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Anatomy and Physiology
Prefixes
Suffixes
Word Roots
Illnesses
100
Clear secretion produced in the respiratory tract.
What is mucus?
100
Prefix meaning difficulty.
What is Dys-?
100
Suffix meaning breathing.
What is -pnea?
100
Word Root meaning nose.
What is nas/o, rhin/o?
100
a condition in which the alveoli are inefficient because of distension.
What is emphysema?
200
Small cavities in which oxygen is removed from the air delivered by the bronchioles.
What is alveoli?
200
Prefix meaning slow.
What is Brady-?
200
Suffix meaning oxygen.
What is -oxia?
200
Word Root meaning larynx.
What is laryng/o?
200
A lung disease characterized by reversible inflammation and constriction.
What is asthma?
300
Tubes right and left branching off from the trachea and into the lungs.
What is bronchi?
300
Prefix meaning straight, correct.
What is Ortho-?
300
Suffix meaning voice.
What is -phonia?
300
Word Root meaning bronchus.
What is bronch/o, bronch/i?
300
Inflammation of a lung caused by infection, chemical inhalation, or trauma.
What is pneumonia?
400
The major muscle of respiration located at the base of the thoracic cavity.
What is diaphragm?
400
Prefix meaning rapid.
What is Tachy-?
400
Suffix meaning expansion.
What is -ectasis?
400
Word Root meaning diaphragm.
What is phren/o?
400
A collapse of a lung or part of a lung, leading to decreased gas exchange.
What is atelectasis?
500
Area between the lungs that houses the heart, aorta, trachea, esophagus, and bronchi.
What is mediastinum?
500
Prefix meaning upon.
What is epi-?
500
Suffix meaning inflammation.
What is -itis?
500
Word Root meaning air, lung.
What is pneum/o, pneumon/o?
500
Disease caused by presence of myocobacterium tuberculosis, most commonly affecting the lungs.
What is tuberculosis?