respiratory system

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Total cards: 19•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

bronch/o

Back (Answer)

bronchus, bronchial tube

Front (Question)

cyan/o

Back (Answer)

blue

Front (Question)

laryng/o

Back (Answer)

larynx, voice box

Front (Question)

-oxia

Back (Answer)

oxygen levels

Front (Question)

oxy-

Back (Answer)

sharp, acute

Front (Question)

pleur/o

Back (Answer)

pleura, serous membrane which enfolds the lungs, pleural cavity (chest)

Front (Question)

pneum/o

Back (Answer)

lung, air

Front (Question)

pulmon/o

Back (Answer)

lung

Front (Question)

thorac/o

Back (Answer)

chest

#10

Front (Question)

trache/o

Back (Answer)

trachea, windpipe

#11

Front (Question)

what is carbon dioxide?

Back (Answer)

a metabolic waste product

#12

Front (Question)

where does the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place?

Back (Answer)

between tiny air sacs of lungs & bloodstream

#13

Front (Question)

what is the pharynx?

Back (Answer)

throat

#14

Front (Question)

what is the larynx?

Back (Answer)

voice box

#15

Front (Question)

what is the windpipe?

Back (Answer)

trachea

#16

Front (Question)

what cavity filters, warms, and humidifies air breathed in?

Back (Answer)

nasal cavity

#17

Front (Question)

what 2 organs direct air to the trachea?

Back (Answer)

pharynx & larynx

#18

Front (Question)

what is a function of the trachea?

Back (Answer)

allows air to travel to and from the lungs

#19

Front (Question)

what is a passageway for air to the lungs?

Back (Answer)

bronchial tubes