Parts of the System
Suffixes
Respiratory Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Surgical procedures
100

Laryng/o

What is the Larynx?

100

-Thorax

What is the Chest?

100

Inflammation of the Sinus Cavity

What is Sinusitis?

100

To have a lack of smell

What is anosmia?

100

surgical repair of a bronchus

what is bronchoplasty?

200

Takes in oxygen When you breath in, Pushes out carbon Dioxide when you breath out;Pulmon/o.

What are the Lungs?

200

-Pnea

What is breathing?

200

dyspnea

what is difficulty breathing?

200

 not breathing

WHat is apnea?

200

withdrawing fluid from the pleural space

What is pleurocentesis?

300

tuss/o

What is a Cough?

300

Carbon Dioxide

What is -Capnia?

300

Inflammation of the Bronchial Tubes

What is Bronchitis?

300

being unable to produce sound

what is aphonia?

300

surgical removal of an entire lung

what is pneumonectomy?

400

The study of the ears, nose, and throat 

what is otorhinolaryngology?

400

Odor, Smell

What is -Osimia?

400

Adenocarcinoma

What is Lung Cancer?

400

lack of oxygen; can lead to unconsciousness and death

What is asphyxia?

400

surgical puncture of chest wall to remove fluids

What is thoracentesis?

500

A lining that connects the Nose and Mouth to the esophagus

what is the Pharynx?

500

 Voice

what is -Phonia?
500

an often occurring illness that leaves symptoms such as a runny nose, sore throat, coughing and congestion

What is URI (Common Cold)?

500

withdrawing fluid using suction; removing phlegm from patient's airway; inhaling food or liquid into trachea

What is aspiration?

500

emergency procedure to create an opening directly into trachea so person can breathe easier;

What is tracheostomy?

M
e
n
u