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Respiratory System

  1. aer/o
    air
  2. alveol/o
    alveolus; air sac
  3. anthrac/o
    coal
  4. atel/o
    incomplete
  5. bronch/o
    bronchus
  6. bronchi/o
    bronchiole
  7. coni/o
    dust
  8. diaphragmat/o
    diaphragm
  9. epiglott/o
    epiglottis
  10. laryng/o
    larynx
  11. lob/o
    lobe
  12. nas/o
    nose
  13. muc/o
    mucus
  14. orth/o
    straight, upright
  15. ox/o, ox/i
    oxygen
  16. pharyng/o
    pharynx
  17. pleur/o
    pleura
  18. pneum/o
    lung, air
  19. pulmon/o
    lung
  20. rhin/o
    nose
  21. sept/o
    wall
  22. sinus/o
    sinus, cavity
  23. spir/o
    breathing
  24. trache/o
    trachea, windpipe
  25. tuss/o
    cough
  26. ango/o
    vessel
  27. arteri/o
    artery
  28. bi/o
    life
  29. carcin/o
    cancer
  30. cardi/o
  31. heart
  32. cortic/o
    outer region, cortex
  33. cyan/o
    blue
  34. cyst/o
    cyst, bladder
  35. cyt/o
    cell
  36. embol/o
    plug
  37. fibr/o
    fibers
  38. hem/o
    blood
  39. hist/o
    tissue
  40. ot/o
    ear
  41. py/o
    pus
  42. somn/o
    sleep
  43. thorac/o
    chest
Author
elinor
ID
186672
Card Set
Respiratory System
Description
combining forms
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