Vocab 6

Question 1

Bronch-

Bronchi- (pl)

Answer 1

bronchus: branch of the trachea

Question 2

Halit-

Answer 2

breath (breathe in inhale and exhale)

Question 3

Laryng-

Answer 3

larynx

Question 4

Pharyng-

Answer 4

pharynx/throat

Question 5

Diaphragm-
Diaphragmat-
Phren-
Phrenic-

Answer 5

diaphragm muscular sheet separating thoracic and abdomen

Question 6

Pleur-

Answer 6

pleura: membrane enfolding the lung, pleural cavity

Question 7

Pne-

Spir-

Answer 7

respiration/breathing movement of gases

Question 8

Pneum-
Pneumon-
Pulm-
Pulmon-

Answer 8

lung (double meaning)

Question 9

Rhin-

nas-

Answer 9

nose

Question 10

sin-
sinu-
sinus-

Answer 10

nasal sinus, sinus, cavity (within a structure) latin, fold of any kind (human skull fold)

Question 11

Trache-

Answer 11

traceha/windpipe greek, rough

Question 12

Acet-

Answer 12

vingar/acid latin, sour wine (mostly acid)

Question 13

Aer-
Pneum-
Pneumat-
Phys-

Answer 13

air/gas

Question 14

amyl-

Answer 14

starch

Question 15

Blenn-
Myx-
Muc-

Answer 15

mucus (noun) mucous (adj.)

Question 16

Calc-

calcin-

Answer 16

calcium, calcium salts, lime

Question 17

Chol-
chole-
bili-

Answer 17

bile, gall greek. All physiological and abstract (anger) (CHOLE AND BILE NO CONN VOWEL)

Question 18

chyl-

Answer 18

chyle, milky fluid in intestines

Question 19

Chym-

Answer 19

chyme, gastric pulp

Question 20

Coll-
Gluten-
Glutin-

Answer 20

jelly, gelatin, gluey substance

Question 21

corp-
Scat-
Fec-
Fecal- 
Sterc-
Stercor-

Answer 21

feces (polite way)

Question 22

frug-
fruct-
fructos-

Answer 22

fruit sugar

Question 23

galact-

lact-

Answer 23

milk (from the milky way greek)

Question 24

gluc-
gylc-
sacchar-

Answer 24

sugar

Question 25

hal- | sal-

Answer 25

salt

Question 26

hyal- | vitri-

Answer 26

glass or glass like

Question 27

hydr- aqu- aqua- aque-

Answer 27

water

Question 28

kerat- Cerat- Cornu- Corne-

Answer 28

horn/horn like (like cornea) can be hardness/curving

Question 29

lith-/-lith

Answer 29

stone, calculus (pl. calculi) in an organ or other tissue stone from mineral salts (kindey or gallbladder), can be root or termination. Careful with word order!! “A stone in kidney” (location + lith). Also attaches to suffix iasis: presence of a stone in x/formation of a stone in x.

Question 30

mye- | mycet-

Answer 30

fungus (greek)

Question 31

nephel-

Answer 31

mist/cloudiness

Question 32

ole-

Answer 32

oil

Question 33

oxy-

Answer 33

oxygen, acid (NO CONN.VOWEL)

Question 34

pharmac-

Answer 34

drug (medical or poison)

Question 35

-pnea

Answer 35

respiration/breathing