Respiratory morphemes
respirat/o
What is the respiratory morpheme for breathing
The passageway from the trachea to the lungs
What is the Bronchi
Surgical procedure when you operate on the nose
What is Rhinoplasty
What are the functions of the respiratory system?
They are responsible for the process of breathing, processing oxygen and carbon dioxide through the act of respiration. It ensures the tissue of other body systems can operate with oxygen.
root word for alveoli/
alveolus
blob/o
What is the respiratory morpheme for lobe
A tube extending from the larynx toward the lungs
What is the Trachea
Surgical removal of the tonsils
What is Tonsillectomy
What are the anatomical structures of the respiratory system?
Nose, Pharynx, larynx, trachea, lungs, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli and diaphragm.
anthracosis is a ___condition caused by ___of coal
lung, inhalation.
con/i/o
What is the respiratory morpheme for dust
small hollow air sacs at the end of bronchioles where gas exchange occurs
What are the Alveoli
The main respiratory system
What is The lungs
What is a morpheme?
The smallest unit of language
root word eosin/o
rosy: red
plumon/o
What is the respiratory morpheme for lung
Function of the Diaphragm
What is a dome-shaped muscle separating the thoracic and abdominal cavities
Medical instrument used to visually examine the larynx
What is Laryngoscope
The functions of the respiratory system
Is responsible for the process of breathing by processing oxygen and carbon dioxide through the act of respiration.
root word for pheum/o
air
rhinovirus: a subgroup of viruses which cause the common cold
What disease does the respiratory Morphemes rhin/o and virus make?
Function of the respiratory system
What is :
responsible for process of breathing
Processes oxygen and carbon dioxide through act of respiration
Ensures the tissues of other body systems can operate with oxygen
perform functions including sensing odor and producing sound.
Directs cell movement, stimulates immune responses, inhibiting immune responses.
What is Cytokines
The major organ that is responsible for letting air in and out of the body
The nose
segmentectomy is the removal of a ____ of a lung
Segment