Respiratory System Medical Word Elements

Question 0

sept/o

Answer 0

septum

septoplasty is commonly performed to correct a deviated septum

Question 1

nas/o

rhin/o

Answer 1

nose

Question 2

sinus/o

Answer 2

sinus, cavity

sinusotomy is performed to improve ventilation or drainage in unresponsive sinusitis

Question 3

adenoid/o

Answer 3

adenoids

Question 4

tonsill/o

Answer 4

tonsils

peritonsillar: pertaining to the area around the tonsils

Question 5

pharyng/o

Answer 5

pharynx (throat)

pharyngoscope: instrument for examining the throat

Question 6

epiglott/o

Answer 6

epiglottis

epiglottitis can cause severe airway obstruction and is treated as a medical emergency

Question 7

laryng/o

Answer 7

larynx (voice box)

Question 8

trache/o

Answer 8

trachea (windpipe)

tracheoplasty is performed to repair a narrow or stenotic trachea

Question 9

bronchi/o

bronch/o

Answer 9

bronchus

bronchiectasis: dilation of (one or more) bronchi
ectasis: dilation/expansion

Question 10

bronchiol/o

Answer 10

bronchiole

Question 11

alveol/o

Answer 11

alveolus; air sac

Question 12

pleur/o

Answer 12

pleura

pleurocentesis: surgical puncture of the pleural cavity; also called thoracocentesis or thoracentesis

Question 13

pneum/o

pneumon/o

Answer 13

air; lung

pneumectomy: excision of all or part of a lung

Question 14

pulmon/o

Answer 14

lung

pulmonologist: specialist in the treatment of lungs and respiratory diseases

Question 15

anthrac/o

Answer 15

coal; coal dust

anthracosis: abnormal condition of coal dust (in the lungs). a chronic occupational disease found in coal miners and those associated with the coal industry

Question 16

atel/o

Answer 16

incomplete; imperfect

atelectasis: incomplete expansion of the lung; also called airless or collapsed lung

Question 17

coni/o

Answer 17

dust

pneumoconiosis: condition of dust in the lungs

Question 18

cyan/o

Answer 18

blue

cyanosis abnormal condition of blueness

Question 19

lob/o

Answer 19

lobe

Question 20

orth/o

Answer 20

straight

orthopnea: breathing in a straight (or upright) position

Question 21

ox/i

ox/o

Answer 21

oxygen

oximeter: instrument used for measuring oxygen. Usually attached to the tip of a finger but may be aslo placed on a toe or ear lobe. It provides a measurement of the oxygen saturation level of the blood.
hypoxemia: deficiency of oxygen in blood

Question 22

pector/o

steth/o

thorac/o

Answer 22

chest

pectoralgia: pain in the chest; also called thoracalgia, thoracodynia, and pectorodynia
stethoscope: instrument for examining the chest

Question 23

phren/o

Answer 23

diaphragm; mind

phrenospasm: involuntary spasm of the diaphragm

Question 24

spir/o

Answer 24

breathe

spirometer: instrument for measuring breathing; used for measuring how much air the lungs can hold as well as how much and how quickly air can be exhaled