Respiratory System At A Glance

Word parts of the respiratory system

aer/o

air

alveol/o

alveolus

angi/o

vessel

anthrac/o

coal

arteri/o

artery

atel/o

incomplete

bi/o

life

bronch/o

bronchus

bronchi/o

bronchus

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

coni/o

dust

cortic/o

outer region, cortex

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o

cyst, bladder

cyt/o

cell

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm

embol/o

plug

epiglott/o

epiglottis

fibr/o

fibers

hem/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

laryng/o

larynx

lob/o

lobe

muc/o

mucus

nas/o

nose

orth/o

straight

ot/o

ear

ox/i

oxygen

ox/o

oxygen

pharyng/o

pharynx

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o

air

pneumon/o

lung

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

rhin/o

nose

sept/o

wall

sinus/o

sinus

somn/o

sleep

spir/o

breathing

thorac/o

chest

trache/o

trachea

tuss/o

cough

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-dynia

pain

-eal

pertaining to

-ectasis

dilation

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

produced by

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-ial

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-osmia

smell

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-phonia

voice

-plasm

formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-spasm

involuntary muscle spasm

-stenosis

narrowing

-thorax

chest

-tic

pertaining to

a-

without

an-

without

anti-

against

brady-

slow

de-

without

dys-

abnormal, difficult

endo-

within

eu-

normal

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

insufficient

pan-

all

poly-

many

tachy-

fast