CH7 Respiratory System - Word Parts QUIZ

Match the following

• painful

• endo-

• in; within

• dys-

• in

• epi-

• normal

• em-

• on; upon

• eu-

Match the following

• process; state; condition

• -emia

• blood condition

• -ation

• condition

• -tic

• pertaining to

• -ema

• process; condition

• -ion

Match the following

• flow; excessive discharge

• -rrhea

• breathing

• -phonia

• voice

• -pnea

• chest

• -thorax

• smell

• -osmia

Match the following

• to enlarge; expand

• py/o

• pus

• dilat/o

• cavity

• spir/o

• cancer

• sinus/o

• breathing

• carcin/o

Match the following

• serous membrane enfolding the lungs

• pleur/o

• nose

• ox/i

• bronchial tube

• alveoli/o

• oxygen

• bronch/o

• air sac

• rhin/o

Build a medical term that means muscle contraction of a bronchial tube:

​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• bronch/o
• -spasm
• bronch
• spasm-
• -ectasis

Build a medical term that means condition of excessive discharge from the nose:

​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• rhin/o
• -rrhea
• rhin
• rrhea-
• -ia

Build a medical term that means condition of air in the chest, pleural space:

​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• pneum/o
• -thorax
• pneum
• thorax-
• -pleura
• pleur/o

Build a medical term that means pertaining to the diaphragm:

​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• diaphragmat
• -ic
• diaphragmat/o
• ic-
• -al
• -tic

Break down spirometer by rewriting the term, and then placing a slash between each word part (pre-; CF/V; -suff).

(e.g. trache/o/tomy)