Med Term Ch 12 Combining Forms/Vocab

Pharynx

• windpipe

• throat

• pus in the pleural cavity

• membrane surrounding lungs

Pleura

• collection of fluid in tissues

• thin hairs attached to lining of respiratory tract

• membranes surrounding the lungs

• throat

Trachea

• the windpipe

• throat

• pus in the pleural cavity

• membranes surrounding the lungs

Branches of the windpipe that lead into the lungs are the ______.

• alveoli

• hilum

• cilia

• bronchi

The outer fold of pleura lying closest to the ribs is called ______.

• parietal pleura

• visceral pleura

The voice box is called the ________.

• pharynx

• larynx

• epiglottis

• bronchi

Branches of the trachea leading into the lungs

• adenoids

• bronchioles

• bronchi

• alveolus

Lid like piece of cartilage covering larynx

• Alveoli

• Apex

• Cilia

• Epiglottis

Muscle separating chest and abdomen

• base of lung

• adenoids

• bronchioles

• diaphragm

Thin hairs attached to mucous membrane epithelium lining respiratory tract

• adenoids

• alveoli

• cilia

• epiglottis