Week 4

Question 1

What does the combining form ‘aer/o’ refer to?

Answer 1

air

Question 2

What is the meaning of the combining form ‘alveol/o’?

Answer 2

alveolus; air sac

Question 3

What does ‘anthrac/o’ signify?

Answer 3

coal

Question 4

What does the combining form ‘atel/o’ mean?

Answer 4

incomplete

Question 5

What does ‘bronch/o’ represent?

Answer 5

bronchus

Question 6

What is the meaning of the combining form ‘bronchi/o’?

Answer 6

bronchus

Question 7

What does ‘bronchiol/o’ refer to?

Answer 7

bronchiole

Question 8

What does the combining form ‘coni/o’ mean?

Answer 8

dust

Question 9

What does ‘cyan/o’ signify?

Answer 9

blue

Question 10

What is the meaning of the combining form ‘cyst/o’?

Answer 10

sac

Question 11

What does ‘diaphragmat/o’ refer to?

Answer 11

diaphragm

Question 12

What is the meaning of the combining form ‘epiglott/o’?

Answer 12

epiglottis

Question 13

What does the combining form ‘hal/o’ mean?

Answer 13

to breathe

Question 14

What does ‘laryng/o’ represent?

Answer 14

larynx

Question 15

What does ‘lob/o’ signify?

Answer 15

lobe

Question 16

What is the meaning of the combining form ‘nas/o’?

Answer 16

nose

Question 17

What does ‘muc/o’ refer to?

Answer 17

mucus

Question 18

What does ‘ox/o, ox/i’ mean?

Answer 18

oxygen

Question 19

What does the combining form ‘pharyng/o’ signify?

Answer 19

pharynx

Question 20

What does ‘pleur/o’ represent?

Answer 20

pleura

Question 21

What does ‘pneum/o’ refer to?

Answer 21

lung, air

Question 22

What is the meaning of the combining form ‘pneumon/o’?

Answer 22

lung, air

Question 23

What does ‘pulmon/o’ signify?

Answer 23

lung

Question 24

What does ‘rhin/o’ mean?

Answer 24

nose

Question 25

What does 'sept/o' refer to?

Answer 25

wall

Question 26

What is the meaning of the combining form 'sinus/o'?

Answer 26

sinus, cavity

Question 27

What does 'somn/o' signify?

Answer 27

sleep

Question 28

What does 'spir/o' represent?

Answer 28

breathing

Question 29

What does 'trache/o' mean?

Answer 29

trachea, windpipe

Question 30

What does 'tuss/o' refer to?

Answer 30

cough

Question 31

What does the suffix '-capnia' signify?

Answer 31

carbon dioxide

Question 32

What is the meaning of the suffix '-osmia'?

Answer 32

smell

Question 33

What does '-phonia' mean?

Answer 33

voice

Question 34

What does the suffix '-pnea' signify?

Answer 34

breathing

Question 35

What does '-ptysis' refer to?

Answer 35

spitting

Question 36

What is the meaning of the suffix '-thorax'?

Answer 36

chest