Unit 9 Roots
| Root Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| adenoid | a collection of immune tissue at the top back of the oral cavity |
| alveol | a small hollow space |
| apneustic | abnormal breathing pattern: deep, gasping inspiration, followed by a pause, followed by a brief expiration |
| asthma | lung disease causing shortness of breath |
| ausculta | listening carefully |
| bronch bronch/i bronch/i/o bronch/o |
tubes joining the trachea to the bronchioles |
| bronchiol | tubes joining the bronchi to the alveoli |
| capn capn/o |
carbon dioxide |
| carb | carbon (as in carbon dioxide) |
| card/i/o | heart |
| carina | the keel of a ship |
| chylo | lymph fluid |
| concha | shell; the curved bones of the respiratory sinus walls |
| coni | dust |
| cost cost/o |
rib |
| cyst | fluid-filled space |
| diaphragm | muscular sheet separating the thoracic and abdominal cavities |
| dilator | a muscle or drug that increases the diameter of an opening |
| fibr | fiber |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glott | the vocal cords and the opening between them |
| hem/o | blood |
| hilum | inner curve of a bean-shaped organ like the lung |
| kinet | movement |
| laryng laryng/o larynx |
the vocal apparatus; voice-box |
| lob lobe lob/o |
one of the two (left) or three (right) major divisions of the lung |
| loquy | speak |
| lung | lung |
| melan | black |
| mesotheli | flat cells of the pleural membrane between the lungs and chest wall |
| muco | mucus |
| nares | nostrils |
| naso | nose |
| nebul | cloud |
| nerve | nerve |
| obstruct | to stand in the way |
| oro | mouth |
| ortho | straight; at right angles; true |
| ox ox/i |
oxygen |
| palato | palate; the roof of the mouth |
| pect pector pector/i |
chest |
| percus | hit hard or beat |
| perfus | blood moving through a tissue |
| pharyng pharyng/o pharynx |
the oral cavity (oropharynx) and nasal cavity (nasopharynx) and the place where they join (laryngopharynx) |
| phon phon/a |
sound |
| phren phren/o |
diaphragm |
| pleur pleura pleur/o |
membrane between the lungs and chest wall |
| pnea | breath, respiration |
| pneum pneum/at pneum/ato pneum/o pneum/on |
respiration |
| ptysis | the act of spitting |
| pulm pulm/o pulm/o/n pulm/o/n/o |
lungs |
| py py/o |
pus |
| rhin rhin/o |
nose |
| rhythm | regular beat |
| sept | wall between parts of an organ |
| sinus sinus/o |
open space |
| somn somn/o |
sleep |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| spir spir/a spir/at spir/o |
breath |
| sputum | that which is brought up from the lungs |
| stern stern/o |
sternum; breastbone |
| syncope | fainting |
| tel | end |
| thorac thorac/o thorax |
chest |
| trach trach/e trach/e/o |
the tube between the pharynx and lungs; windpipe |
| turbin | spinning wheel with vanes |
| tuss | cough |
| ventil ventil/a |
movement of air |
