose
or/o
mouth
orth/o
straight
ox/o
oxygen
pector/o
chest
pharyng/o
throat (pharynx)
phon/o
voice; sound
phren/o
diaphragm; mind
pleur/o
pleura
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung; air; gas
pulmon/o
lung
py/o
pus
rhin/o
nose
sinus/o
sinus
spir/o
to breathe
tel/o
complete
thorac/o
chest
tonsill/o
tonsil
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
-algia
pain
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-dynia
pain
-ectasis
dilation; dilatation; widening
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
-ema
condition
-lysis
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
-osmia
smell
-oxia
oxygen
-phonia
voice; sound
-plasty
surgical repair
-pnea
breathing
-ptysis
spitting
-rrhea
flow; discharge
-scopy
visual examination
-sphyxia
pulse
-stenosis
tightening; stricture
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
-thorax
chest; pleural cavity
-tomy
process of cutting
-trophy
nourishment; development (condition of)
a-, an-
no, not, w/o
hyper-
above; excessive
brady-
slow
dys-
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
hypo-
below deficient; below; under; less than normal
para-
near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of
em-
in
eu-
good; normal; true
per-
through
re-
back; again; backward
ex-
out; away from
tachy-
fast