Chap. 7 Word Parts - Respiratory System

Question 1

alveol/o

Answer 1

alveolus; air sac

Question 2

arteri/o

Answer 2

artery

Question 3

atel/o

Answer 3

incomplete; imperfect

Question 4

angi/o

Answer 4

vessel (blood)

Question 5

aspir/o

Answer 5

removal

Question 6

bronch/o

Answer 6

bronchus; bronchial tube

Question 7

bol/o

Answer 7

cast; throw

Question 8

bronchi/o

Answer 8

bronchiole; smaller subdivision of the bronchus

Question 9

carcin/o

Answer 9

cancer

Question 10

cardi/o

Answer 10

heart

Question 11

cyan/o

Answer 11

blue

Question 12

dilat/o

Answer 12

to enlarge; expand

Question 13

diaphragmat/o

Answer 13

diaphragm

Question 14

fibr/o

Answer 14

fiber

Question 15

hem/o

Answer 15

blood

Question 16

hist/o

Answer 16

tissue

Question 17

laryng/o

Answer 17

larynx; voice box

Question 18

lob/o

Answer 18

lobe

Question 19

nas/o

Answer 19

nose

Question 20

ox/o

Answer 20

oxygen

Question 21

ox/i

Answer 21

oxygen

Question 22

pharyng/o

Answer 22

pharynx; throat

Question 23

pneum/o

Answer 23

lung air

Question 24

pulmon/o

Answer 24

lung

Question 25

py/o

Answer 25

pus

Question 26

resuscit/o

Answer 26

revive

Question 27

rhin/o

Answer 27

nose

Question 28

sinus/o

Answer 28

sinus; cavity

Question 29

spir/o

Answer 29

breathing

Question 30

thorac/o

Answer 30

chest

Question 31

tonsill/o

Answer 31

tonsills

Question 32

trache/o

Answer 32

trachea; windpipe

Question 33

tub/o

Answer 33

tube

Question 34

a-

Answer 34

not; without

Question 35

anti-

Answer 35

against

Question 36

brady-

Answer 36

slow

Question 37

em

Answer 37

in

Question 38

dys-

Answer 38

painful; difficult

Question 39

epi-

Answer 39

upon; on; over

Question 40

endo-

Answer 40

in; within;

Question 41

eu

Answer 41

good; normal

Question 42

hyper-

Answer 42

above; above normal; excessive

Question 43

hypo-

Answer 43

below; below normal; deficient

Question 44

in-

Answer 44

in; into; not

Question 45

poly-

Answer 45

many; much

Question 46

tachy-

Answer 46

fast

Question 47

-al

Answer 47

pertaining to

Question 48

-ary

Answer 48

pertaining to

Question 49

-ial

Answer 49

pertaining to

Question 50

-ic

Answer 50

pertaining to

Question 51

-tic

Answer 51

pertaining to

Question 52

-ation

Answer 52

process condition

Question 53

-centesis

Answer 53

surgical removal of fluid

Question 54

-ema

Answer 54

condition

Question 55

-genic

Answer 55

produced by/in

Question 56

-ion

Answer 56

process; condition; state

Question 57

-meter

Answer 57

measure

Question 58

-or

Answer 58

one who (or something that) takes action or does something

Question 59

-phonia

Answer 59

voice

Question 60

-rrhea

Answer 60

flow; excessive discharge

Question 61

-stenosis

Answer 61

narrowing; tightening

Question 62

thorax

Answer 62

chest; pleural cavity-

Question 63

-ant

Answer 63

substance that promotes

Question 64

-capina

Answer 64

carbon dioxide

Question 65

ectasis

Answer 65

dilation; expansion-

Question 66

-emia

Answer 66

blood condition

Question 67

-ia

Answer 67

condition

Question 68

-ism

Answer 68

process; condition

Question 69

-metry

Answer 69

process of measuring

Question 70

-osmia

Answer 70

smell

Question 71

-pnea

Answer 71

breathing

Question 72

-spasm

Answer 72

muscle contraction

Question 73

-stomy

Answer 73

surgical opening

Question 74

-tomy

Answer 74

surgical cut; process of cutting; incision

Question 75

nostrils

Answer 75

two openings into the nose; air enters here;

Question 76

mucous membrane

Answer 76

warm, filter, and moisten the air; sense of smell

Question 77

cilla

Answer 77

microscopic hairs in the nasal cavities that filter air and move mucus

Question 78

sinus

Answer 78

hollow areas in skull that provide resonance for voice; connected by small tubes to back of nasal cavities

Question 79

what is the pharynx, what are the 3 parts to it, and what does it connect together?

Answer 79

transports air, liquids, and food; divides at inferior end; anterior tube takes air; posterior end becomes esophagus and carries food and liquids to stomach;

connects the nose, mouth, and esophagus

nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx

Question 80

epiglottis

Answer 80

flap of cartilage that opens to allow air into lungs; closes to keep out liquids and food

Question 81

larynx

Answer 81

box of cartilage that contains vocal cords

Question 82

vocal cords

Answer 82

vibrate when exhaling to create voice; in the larynx

Question 83

trachea or windpipe

Answer 83

10-12 inch flexible tube that carries air into chest cavity

Question 84

bronchus

Answer 84

two rigid tubes that branch off the trachea; one to each lung

Question 85

bronchi

Answer 85

plural/multiple of bronchus

Question 86

bronchioles

Answer 86

multiple branches of smaller tubes that take air into all parts of lungs

Question 87

alveoli

Answer 87

microscopic air sacs at ends of smallest bronchioles; exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with blood

Question 88

lungs

Answer 88

two spongy organs divided its segments called lobes

Question 89

how many lobes does the right lung have and what are their names?

Answer 89

3 lobes; superior, middle, and inferior lobes

Question 90

how many lobes does the left lung have?

Answer 90

2 lobes; superior and inferior lobes

Question 91

diaphragm and where it is located?

Answer 91

muscle that facilitates breathing; between the abdominal and thoracic cavity

Question 92

protective membrane for the lungs

Answer 92

pluera

Question 93

where is the hard palette located?

Answer 93

at the front of the roof of the mouth in front of the soft palette, it is solid (not a pocket)

Question 94

where is the soft palette located?

Answer 94

at the back of the roof of the mouth behind the hard palette, is a pocket (not solid)

Question 95

3 functions of the respiratory system

Answer 95

provide body with oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide (exchange O2 and CO2)

breathing in fresh air and exhaling out old air

pass air over vocal cords to produce sound (so we can speak)

Question 96

what is the soft palette made of?

Answer 96

muscle and tissue

Question 97

what is the hard palette made of?

Answer 97

bone

Question 98

in order from top to bottom, list the 3 pharynx’s

Answer 98

1. nasopharynx
2. oropharynx
3. laryngopharynx

Question 99

where do you get laryngitis

Answer 99

BEHIND the laryngopharynx

Question 100

in order from biggest to smallest list the bronchus “group” in order, and why are alveoli round?

Answer 100

bronchus
bronchiole
alveoli; round to increase surface area

Question 101

where does gas exchange occur?

Answer 101

in the alveoli

Question 102

breathing in

Answer 102

inspiration

Question 103

breathing out

Answer 103

expiration

Question 104

exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide (moving of oxygen)

Answer 104

respiration, is harder to make the patient do than just putting them on a ventilator

Question 105

process of moving air in and out of the lungs (breathing in and out)

Answer 105

ventilation, is easier to put the patient on a ventilator than making them respirate

Question 106

what does a ventilator do? affects, symptoms, etc?

Answer 106

ventilator only makes air go in to your lung but it does not make the capillaries absorb the oxygen, it causes people to become weak, not take in oxygen on their own, makes you sicker and it usually does not have a good prognosis (in simple terms, the patient will start relying on the ventilator to breathe FOR them rather than aiding in them to breath better, this is bad)

Question 107

cavity

Answer 107

a hole in which things are housed or go to