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OT 200 Chapter 7
Bronch/o, bronchi/o - answer✔bronchial tube, bronchus
laryng/o - answer✔larynx, throat
nas/o - answer✔nose
oxi/i, ox/o, ox/y - answer✔oxygen
pharyng/o - answer✔throat, pharynx
phon/o - answer✔sound, voice
pleur/o - answer✔pleura, side of body
-pnea - answer✔breathing
pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu- - answer✔lung, air
pulm/o, pulmon/o - answer✔lung
sinus/o - answer✔sinus
somn/o - answer✔sleep
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spir/o - answer✔to breathe
thrac/o, -thorax - answer✔chest, pleural cavity
trache/o, trachea - answer✔windpipe
alveoli - answer✔thin-walled microscopic air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen
and carbon dioxide takes place
anoxia - answer✔deprivation of oxygen
antitussive - answer✔any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing
aphonia - answer✔loss of voice
asbestosis - answer✔lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles
asphyxia - answer✔Condition caused by insufficient intake of oxygen
asthma - answer✔chronic respiratory disease in which the air passageways become narrower
than normal
atelectasis - answer✔collapse of lung tissue
bradypnea - answer✔abnormally slow breathing
bronchodialator - answer✔reduces swelling within the passages of the lungs
bronchorrhea - answer✔an excessive discharge of mucus from the bronchi
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