Chapter 8: Respiratory System Terminology

alveol/o

alveoli

bronch/o or bronchi/o

bronchus (bronchi)

bronchiol/o

bronchioles

epiglott/o

epiglottis

laryng/o

larynx

lob/o

lobe

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

sin/o, sinus/o

sinus

palat/o

palate

pharyng/o

pharynx

phren/o

diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o

lungs or air

pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneumon/o

lungs

trache/o

trachea

COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

SIDS

sudden infant death syndrome

SOB

shortness of breath

TB

tuberculosis

atel/o

incomplete

coni/o

dust

silic/o

silica

embol/o

embolus

home/o

sameness

-ole

small

ox/i, ox/o

oxygen

-pnea

breathing

spir/o

to breathe

-phasia

- speech

-phonia

- voice