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Chapter 9 Respiratory

  1. epiglott(o)
    epiglottis
  2. laryng(o)
    larynx
  3. nas(o), rhin(o)
    nose
  4. palat(o)
    • palate
    • roof of mouth
  5. pharyng(o)
    pharynx
  6. sin(o), sinus(o)
    sinus
  7. alveol(o)
    alveoli
  8. bronch(o), bronchi(o)
    bronchi
  9. bronchiol(o)
    bronchioles
  10. lob(o)
    lobe
  11. phren(o)
    diaphragm or mind
  12. pleur(o)
    pleura
  13. pneum(o)
    lungs or air
  14. pneumon(o), pulm(o),pulmon(o)
    lungs
  15. thorac(o)
    trache(o)
  16. acid(o)
    acid
  17. alkal(o)
    alkaline;basic
  18. ox(i)
    oxygen
  19. phas(o)
    speech
  20. phon(o)
    voice
  21. spir(o)
    to breathe
  22. -ation
    process
  23. -capnia
    carbon dioxide
  24. -pnea
    breathing
  25. -ptysis
    spitting
  26. endonasal
    within nose
  27. retronasal
    behind nose
  28. supranasal
    above nose
  29. olfactory
    olfaction
    • pertains to sense of smell
    • sense of smell
  30. glottis
    vocal apparatus of the larynx, consist of vocal cords

    vocal cords make sound by air passing through bands of elastic tissue
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Chapter 9 Respiratory
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Building a Medial Vocabulary
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