Chapter 7: Respiratory System, Word Parts & Anatomical Terms

aer/o

air

alveol/o

alveolus (air sac)

angi/o

vessel

atel/o

incomplete

arteri/o

artery

anthrac/o

coal

bi/o

life

bronch/o, bronchi/o

bronchus (airway)

bronchiol/o

bronchiole (little airway)

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

coni/o

dust

cortic/o

outer layer

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o

sac

cyt/o

cell

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm

embol/o

plug

epiglott/o

epiglottis

fibr/o

fibers

gloss/o

tongue

hal/o

to breathe

hem/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

lob/o

lobe (a portion)

muc/o

mucus

nas/o

rhin/o

nose

ox/o

ox/i

oxygen

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

pleur/o

pleura (lining of lungs)

pneum/o

pneumon/o

air or lung

pulmon/o

lung

sept/o

wall

sinus/o

sinus (cavity)

somn/o

sleep

spir/o, -pnea

breathing

thorac/o

chest

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

tuss/o

cough

\-al

\-ar

\-ary

\-eal

\-ic

\-ory

\-ous

\-tic

pertaining to

\-algia

\-dynia

pain

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-ectasis

dilation

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

produced by

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-meter

instrument for measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-osmia

smell

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-phonia

voice

-phylaxis

protection

-plasm

formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-stenosis

narrowing

-thorax

chest

a-

an-

de-

without

anti-

against

brady-

slow

dys-

difficult, abnormal

endo-

within

eu-

normal

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

insufficient

pan-

all

para-

beside

poly-

many

pro-

before

re-

again

tracy-

fast

alveolar

pertaining to the alveoli

bronchial

pertaining to a bronchus

bronchiolar

pertaining to the bronchiole

diaphragmatic

pertaining to the diaphragm

epiglottic

pertaining to the epiglottis

laryneal

pertaining to the larynx

lobar

pertaining to any lobe (of the lungs)

mucous

pertaining to mucus

nasal

pertaining to the nose or nasal cavity

nasopharyngeal

pertaining to the nose and pharynx

paranasal

pertaining to beside the nose