Chapter 4 Vocab Review Flashcards
alveol/o-
alveolus (air sac)
anthrac/o-
coal
asbest/o-
asbestos
aspir/o-
to breathe in; to suck in
asthm/o-
asthma
atel/o-
incomplete
bacteri/o-
bacterium
broch/o-
bronchus
bronchi/o-
bronchiole
capn/o-
carbon dioxide
carbox/y-
carbon monoxide
cocc/o-
spherical bacterium
coni/o-
dust
cortic/o-
cortex (outer region)
cyan/o-
blue
cyst/o-
bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst
diaphrahgmat/o-
diaphragm
dilat/o-
dilate; widen
effus/o-
a pouring out
embol/o-
embolus (occluding plug)
fibr/o-
fiber
fus/o-
pouring
glob/o-
shaped like a globe; comprehensive
glott/o-
glottis (of the larynx)
hal/o-
breathe
hem/o-
blood
hil/o-
hilum (indentation in an organ)
lob/o-
lobe of an organ
malign/o-
intentionally causing harm; cancer
metabol/o-
change; transformation
muc/o-
mucus
mucos/o-
mucous membrane