Respiratory System Combining Forms, Suffixes, A&P

adenoid/o

adenoid

alveo/o

alveolus/air sac

anthrac/o

Coal/coal dust

atel/o

Incomplete;imperfect

bronch/o

bronchus

bronchi/o

bronchi

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

coni/o

dust

epiglott/o

epiglottis

laryng/o

Larynx/voice box

lob/o

lobe

nas/o

nose

orth/o

straight

ox/o

oxygen - hypoxemia

ox/i

oxygen - oximeter

pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o

chest

pharyng/o

pharynx

phren/o

diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o

air;lung

pulmon/o

lung

sept/o

septum

sinus/o

sinus, cavity

spir/o

breathe

trache/o

trachea

tonsill/o

tonsils

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-ectasis

dilation

-osmia

smell

pnea

breathing

thorax

chest

expiration

breathing out

inspiration

breathing in

acidosis

excessive acidity in bodily fluids

epiglottis

seals off the air passageway to lungs when swallowing

hypoxemia

low in oxygen

asphyxia

deficient supply of oxygen to the body

epistaxis

nosebleed (epi- above;upone, stazo-drip)

phlegm

mucous made in your chest

sputum

phlegm that is coughed up

tracheostomy

surgical procedure to make an opening into the trachea

tracheostomy

surgical procedure to make an opening into the trachea

COPD

Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease

tracheostomy

surgical procedure to make an opening into the trachea

thoracentesis

surgical puncture and drainage of the pleural cavity