12 Respiratory System Terminology

Question 1

denoid/o

Answer 1

adenoids

Question 2

alveol/o

Answer 2

alveolus, air-sac

Question 3

bronch/o, bronchi/o

Answer 3

bronchial tube, bronchus

Question 4

bronichiol/o

Answer 4

bronchiole, small bronchus

Question 5

capn/o

Answer 5

co2

Question 6

coni/o

Answer 6

dust (pneumoconiosis)

Question 7

epiglott/o

Answer 7

epiglottis

Question 8

laryng/o

Answer 8

larynx, voice box

Question 9

lob/o

Answer 9

lobe of the lung

Question 10

mediastin/o

Answer 10

mediastinum

Question 11

nas/o, rhin/o

Answer 11

nose

Question 12

orth/o

Answer 12

straight, upright (orthopnea-only comfortable to breath upright)

Question 13

ox/o

Answer 13

oxygen

Question 14

pector/o, thorac/o

Answer 14

chest

Question 15

pharyng/o

Answer 15

pharynx, throat

Question 16

phon/o

Answer 16

voice

Question 17

phren/o

Answer 17

diaphragm

Question 18

pleur/o

Answer 18

pleura

Question 19

pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o

Answer 19

air, lung

Question 20

sunus/o

Answer 20

sinus, cavity

Question 21

spir/o

Answer 21

breathing

Question 22

tel/o

Answer 22

complete (atelectasis- incomplete expansion of the lung)

Question 23

tonsill/o

Answer 23

tonsils

Question 24

trache/o

Answer 24

trachea, windpipe

Question 25

-ema

Answer 25

condition

Question 26

-osmia

Answer 26

smell

Question 27

-pnea

Answer 27

breathing

Question 28

-ptysis

Answer 28

spitting

Question 29

-sphyxia

Answer 29

pulse

Question 30

-thorax

Answer 30

pleural cavity, chest