Respiratory System Flashcards
1
Q
Aer/o-
A
Air or gas
2
Q
-aria
A
Air
3
Q
Asthma-
A
Panting
4
Q
Atelo-
A
Incomplete, without end, imperfect ending
5
Q
Brady-
A
Slow
6
Q
Bronch/i-
A
Windpipe or trachea-like
7
Q
Coni/o-
A
Dust
8
Q
Diphter/i-
A
Membrane
9
Q
-ectasis
A
Enlargement or dilation
10
Q
Emphysema
A
Puffed up
11
Q
Hydro-
A
Water
12
Q
-isy
A
Inflamed
13
Q
-iole
A
Small, lesser, diminutive
14
Q
Laryngo-
A
Voice box
15
Q
Lob/o-
A
Lobe
16
Q
-meter
A
Measurement
17
Q
Muc/o-
A
Slime
18
Q
Os-
A
Mouth
19
Q
Pleur/o-
A
Side or rib
20
Q
-pnea
A
Breathe or breathing
21
Q
Pneum/o-
A
Lung,air, respiration
22
Q
Pulmon/o-
A
Lung
23
Q
Re-
A
Again
24
Q
Silic/o-
A
Silicon carbon particles
25
Sin/o-
Cavity
26
Sphyxi/o-
Pulse or lack of pulse
27
Spir/o-
Breathe or breathing
28
Tart/o-
Dregs, sediment, or particles
29
Tubercul/o-
Swelling,nodule, tubercle
30
-Tussis
Cough