Unit 9

Question 1

em-

Answer 1

in

Question 2

ortho-

Answer 2

straight, at right angles, true

Question 3

-ant

Answer 3

word ending that indicates a substance having that property

Question 4

-icity

Answer 4

condition or quality of being the thing indicated

Question 5

-izer

Answer 5

device that performs the action indicated

Question 6

andenoid

Answer 6

a collection of immune tissue at the top back of the oral cavity

Question 7

alveol

Answer 7

a small hollow space

Question 8

apneustic

Answer 8

abnormal breathing pattern: deep, gasping inspirtaion, followed by a pausse, followed by a brief expiration

Question 9

bronch/i/o
bronch/o

Answer 9

tubes joining the trachea to the bronchioles

Question 10

bronchiol

Answer 10

tubes joining the bronchi to the alveoli

Question 11

capn
capn/o

Answer 11

carbon dioxide

Question 12

carb

Answer 12

carbon

Question 13

carina

Answer 13

the keel of a ship

Question 14

chylo

Answer 14

lymph fluid

Question 15

concha

Answer 15

shell; the curved bones of the respiratory sinus walls

Question 16

coni

Answer 16

dust

Question 17

diaphragm

Answer 17

muscular sheet separating the thoracic and the abdominal cavities

Question 18

dilator

Answer 18

a muscle or drug that increases the diameter of an opening

Question 19

glott

Answer 19

the vocal chords and the opening between them

Question 20

hilum

Answer 20

inner curve of a bean-shaped organ like the lung

Question 21

laryng/o
larynx

Answer 21

the vocal apparatus; voice-box

Question 22

lob
lobe
lob/o

Answer 22

one of the two (left) or three (right) major divisions of the lung

Question 23

loquy

Answer 23

speak

Question 24

lung

Answer 24

lung

Question 25

melan

Answer 25

black

Question 26

mesotheli

Answer 26

flat cells of the pleural membrane between the lungs and chest wall

Question 27

muco

Answer 27

mucus

Question 28

nares

Answer 28

nostrils

Question 29

naso

Answer 29

nose

Question 30

nebul

Answer 30

cloud

Question 31

nerve

Answer 31

nerve

Question 32

obstruct

Answer 32

to stand in the way

Question 33

oro

Answer 33

mouth

Question 34

ox ox/i

Answer 34

oxygen

Question 35

palato

Answer 35

palate the roof of the mouth

Question 36

percus

Answer 36

hit hard or beat

Question 37

perfus

Answer 37

blood moving through a tissue

Question 38

phon/a

Answer 38

sound

Question 39

pneum pneum/at pneum/ato pneum/o pnuem/on

Answer 39

respiration

Question 40

phren/o

Answer 40

diaphragm

Question 41

pharyng/o pharynx

Answer 41

the oral cavity and nasal cavity and the place where they join

Question 42

pnea

Answer 42

breath, respiration

Question 43

pleur pleura pleur/o

Answer 43

membrance between the lungs and the chest wall

Question 44

ptysis

Answer 44

the act of spitting

Question 45

pulm/o/n/o

Answer 45

lungs

Question 46

py/o

Answer 46

pus

Question 46

rhin/o

Answer 46

nose

Question 47

rhythm

Answer 47

reagular beat

Question 48

sept

Answer 48

wall between parts of an organ

Question 49

sinus/o

Answer 49

open space

Question 50

somn/o

Answer 50

sleep

Question 51

spasm

Answer 51

involuntary contraction

Question 52

spir/a/t spir/o

Answer 52

breath

Question 53

sputum

Answer 53

that which is brought u pfrom the lungss

Question 54

stern/o

Answer 54

sternum, breastbone

Question 55

tel

Answer 55

end

Question 56

thorac/o thorax

Answer 56

chest

Question 57

trach/e/o

Answer 57

the tube between the pharynx and lungs; windpipe

Question 58

turbin

Answer 58

spinning wheel with vanes

Question 59

tuss

Answer 59

cough

Question 60

ventil/a

Answer 60

movement of air