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Chapter10
Respiratory System
Term | Definition |
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bronch/o | bronchus, airway |
bronchi/o | bronchus, airway |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole (little airway) |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
layng/o | larynx (voice box) |
lob/o | lobe (a portion) |
naso | nose |
or/o | mouth |
ox/o | oxygen |
palat/o | palate |
pector/o | chest |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
pleuro | pleura (lining of lungs) |
-pnea | breathing |
pneum/o | lung, air |
pneumon/o | lung, air |
pulmon/o | lung |
rhin/o | nose |
sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
spir/o | breathing |
steth/o | chest |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
trache/o | windpipe |
uvulo | uvula |
nose | structure that warms, moistens, and filters air as it enters the respiratory tract; also houses the olfactory receptors for the sense of smell |
paranasal sinuses | air-filled space in the skull that opens into the nasal cavities |
palate | roof of the mouth; partition between the oral and nasal cavities; divided into the hard and soft palate |
hard palate | bony anterior (front) portion of the palate |
soft palate | muscular posterior (back) portion of the palate |
Pharynx | throat; passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynx |
nasopharynx | part of the pharynx directly behind the nasal passages |