Same But Different
This combining form means air, breath, not lung
What is pneum/o?
-thorax refers to this body area and is this kind of word part.
Answer: What is the chest?
The prefix in epiglottis means this.
Answer: What is above?
The part pleur/o is a combining form referring to this structure.
Answer: What is the pleura?
This structure helps prevent food from entering the airway.
Answer: What is the epiglottis?
This form means lung and is often used interchangeably with pulmon/o.
Answer: What is pneumon/o?
This suffix means breathing.
Answer: What is -pnea?
This prefix means against.
Answer: What is anti-?
Dangerous to breathe in an it is carbon dioxide.
Answer: What is capn/o?
A buildup of coni/o in the lungs can be caused by this occupational hazard.
Answer: What is dust?
This combining form means bronchus, while a closely related one means small bronchus.
Answer: What is bronch/o?
This suffix means pulse.
Answer: What is -sphyxia?
This prefix means self.
Answer: What is auto-?
This combining form refers to the voice.
Answer: What is phon/o?
A patient with cyanosis will appear this color.
Answer: What is blue?
This combining form means nose, and its cousin also means nose but is more commonly used in terms like nasal.
Answer: What is rhin/o?
This suffix refers to a pleural cavity or chest..
Answer: What is -thorax?
This prefix means within or inside.
Answer: What is endo-?
This form refers to the windpipe.
Answer: What is trache/o?
This suffix indicates spitting.
Answer: What is -ptysis?
This means a condition, but it is not -emia.
Answer: What is -ema?
This suffix relates to the sense of smell.
Answer: What is -osmia?
Your patient is breathing slow. What is the prefix that denotes slow?
Answer: What is brady-?
This combining form for the muscle that helps you breathe.
Answer: What is phren/o?
The combining form tel/o means this, not related to phones.
Answer: What is complete?