Respiratory system

Word Parts

100

 100-Alveol/O

Alveolus

200

200-Angi/o

vessel(blood)

300

300-arteri/o

artery

400

400-aspir/o

removal

500

500-atel/o

incomplete;imperfect

Prefix

100

100- brady-

slow

200

200-endo-

in:within

300

300-dys-

painful;difficult

400

400-hyper-

above/excessive

500

500-poly-

Many

Suffix

100

100 -ant

substance that promotes

200

200 -ation

process;conditon

300

300 -centisis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

400

400 -genic

produced by or in

500

500 -pnea

breathing

order of structures

100

100-order of alevoli

1st

200

200- order of Larynx

3rd

300

300- order of pharynx

5th

400

400- order of trachea

4th

500

500- order of Bronchus

2nd

what they do

100

100-aveoli

Are tiny hollow air sacs at the end of bronchioles where gas exchange occurs

200

200-Bronchi

Are the passageways from the trachea to the lungs

300

300-larynx

Connects pharynx to trachea

400

400-Trachea

Is a tube extending from the larynx toward the lungs

500

500-Pharynx

Is a tube connecting the nasal passage and mouth to the larynx (and esophagus)