The Respiratory System

or/o means:

• mouth

• chest

• teeth

• cheek

spir/o means:

• to breath

• throat

• inhaler

• windpipe

phren/o means:

• to speak

• voicebox

• lung

• diaphragm

laryng/o means:

• voice box

• trachea (windpipe)

• lung

• sac surrounding the lungs

rhin/o

• pharynx

• lung

• nose

• chest

pector/o

• lung

• chest

• carbon dioxide

• breathing

ex- means

• outer

• without

• in

• out

in- means:

• oxygen

• breathing

• in

• chest

aer/o

• lung

• chamber

• carbon dioxide

• air

salping/o

• eustacian tube

• trachea

• esphogus

• lung