Medical Language
ISBN 1-256-09271-1 Medical Language, Second Edition, by Susan Turley. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc.
ISBN 1-256-09271-1 Medical Language, Second Edition, by Susan Turley. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Measure Your Progress: Learning Objectives
After you study this chapter, you should be able to 1. Identify the structures of the respiratory system. 2. Describe the process of respiration. 3. Describe common respiratory diseases and conditions, laboratory and diagnostic procedures, medical and surgical procedures, and drug categories. 4. Give the medical meaning of word parts related to the respiratory system. 5. Build respiratory words from word parts and divide and define respiratory words. 6. Spell and pronounce respiratory words. 7. Analyze the medical content and meaning of a pulmonology report. 8. Dive deeper into pulmonology by reviewing the activities at the end of this chapter and online at Medical Terminology Interactive.
Medical Language Key
To unlock the definition of a medical word, break it into word parts. Define each word part. Put the word part meanings in order, beginning with the suffix, then the prefix (if present), then the combining form(s).
pulmon/opulmon/omeans lung
Word Part -logy pulmon/o-
-logy
-logy means the study of
Word Part Meaning the study of lung
Figure 4-1 ■ Respiratory system. The respiratory system consists of two main organs—the lungs—and other structures connected to the lungs. These form a pathway through which air flows into and out of the body.
ISBN 1-256-09271-1
Suffix Combining Form
Pulmonology: The study of the lungs (and related structures).
Medical Language, Second Edition, by Susan Turley. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Pulmonology | Chapter 4
151
Anatomy and Physiology
The respiratory system consists of the right and left lungs and the air passageways
ISBN 1-256-09271-1 Medical Language, Second Edition, by Susan Turley. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Measure Your Progress: Learning Objectives
After you study this chapter, you should be able to 1. Identify the structures of the respiratory system. 2. Describe the process of respiration. 3. Describe common respiratory diseases and conditions, laboratory and diagnostic procedures, medical and surgical procedures, and drug categories. 4. Give the medical meaning of word parts related to the respiratory system. 5. Build respiratory words from word parts and divide and define respiratory words. 6. Spell and pronounce respiratory words. 7. Analyze the medical content and meaning of a pulmonology report. 8. Dive deeper into pulmonology by reviewing the activities at the end of this chapter and online at Medical Terminology Interactive.
Medical Language Key
To unlock the definition of a medical word, break it into word parts. Define each word part. Put the word part meanings in order, beginning with the suffix, then the prefix (if present), then the combining form(s).
pulmon/opulmon/omeans lung
Word Part -logy pulmon/o-
-logy
-logy means the study of
Word Part Meaning the study of lung
Figure 4-1 ■ Respiratory system. The respiratory system consists of two main organs—the lungs—and other structures connected to the lungs. These form a pathway through which air flows into and out of the body.
ISBN 1-256-09271-1
Suffix Combining Form
Pulmonology: The study of the lungs (and related structures).
Medical Language, Second Edition, by Susan Turley. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Pulmonology | Chapter 4
151
Anatomy and Physiology
The respiratory system consists of the right and left lungs and the air passageways