Respiratory System Combining Forms

Question 1

adenoid/o

Answer 1

adenoids

Question 2

alveol/o

Answer 2

alveoli (alveolus) - air sacs at the end of the bronchioles

Question 3

bronch/o, bronchi/o

Answer 3

bronchus - tubes carrying air between the trachea and lungs

Question 4

diaphragmat/o

Answer 4

diaphragm

Question 5

epiglott/o

Answer 5

epiglottis; cartilage covering the larynx; voice box

Question 6

laryng/o

Answer 6

larynx - location of the vocal cords

Question 7

lob/o

Answer 7

lobe

Question 8

mediastin/o

Answer 8

mediastinum

Question 9

nas/o, rhin/o

Answer 9

nose

Question 10

pharyng/o

Answer 10

pharynx

Question 11

pleur/o

Answer 11

pleura - membrane covering the lung

Question 12

pleum/o, pleumat/o, pneumon/o

Answer 12

lung, air

Question 13

pulmon/o

Answer 13

lung - spongelike organs located in the thoracic cavity

Question 14

sept/o

Answer 14

septum (wall off, fence)

Question 15

sinus/o

Answer 15

sinus - air cavities within the cranial bones that open into the nasal cavities

Question 16

thorac/o

Answer 16

thorax, chest, chest cavity - the part of the body between the neck and diaphragm

Question 17

tonsill/o

Answer 17

tonsil - lymphoid tissue located on the lateral wall at the junction of the oral cavity and oropharynx

Question 18

trache/o

Answer 18

trachea - passageway for air to the bronchi from the larynx

Question 19

atel/o

Answer 19

imperfect/incomplete

Question 20

capn/o

Answer 20

carbon dioxide

Question 21

hem/o, hemat/o

Answer 21

blood

Question 22

muc/o

Answer 22

mucus

Question 23

orth/o

Answer 23

straight

Question 24

ox/i

Answer 24

oxygen

Question 25

phon/o

Answer 25

sound, voice

Question 26

py/o

Answer 26

pus

Question 27

radi/o

Answer 27

x-rays, ionizing radiation

Question 28

somn/o

Answer 28

sleep

Question 29

son/o

Answer 29

sound

Question 30

spir/o

Answer 30

breathe, breathing

Question 31

tom/o

Answer 31

to cut, section, or slice