Combining forms
suffixes
Pathology sounds
A & P (Anatomy & Physiology)
Dr. in training
100
The combining form form that means: voice
What is Phon/o
100
The combining form form that means: condition
What is -ema
100
The term that describes: Listening to sounds within the body
What is Auscultation?
100
A flap of cartilage attached to the root of the tongue that prevents choking or aspiration of food.
What is the epiglottis?
100
Surgical repair of the nose
What is rhinoplasty?
200
The combining form form that means: chest
What is Pector/o?
200
The combining form form that means: smell
What is -osmia?
200
The term that describes: tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure.
What is Percussion?
200
The space located in the center of the chest that contains the trachea and leads to the lungs.
What is Mediastinum?
200
Incision of the chest
What is thoracotomy?
300
The combining form form that means:breathing
What is spir/o?
300
The combining form form that means: breathing
What is -pnea?
300
Diagnosis this pathological condition in Sound 1
What is a wheeze (wheezing)
300
Located in the Nasopharynx is lymphatic tissue called pharyngeal tonsils or ___________________, they are more prominent in children and if enlarged can obstruct air passageways.
What is adenoids?
300
Resection of a lung
What is a pneumonectomy?
400
The combining form form that means:complete
What is Tel/o?
400
The combining form form that means: spitting
What is -ptysis?
400
Diagnosis this pathological condition in Sound 2
What is rales (crackles)?
400
The name of the part of the respiratory system that leads from the Trachea and divides into two smaller tubes that lead into each lung.
What is Bronchi?
400
absence of smell
what is anosmia?
500
The combining form form that means: air & lung
What is pneum/o or Pneumon/o?
500
The combining form form that means: pulse
What is -sphyxia?
500
Diagnosis this pathological condition in Sound 3?
What is stridor?
500
The uppermost portion of the lung.
What is the Apex?
500
Widening of bronchial tubes.
What is bronchiectasis?