Chapter 6

Respiratory System Plurals and Diminutives

rhino, naso

nose

sinuso

sinus

septo

septum

antro

antrum

pharyngo

pharynx

nasopharyngo, rhinopharyngo

nasopharynx

epiglottido

epiglottis

laryngo

larynx

tracheo

trachea

broncho, bronchi

bronchus

pneumono

lung; air

pulmono

lung

pleuro

pleura

phreno

diaphragm

mediastino

mediastinum

spiro, pneo

breathing

pneumato

air; lung

x-illum, x-ulum, x-ulus, x-olum, x-ellus, x-ola, x-ellum, x-ella, x-ula, x-olus, x(i)-culus, x(i)-culum, x-illus, x(i)-cula, x-illa

a little x

Diminutives in human body

arteriole (arteriola)
bronchiole (bronchiolus)
denticle (denticulus)
ductule (ductulus)
liencule (lienculus)
lingule (lingula)
ossicle (ossiculum)
pedicule (pediculus)
peduncule (pedunculus)
septule (septulum)
venule (venula)
vesicle (vesicula)

Masculine subject nouns

musculus (plural: musculi)

nervus

nucleus

ventriclulus

bronchus

ductus (plural: ductus)

sinus (plural: sinus)

Feminine subject nouns

All end in -a

arteria

vena

venula

membrana

fibra

glandula

lingua

lingula

valvula

spina

sutura

vagina

Except

cartilago

phalanx

Neuter subject nouns (GLLOVS)

ligamentum

ganglion

septum

os

vas

labium