Chapter 7 The Respiratory System Elements

Question 1

a-

Answer 1

no, not, without, away from, negative

Question 2

anti-

Answer 2

against

Question 3

brady-

Answer 3

slow

Question 4

dys-

Answer 4

bad, difficult, painful

Question 5

endo-

Answer 5

in, within, inside

Question 6

eu-

Answer 6

good, normal, well, easy

Question 7

hyper-

Answer 7

excessive, increased

Question 8

hyp-

Answer 8

deficient, decreased

Question 9

hypo-

Answer 9

deficient, decreased

Question 10

par-, para-

Answer 10

beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of

Question 11

poly-

Answer 11

many, much

Question 12

tachy-

Answer 12

fast, rapid

Question 13

trachea-

Answer 13

trachea, windpipe

Question 14

alveol/o

Answer 14

alveolus, air sac, small sac

Question 15

anthrac/o

Answer 15

coal, coal dust

Question 16

asbest/o

Answer 16

asbestos

Question 17

atel/o

Answer 17

incomplete, imperfect

Question 18

bronch/o, bronchi/o

Answer 18

bronchial tube, bronchus

Question 19

capn/o

Answer 19

carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance

Question 20

coni/o

Answer 20

dust

Question 21

cyan/o

Answer 21

blue

Question 22

epiglott/o

Answer 22

epiglottis

Question 23

expector/o

Answer 23

cough up

Question 24

fibros/o

Answer 24

fibrous connective tissue

Question 25

hem/o

Answer 25

blood, relating to blood

Question 26

laryng/o

Answer 26

larynx, voice box

Question 27

lob/o

Answer 27

lobe, well-defined part of an organ

Question 28

nas/o

Answer 28

nose

Question 29

or/o

Answer 29

mouth, oral cavity

Question 30

ot/o

Answer 30

ear, hearing

Question 31

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

Answer 31

oxygen

Question 32

pharyng/o

Answer 32

throat, pharynx

Question 33

phon/o

Answer 33

sound, voice

Question 34

pleur/o

Answer 34

pleura, side of the body

Question 35

pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o

Answer 35

lung, air

Question 36

py/o

Answer 36

pus

Question 37

rhin/o

Answer 37

nose

Question 38

sept/o

Answer 38

infection, partition (also septum of nose. look for context)

Question 39

silic/o

Answer 39

glass

Question 40

sinus/o

Answer 40

sinus

Question 41

somn/o

Answer 41

sleep

Question 42

spir/o

Answer 42

to breathe

Question 43

thora/o

Answer 43

chest

Question 44

thorac/o

Answer 44

chest

Question 45

trache/o

Answer 45

trachea, windpipe

Question 46

tuss/i

Answer 46

cough

Question 47

-al

Answer 47

pertaining to

Question 48

-ation

Answer 48

state or action

Question 49

-centesis

Answer 49

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 50

-dynia

Answer 50

pain

Question 51

-ectasis

Answer 51

stretching, dilation, enlargement

Question 52

-ectomy

Answer 52

surgical removal, cutting out, excision

Question 53

-graphy

Answer 53

the process of producing a picture or record

Question 54

-ia

Answer 54

abnormal condition

Question 55

-ice

Answer 55

noun ending

Question 56

-is

Answer 56

noun ending

Question 57

-meter

Answer 57

measure, instrument used to measure

Question 58

-ologist

Answer 58

specialist

Question 59

-osis

Answer 59

abnormal condition, disease

Question 60

-ostomy

Answer 60

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

Question 61

-otomy

Answer 61

cutting, surgical incision

Question 62

-pharynx

Answer 62

throat, pharynx

Question 63

-plasty

Answer 63

surgical repair

Question 64

-pnea

Answer 64

breathing

Question 65

-ptysis

Answer 65

spitting

Question 66

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Answer 66

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

Question 67

-rrhea

Answer 67

flow or discharge

Question 68

-scopy

Answer 68

visual examination

Question 69

-spasm

Answer 69

sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping

Question 70

-thorax

Answer 70

chest, pleural cavity