Medical Respiratory Terminology 1

1. Medical Terminology
Respiratory System

2. Objective
 Given the suffix, prefix, and combining term the learners will define medical
terms that relate to the respiratory system

3. Respiratory System

4. Respiratory System
 nose: lined with mucous membrane and fine hairs; acts as a filter to moisten
and warm the entering air
 pharynx (throat): serves as a food and air passageway
larynx (voice box): location of the vocal cords
 trachea: passageway for air to the bronchi
 bronchus: one of two branches from the trachea, which conducts air into the
lungs, where it divides and subdivides (referred to as a bronchial tree)
 lungs: two sponge-like organs in the thoracic cavity (right lung has three
lobes; left lung has two lobes

5. Respiratory prefixes, and combining
terms
 Nose- nas/o, rhin/o
 Pharynx- pharyng/o.
 Larynx- laryng/o
 Trachea- trache/o
 Bronchi- Bronch/o
 Lungs- pneum/o

6. Respiratory System Suffixes and medical
terminology
 -itis- inflammation of
 -stenosis- narrowing
 -algia- pain
Terms of Respiratory System built from word parts
 Rhinitis- inflammation of the nose
 Pharyngitis- inflammation of the pharynx
 Laryngitis- inflammation of the larynx
 Tracheostenosis- narrowing of the trachea
 Bronchitis- inflammation of the bronchi

7. Review Question
 Which term means inflammation of the lung?
1. Phlebitis
2. Pneumonitis
3. Bronchitis
4. Rhinitis