Chap 12

lungs

adenoid/o

adenoids

alveol/o

alveolus; air sac; small sac

bronch/o

bronchial tube

bronchi/o

bronchial tube

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

capn/o

carbon dioxide

coni/o

dust

cyan/o

blue

epiglott/o

epiglottis

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

lob/o

lobe

mediastin/o

mediastinum

nas/o

nose

orth/o

straight

ox/o

oxygen

pector/o

chest

pharyng/o

throat (pharynx)

phon/o

voice; sound

phren/o

diaphragm; mind

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o

lung; air; gas

pneumon/o

lung; air; gas

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

sinus/o

sinus

spir/o

to breathe

tel/o

complete

thorac/o

chest

tonsill/o

tonsil

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

-ema

condition

-osmia

smell

-pnea

breathing

-ptysis

spitting

-sphyxia

pulse

-thorax

chest; pleural cavity

Mediastinum

Middle of chest where trachea divides into two branches

Bronchi

Each leads to a separate lung

Lungs

Lobes are not mirror images

Hilum

Blood vessels, nerves, lymphatic tissue, and bronchial tubes enter and exit