med term quiz #2 Flashcards
layrnx
produces vocal sounds
bronchi
provides a passageway for air to and from the lungs
lungs
bring air into contact with blood for exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
respiration
the action of breathing
adenoid/o
adenoids
alveol/o
alveolus (s)
alveoli (p)
bronch/o
bronchus (s)
bronchi(pl)
bronchi/o
bronchus (s)
bronchi (p)
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
epligott/o
epiglottis
laryng/o
larynx
lob/o
lobe(s)
mediastin/o
mediastinum
nas/o
nose
pharyng/o
pharynx
pleur/o
pleura
pneum/o
lung, air
pneumn/o
lung, air
pulmon/o
lung
rhin/o
nose
sept/o
septum
sinus/o
sinus(es)
thorac/o
thorax/chest/chest cavity
tonsill/o
tonsil(s)
trache/o
trachea
atel/o
imperfect, incomplete
capn/o
carbon dioxide
carcin/o
cancer
coni/o
dust
hem/o
blood
muc/o
mucus
myc/o
fungus
orth/o
straight
ox/i
oxygen
phon/o
sound, voice
py/o
pus
som/o
sleep
spir/o
breathe, breathing
a-
an-
absence of, without
dys=
painful/abnormal
endo
within
eu
normal/good
hyper
above/excessive
hypo
below, incomplete, deficient, under
intra
within
neo
new
poly
many
tachy
fast
-al
pertaining to
-ar
-ary
pertaining to
-cele
hernia, protrusion
-centesis
to puncture and withdraw fluid
-desis
surgical fixation/fusion
-eal
pertaining to
-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expansion
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
-emia
in the blood
-genic
producing, originating, causing
-ia
diseased or abnormal state
-ic
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
-logist
one who studies and treats
-logy
study of
- meter
instrument used to measure
-metry
measurement
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor,swelling
-osis
abrnormal condition
-ous
pertaining to
-plasm
growth, substance, formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-pnea
breathing
-ptysis
spitting or coughing
-rrhagia
excessive bleeding
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-spasm
sudden, involunatry muscle contraction
-stenosis
constriction or narrowing
-stomy
creation of artificial opening
-thorax
chest, chest cavity
-tomy
cut into, incision