Respiratory System (Ch 4) Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
2
Q
alveol/o
A
alveolus (plural: alveoli)
3
Q
atel/o
A
incomplete, imperfect
4
Q
bronch/o, bronchi/o
A
bronchus (plural: bronchi)
5
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
6
Q
epiglott/o
A
epiglottis
7
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx (voice box)
8
Q
nas/o, rhin/o
A
nose
9
Q
or/o
A
mouth
10
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
11
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx (throat)
12
Q
pleur/o
A
pleura
13
Q
pneum/o, pneumon/o
A
air; lung
14
Q
sinus/o
A
sinus, cavity
15
Q
spir/o
A
to breath
16
Q
thorac/o
A
chest
17
Q
tonsill/o
A
tonsils
18
Q
trache/o
A
trachea (windpipe)
19
Q
acid/o
A
acid
20
Q
aer/o
A
air
21
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
22
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
23
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder
24
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber, fibrous tissue
25
gastr/o
stomach
26
hem/o
blood
27
hepat/o
liver
28
hydr/o
water
29
melan/o
black
30
muc/o
mucus
31
my/o
muscle
32
myc/o
fungus
33
orth/o
straight
34
tom/o
to cut
35
-centesis
surgical puncture
36
-ectomy
excision, removal
37
-plasty
surgical repair
38
-rrhaphy
suture
39
-tome
instrument to cut
40
-tomy
incision
41
-algia, -dynia
pain
42
-cele
hernia, swelling
43
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
44
-emia
blood condition
45
-graphy
process of recording
46
-itis
inflammation
47
-logist
specialist in study of
48
-malacia
softening
49
-metry
act of measuring
50
-oma
tumor
51
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used with blood cells)
52
-pathy
disease
53
-phagia
swallowing, eating
54
-phobia
fear
55
-plasm
formation, growth
56
-plegia
paralysis
57
-pnea
breathing
58
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
59
-scope
instrument for examining
60
-scopy
visual examination
61
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
62
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
63
-therapy
treatment
64
-thorax
chest
65
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
66
-ia
condition
67
-ist
specialist
68
an-
without, not
69
epi-
above, upon
70
eu-
good, normal
71
hyp-, hypo-
under, below, deficient
72
macro-
large
73
micro-
small
74
neo-
new
75
peri-
around
