chapter 8

Question 1

Nose nas/o

Answer 1

Exchanges air during inhaling and exhaling; warms, moisturizes, and filters inhaled air.

Question 2

Sinuses sinus/o

Answer 2

Produce mucus for the nasal cavities, make bones of the skull lighter, aid in sound production.

Question 3

Pharynx pharyng/o

Answer 3

Transports air back and forth between the nose and the trachea.

Question 4

Larynx laryng/o

Answer 4

Makes speech possible.

Question 5

Epiglottis epiglott/o

Answer 5

Closes off the trachea during swallowing.

Question 6

Trachea trache/o

Answer 6

Transports air back and forth between the pharynx and the bronchi

Question 7

Bronchi bronch/o , bronchi/o

Answer 7

Transports air from the trachea into the lungs.

Question 8

Alveoli alveol/o

Answer 8

Air sacs that exchange gases with the pulmonary capillary blood.

Question 9

Lungs pneum/o pneumon/o pulmon/o

Answer 9

Bring oxygen into the body, and remove carbon dioxide and some water waste from the body.

Question 10

bronch/o, bronchi/o

Answer 10

bronchial tube, bronchus

Question 11

laryng/o

Answer 11

larynx, throat

Question 12

nas/o

Answer 12

nose

Question 13

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

Answer 13

oxygen

Question 14

pharyng/o

Answer 14

throat, pharynx

Question 15

phon/o

Answer 15

sound, voice

Question 16

pleur/o

Answer 16

pleura, side of the body

Question 17

-pnea

Answer 17

breathing

Question 18

pneum/o, pneumon/o

Answer 18

lung, air

Question 19

pulm/o,

Answer 19

lung

Question 20

sinius/o

Answer 20

sinius

Question 21

somn/o

Answer 21

sleep

Question 22

spir/o

Answer 22

to breath

Question 23

thorac/o thorax

Answer 23

chest, pleural cavity

Question 24

trache/o

Answer 24

windpipe, trachea

Question 25

anoxia

Answer 25

the absence of oxygen from the body’s tissues and organs even though there is an adequate flow of blood.