It All Starts with Word Building

Medical Terminology Chapter 4

It All Starts with Word Building

Medical language is all about medical words and their word parts. Jump right into this chapter by learning some of the common combining forms and their definitions that you will encounter in this chapter.

alveol/o- alveolus (air sac)

aspir/o- to breathe in; to suck in

asthm/o- asthma

auscult/o- listening

bronchi/o- bronchus

bronchiol/o- bronchiole

bronch/o- bronchus

capn/o- carbon dioxide

cost/o- rib

cyan/o- blue

diaphragmat/o- diaphragm

glott/o- glottis (of the larynx)

hal/o- breathe

hem/o- blood

laryng/o- larynx (voice box)

lob/o- lobe of an organ

mucos/o- mucous membrane

nas/o- nose

ox/i- oxygen

ox/o- oxygen

ox/y- oxygen; quick

pector/o- chest

pharyng/o- pharynx (throat)

phren/o- diaphragm; mind

pleur/o- pleura (lung membrane)

pne/o- breathing

pneum/o- lung; air

pneumon/o- lung; air

pulmon/o- lung

py/o- pus

sept/o- septum (dividing wall)

spir/o- breathe; a coil

thorac/o- thorax (chest)

tubercul/o- nodule; tuberculosis

turbin/o- scroll-like structure; turbinate

tuss/o- cough

trache/o- trachea (windpipe)

ventil/o- movement of air

Word Search

Complete this word search puzzle that contains Chapter 4 words. Look for the following

words as given in the list below.

apex nasal

apnea nose

asthma oxygen

breathe pharynx

bronchus pulmonary

cilia rales

hilar ribs

intubation SARS

lumen thorax

lungs URI

mucus

ACROSS

4. The rounded tip of each lung is called the ______.

5. Shortness of breath or ______is difficult, labored, or painful respirations due to lung disease.

6. The combining form “______” means blue.

8. A/an ______is a drug used for productive coughs to reduce the thickness of sputum so that the sputum can be coughed up.

9. The ______is a central opening through which air flows insides the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles.

10. The windpipe or ______is inferior to the larynx and is a passageway for inhaled and exhaled air.

DOWN

1. Irregular crackling or bubbling sounds during inspiration are known as ______.

2. The bronchioles branch into ______, which are

hollow spheres of cells that expand and contract with each breath.

3. ______is characterized by a very low level of oxygen in the arterial blood.

7. ______is a condition caused by hyperreactivity of the bronchi and bronchioles with bronchospasm.

Word Surgery

Read the medical word. Break the medical word into its word parts and give the meaning of each word part. Then give the definition of the medical word.

1. apneic

Suffix and its meaning: ______

Prefix and its meaning: ______