Chapter 7 - The Respiratory System

What suffix means measure?

• -malacia

• -megaly

• -meter

• -metry

What combining form means pus?

• py/o

• pyel/o

• pylor/o

• pyret/o

What suffix means smell?

• -ose

• -osis

• -osmia

• -otia

What suffix means process of cutting; incision?

• -tic

• -tomy

• -tonia

• -tripsy

What prefix means good; normal?

• e-

• ec-

• em-

• eu-

What does the combining form resuscit/o mean?

• watery flow

• rhythm; heartbeat

• to revive

• rod-shaped

What does the suffix -stomy mean?

• stoppage of flow

• process of cutting; incision

• surgical opening

• view of or viewing

The breathing condition known as tachypnea means the condition of faster-than-normal ________?

***-pnea is your suffix in this condition

• drooling

• spitting

• swallowing

• breathing

What combining form mean lung?

• pulmon/o

• pleur/o

• pylor/o

• prurit/o

What combining form means nose?

• rach/i

• ren/o

• rhin/o

• retin/o