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PPC Respiratory System

  1. alveol/o
    alveolus (air sac)
  2. bronch/o, bronchi/o
    bronchus (airway)
  3. bronchiol/o
    bronchiole (little airways)
  4. capn/o, carb/o
    carbon dioxide
  5. laryng/o
    larynx (voice box)
  6. lob/o
    lobe (a portion)
  7. nas/o, rhin/o
    nose
  8. or/o
    mouth
  9. ox/o
    oxygen
  10. palat/o
    palate
  11. pharyng/o
    pharynx (throat)
  12. phren/o
    diaphragm (also mind)
  13. pleur/o
    pleura (lining of the lung)
  14. pneum/o, pneumon/o
    air or lung
  15. pulmon/o
    lung
  16. sinus/o
    sinus (cavity)
  17. spir/o
    breathing
  18. thorac/o, pector/o, steth/o
    chest
  19. tonsill/o
    tonsil
  20. trache/o
    trachea (windpipe)
  21. uvul/o
    uvula
  22. -pnea (additional suffix)
    breathing
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Kristin
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42047
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PPC Respiratory System
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