The Respiratory System Word Elements Review

Match the following digestive system prefixes!

• not; without

• dys-

• painful; difficult

• a-

• not; without

• brady-

• slow

• an-

Match the following respiratory system prefixes!

• within

• hypo-

• below; below normal

• hyper-

• fast

• tachy-

• above; above normal

• endo-

Match the following respiratory system combining forms!

• lung

• rhin/o

• bronchial tube; bronchus

• bronch/o

  bronchi/o

• nose

• pneum/o; pneumon/o

• pharynx; throat

• pharyng/o

Match the following respiratory system suffixes!

• inflammation

• -itis

• incision; cut into

• -thorax

• condition

• -ia

• breathing

• -tomy

• chest; pleural cavity

• -pnea

The respiratory system term apnea means?

The respiratory system term bradypnea means?

The respiratory system term bronchitis means?

The respiratory system term dyspnea means?

The respiratory system term pharyngitis means?

The respiratory system term pneumonia means?