Respiratory System

• nas/o , rhin/o

  nose
• epiglott/o

  epiglottis
• laryng/o

  larynx
• pharyng/o

  pharynx
• apic/o

  apex
• bronchiol/o

  bronchiole
• phren/o

  diaphragm
• pneumon/o , pulm/o , pulmon/o
• thorac/o

  chest
• hyperpnea

  excessive breathing
• hypopnea


  not enough breathing
• bradypnea


  slow breathing
• tachypnea


  fast breathing
• orthopnea


  shortness of breath in between supination and standing
• ox/i

  oxygen
• -capnia


  carbon dioxide
• phas/o


  speech
• phon/o 


  voice
• -pnea

  breathing
• -ptysis

  spitting
• rhinorrhea

  runny nose
• -itis = inflammation
• anthrac/o


  coal
• atel /o 


  imperfect or incomplete
• coni/o


  dust
• embol/o 


  embolus
• fibro/o


  fiber or fibrous
• thromb/o


  trhombus
• meta- 


  change; next , as in a series
• -ation 


  process
• -pnea


  bretahing
• -ptosis


  prolapse
• -ptysis


  spitting
• -stenosis


  narrowing
• combining form for nose

  nas/o, rhino/o
• combining form for epiglottis

  epiglott/o
• combining form for larynx

  laryng/o
• combining form for pharynx

  pharyng/o
• combining form for apex


  apic/o
• combining form for bronchiole


  bronchiol/o