Quizlet MJE- MT100 - Chapter 8 - Word Parts

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  1. -ole: little
  2. -pnea: breathing
  3. alveol/o: alveolus (pl. alveoli)
  4. alveol/o: air sacs of the lungs
  5. atel/o: imperfect
  6. bronch/o: branch of the trachea
  7. bronch/o, bronchi/o: bronchus (pl. bronchi)
  8. bronchiol/o: bronchiole
  9. coni/o: dust
  10. embol/o: embolus
  11. epiglott/o: epiglottis
  12. home/o: sameness
  13. laryng/o: larynx (voice box)
  14. laryng/o: voice box
  15. lob/o: lobe
  16. nas/o, rhin/o: nose
  17. ox/o: oxygen
  18. pharyng/o: pharynx
  19. phren/o: diaphragm
  20. pleur/o: pleura
  21. pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o: lung
  22. silic/o: silica
  23. spir/o: to breathe (sometimes, spiral)
  24. trache/o: trachea (windpipe)