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chapter 10
the respiratory system
Term | Definition |
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adenoid/o | adenoid |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
sept/o | septum |
sin/o, sinus/o | sinus |
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | air or lungs |
pulmon/o | lungs |
lob/o | lobe |
bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchus |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
alveol/o | alveolus |
stern/o | sternum |
cost/o | rib |
thorac/o, pector/o, steth/o | chest |
pleur/o | pleura |
phren/o | diaphragm |
ox/o | oxygen |
spir/o, -pnea | breathing |
capn/o, carb/o | cardon dioxide |
pnea | breathing |
eu | good |
ventil | breathing |
phonia | sound/ voice |
epistaxis | a nosebleed |
rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
ptysis | cough |
sputum | mucus discharged from the lungs by coughing |
loquy | speak |
cavatum | hollowed |
trac | drag |
tel | complete |
ectasis | expansion |
caseous | cheeselike |
chylo | chyle |
em | in |
py | pus |
pan | all |
struct | build |
diaphragmato | diaphragm |
ob | in the way |
tuss | cough |
dilator | expander |
muco | mucus |
ate | process |
tub | tube |
suscit | awaken |