Chapter 10 (Word Parts of the Respiratory System) Flashcards
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adenoid/o
A
adenoid (resembling a gland)
2
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tosill/o
A
tonsil
3
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nas/o
A
nose
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rhin/o
A
nose
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laryng/o
A
larynx (voice box)
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pharyng/o
A
pharynx (throat)
7
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trache/o
A
trachea (windpipe)
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sept/o
A
septum
9
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sin/o
A
sinus
10
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pneum/o
A
air or lungs
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pneumat/o
A
air or lungs
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pneumon/o
A
air or lungs
13
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pulmon/o
A
lungs
14
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lob/o
A
lobe
15
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bronch/o
A
bronchus (the main branches from the trachea into each lung)
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bronchi/o
A
bronchus (the main branches from the trachea into each lung)
17
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bronchiol/o
A
bronchiole (smaller subdivision of the bronchial tubes)
18
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alveol/o
A
alveolus (air sac)
19
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stern/o
A
sternum
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cost/o
A
rib
21
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thorac/o
A
chest
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pector/o (also pectus)
A
chest
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steth/o
A
chest
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pleur/o
A
pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs)
25
phren/o
diaphragm
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ox/o
oxygen
27
spir/o
breathing
28
-pnea
breathing
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capn/o (Greek for "smoke")
carbon dioxide
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carb/o (Latin for "coal")
carbon dioxide
31
con/i
dust
