| A | B |
|---|
| Term for breathing slower than 12 breaths per minute | Bradypnea |
| Breathing faster than 20 breaths per minute | Tachypnea |
| Deep breathing, faster than 20 breaths per minute | Hyperpnea |
| Regular breathing at a rate of 12-20 breaths per minute | Normal |
| Muscular wall that separates the abdomen from the thoracic cavity | diaphragm |
| Means mind or diaphragm | phren/o |
| Membrane surrounding each lung | pleura |
| Inflammation of the pleura | pleurisy |
| Combining form for alveolus | alveol/o |
| Combining form for bronchus | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
| Combining form for bronchiole | bronchiol/o |
| Combining form for epiglottis | epiglott/o |
| Combining form for larynx | laryng/o |
| Combining form for lobe | lob/o |
| Combining form for nose | nas/o, rhin/o |
| Combining form for diaphragm | phren/o |
| Combining form for pleura | pleur/o |
| Combining form for pharynx | pharyng/o |
| Combining form for lung | pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulm/o pulmon/o |
| Combining form for chest | thorac/o |
| Combining form for trachea | trache/o |
| Combining form for breathe | spir/o |
| Suffix for measurement | metry (hyphen not shown) |
| Less than normal oxygen | hypoxia |
| Absence of oxygen | anoxia |
| State of equilibrium | homeostasis |
| Combining form for sameness | home/o |
| Suffix for controlling | stasis (hyphen not shown) |
| Suffix meaning breathing | pnea (hyphen not shown) |
| Prefix meaning difficult | dys- |
| Combining form meaning straight | orth/o |
| Prefix meaning normal | eu- |
| Prefix meaning slow | brady- |
| Prefix meaning more than normal | hyper- |
| Prefix meaning fast | tachy- |
| Prefix meaning across | trans- |
| Suffix meaning pertaining to | eal (hyphen not shown) |
| Machine used for artificial respiration | ventilator |
| Lining of the walls of the chest cavity | pleura |
| Breathing air into the lungs | inspiration, inhalation |
