L 11 Combining Forms - Respiratory System

Question 1

alve

Answer 1

hollow, cavity

Question 2

amygdal-

Answer 2

[almond] tonsil

Question 3

anthrax / anthrac-

Answer 3

coal; anthrax

Question 4

aux- / -auxe / -auxis

Answer 4

grow, increase

Question 5

bacter(i)-

Answer 5

[small staff] bacterium

Question 6

bronch(i)-

Answer 6

[windpipe] bronchus

Question 7

capn-

Answer 7

[smoke] carbon dioxide

Question 8

cocc- / -coccus

Answer 8

[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

Question 9

coni- / koni-

Answer 9

dust

Question 10

labi-

Answer 10

lip

Question 11

larynx- / laryng-

Answer 11

larynx

Question 12

paresis

Answer 12

slackening of strength, paralysis

Question 13

pharynx / pharyng-

Answer 13

[throat] pharynx

Question 14

phys-

Answer 14

air, gas

Question 15

pleur-

Answer 15

[side] pleura

Question 16

pne-

Answer 16

breathe

Question 17

pneum(at)-

Answer 17

[breath] air, gas

Question 18

pneum(on)-

Answer 18

lung

Question 19

sider-

Answer 19

iron

Question 20

spir(at)-

Answer 20

breathe

Question 21

staphyl-

Answer 21

[bunch of grapes] uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms clustered together like grapes)

Question 22

stern-

Answer 22

chest, breast, breastbone

Question 23

steth-

Answer 23

chest, breast

Question 24

strept-

Answer 24

[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)

Question 25

sud(or)-

Answer 25

sweat, fluid

Question 26

thorax / thorac-

Answer 26

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Question 27

trach(e)- / trachy-

Answer 27

[rough] trachea