Respiratory term Flashcards
1
Q
Adenoid/o
A
Adenoids
2
Q
Alveol/o
A
Alveolous, air sac
3
Q
Bronch/o, Bronchi/o
A
Bronchial tube , Bronchus
4
Q
Bronchiol/o
A
Bronchiole, small bronchus
5
Q
Canp/o
A
Carbon dioxide
6
Q
Coni/o
A
Dust
7
Q
Epiglott/o
A
Epiglottis
8
Q
Mediastin/o
A
Mediastinum
9
Q
Lob/o
A
Lobe of the lung
10
Q
Nas/o, Rhin/o
A
nose
11
Q
Orth/o
A
straight, upwards
12
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
13
Q
pector/o
A
Chest
14
Q
pharyng/o
A
Pharygnx ; throat
15
Q
Phon/o
A
voice
16
Q
Phren/o
A
Diaphram
17
Q
Pleur/o
A
Pleura
18
Q
Pneum/o, Pneumon/o
A
Air, lungs
19
Q
Pulmon/o
A
Lung
20
Q
Sinus/o
A
Sinus cavity
21
Q
Spir/o
A
Breathing
22
Q
Tel/o
A
Complete
23
Q
Thorac/o
A
Chest
24
Q
Tonsill/o
A
Tonsils
25
Trache/o
trachea, windpipe
26
-ema
condition
27
-osmia
smell
28
-pnea
breathing
29
-ptysis
spitting
30
-sphyxia
pluse
31
-thorax
pleural cavity, chest
