VTA 115 Respiratory Terms Review

Match the following.

• surgical opening

• -plegia

• paralysis

• -thorax

• small

• -ole

• breathing

• -pnea

• chest

• -stomy

Define the prefix Dia-

• across

• dilate

• open

• all of the above

Match the following.

• Nose

• Sept/o

• roof of mouth

• Rhin/o

• Smell

• Palat/o

• Divide; partition

• Olfact/o

• Opening

• Meat/o

Nas/o has the same definition as...

• Pharyng/o

• Laryng/o

• Rhin/o

• Sept/o

A combining form that means "throat".

A combining form that means "voice box"

Match each term to the correct definition.

• lung

• Pulm/o

• lung, air

• Epiglott/o

• epiglottis

• Pleur/o

• sinus

• Pneum/o

• Membrane surrounding the lung

• Sinus/o

Phren/o has the same meaning as...

• Diaphragmat/o

• Pleur/o

• Pulm/o

• Sinus/o

Match the following.

• breathing

• Pleur/o

• air

• Spir/o

• lung

• Pneum/o

• membrane surrounding the lungs

• Pulm/o

• breath

• -pnea

The combining form Ox/y means...