Certified Respiratory Therapist and Prefixes

What does the prefix chondr/o mean?

• Movement

• Joint

• Bones

• Cartilage

Which prefix mean beneath/ below?

• Infer/o

• Chondr/o

• Cost/o

• Dorso

A Certified Respiratory Therapist is responsible treating:

• Teeth and breath problems

• Lung and breathing problems

• Stomach and digestive problems

• Bone and movement problems

What does prefix dorso mean?

• Top part of your body from waist to shoulder

• Backside

  of the body closest to the spine

• Front side of your body close to rib cage

• Lower part of body including your legs

Select the job responsibilities of a certified respiratory therapist

• Treating patients with breathing problems

• Providing education to patients

• Coordinating patient's care with physician and nurse

• Operate on lungs

The prefix crani/o means

• Skull

• Face

• Neck

• Skeleton