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Respiratory System Vocab
19 cards·by alexis.byrd
bronch-
bronchial tube
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
layrngo-
larynx (voice box)
-meter
measure
-orrhea
flow, discharge
-oxia
oxygen
-phonia
voice;sound
-pnea
breathing
pneumo
lung;air;gas
pulmon-
lung
rhin-
nose
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
spiro-
to breathe
-staxis
hemorrhage
trache-
trachea(windpipe)
pulmonologist
doctor of lungs
rhinorrhea
runny nose
tracheostomy
surgery on windpipe
phonation
production or utterance of speech and sound