| A | B |
| combining form: chest/thorax | thorac/o (for "pertaining to", use -ic) |
| combining form: heart | cardi/o (for "pertaining to", use -ac) |
| combining form: blood vessels | angi/o |
| combining form: artery | arteri/o (for "pertaining to", use -al) |
| combining form: vein (short form) | ven/o (for "pertaining to", use -ous) |
| combining form: vein (longer form) | phleb/o |
| combining form: voice box | laryng/o (for "pertaining to", use -eal) |
| combining form: windpipe | trache/o (for "pertaining to", use -al) |
| combining form: breathing tubes | bronch/o (for "pertaining to", use -ial) |
| combining form: lungs | pulmon/o (for "pertaining to", use -ary) |
| combining form: membrane covering lungs | pleur/o (noun = pleura) |
| combining form: breathing | pne/o (suffix = -pnea) |
| combining form: electricity | electr/o |
| suffix: imaged/written record | -gram |
| suffix: instrument to record | -graph |
| suffix: process of recording | -graphy or o/graphy |
| suffix: flow; discharge; runny | -rrhea |
| suffix: rupture | -rrhexis |
| suffix: suture/sew | -rrhaphy |
| suffix: involuntary contraction | -spasm |
| suffix: narrowing; stricture | -stenosis |
| suffix: surgical puncture | -centesis |
| pertaining to the chest | thorac/ic |
| pertaining to the heart | cardi/ac |
| pertaining to artery | arteri/al |
| pertaining to vein | ven/ous |
| pertaining to voice box | laryng/eal |
| pertaining to windpipe | trach/eal |
| pertaining to breathing tubes | bronch/ial |
| pertaining to lungs | pulmon/ary |
| pertaining to membrane covering lungs | pleur/al |