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Chapter 10
Question | Answer |
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alveol/o | alveolus, air sac |
bronch/o | bronchus, airway |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole (little airway) |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
carb/o | carbon dioxide |
layng/o | larynx (voice box) |
lob/o | lobe (a portion) |
nas/o | nose |
or/o | mouth |
ox/o | oxygen |
palat/o | palate |
pector | chest |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
pleur/o | pleura (lining of lungs) |
pnea | breathing |
pneum/o | lung/air |
pulmon/o | lung |
rhin/o | nose |
sinus/o | sinus |
spir/o | breathing |
steth/o | chest |
thorac/o | chest |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
uvul/o | uvula |
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 |
eupnea | normal breathing |
Bradynea | slow breathing |
Tachypnea | fast breathing |
hypopnea | shallow breathing |
hyperpnea | deep breathing |