chapter 12

Question 1

adenoids

Answer 1

lymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx,pharyngeal tonsils

Question 2

adenoid/o

Answer 2

adenoids—-adenoidectomy

Question 3

alveol/o

Answer 3

alveolus, air sac

Question 4

bronch/o, bronchi/o

Answer 4

bronchial tube, bronchus

Question 5

bronchiol/o

Answer 5

bronchiole, small bronchus—-bronchiolitis

Question 6

capn/o

Answer 6

carbon dioxide—hypercapnia

Question 7

coni/o

Answer 7

dust

Question 8

cyan/o

Answer 8

blue—cyanosis=deficient oxygen in the blood

Question 9

epiglott/o

Answer 9

epiglottis==lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing

Question 10

laryng/o

Answer 10

larynx,voice box

Question 11

lob/o

Answer 11

lobe of the lung—lobectomy

Question 12

mediastin/o

Answer 12

mediastinum==region between the lungs in the chest cavity, it contains the trachea ,heart, aorta, esophagus, and bronchial tubes

Question 13

nas/o

Answer 13

nose—paranasal sinuses

Question 14

rhin/o

Answer 14

nose

Question 15

ox/o

Answer 15

oxygen

Question 16

pector/

Answer 16

chest

Question 17

pharyng/o

Answer 17

pharyngeal

Question 18

phon/o

Answer 18

voice

Question 19

phren/o

Answer 19

diaphragm

Question 20

pleur/o

Answer 20

pleur

Question 21

pneum/o, pneumon/o

Answer 21

air lung

Question 22

pulmon/o

Answer 22

lung

Question 23

sinus

Answer 23

sinus, cavity-

Question 24

spir/o

Answer 24

breathing

Question 25

tel/o

Answer 25

complete--atelectasis=collapsed lung

Question 26

thorac/o

Answer 26

chest

Question 27

tonsill/o

Answer 27

tonsils

Question 28

trache/o

Answer 28

trachea, windpipe

Question 29

--ema

Answer 29

condition

Question 30

--osmia

Answer 30

smell---anosmia

Question 31

-pnea

Answer 31

breathing---apnea=no sleep cpap=continous positive airway pressure

Question 32

-ptysis

Answer 32

spitting

Question 33

-sphyxia

Answer 33

pulse---asphyxia==lack of pulse

Question 34

--thorax

Answer 34

pleural cavity, chest