Word parts
Pneum/o
What is the root/combining form for lung?
trache/o
What is the root/combining form meaning trachea?
nose
What is the entry and exit for respiration?
Bronchoscopy
What procedure is the visual examination of the bronchi?
Hypoxemia
What is the condition of low oxygen in the blood?
laryng/o
What root/combining form means larynx
Spir/o
What is the root/combining form meaning to breathe?
epiglottis
What structure acts as a lid so food does not enter the lungs?
Septoplasty
What procedure is the surgical repair of the nasal septum?
dyspnea
What is shortness of breath or difficult or labored breathing?
pulm/o
What is the root/combining form meaning lung?
phon/o
What root/combining form means sound or voice?
sinus
What structure is an air-filled cavity within a bone?
Tracheotomy
What emergency procedure is an incision into the trachea?
What is the physician who treats diseases and disorders of the respiratory system?
-thorax
What is the suffix meaning chest or pleural cavity?
-pnea
What is the suffix that means breathing?
Pleura
What membranes encase the lungs
Thoracotomy
What procedure is a surgical incision into the wall of the chest?
Asphyxia
What is the loss of consciousness due to lack of oxygen?
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
What is the root/combining form meaning oxygen?
somn/o
What is the root/combining form meaning to sleep?
Trachea
What structure is commonly known as the windpipe?
What structure is held open by c - shaped rings of hyaline cartilage?
Thoracostomy
What is the temporary or permanent insertion of a tube into the trachea to facilitate breathing?
Sputum
What is phlegm called when ejected through the mouth?