Ch 10 - the Respiratory System - Subjective and Roots Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
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adenoid/o
A
adenoid
2
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
3
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nas/o rhin/o
A
nose
4
Q
laryng/o
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larynx
5
Q
pharyng/o
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pharynx
6
Q
trache/o
A
trachea
7
Q
sept/o
A
septum
8
Q
sin/o sinus/o
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sinus
9
Q
pneumo/o pneumat/o pneumon/o
A
air or lung
10
Q
pulmon/o
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lungs
11
Q
lob/o
A
lobe
12
Q
broch/o bronchi/o
A
bronchus
13
Q
bronchiol/o
A
bronchiole
14
Q
alveol/o
A
alveolus
15
Q
stern/o
A
sternum
16
Q
cost/o
A
rib
17
Q
thorac/o pector/o steth/o
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chest
18
Q
pleur/o
A
pleura
19
Q
phren/o
A
diaphragm
20
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
21
Q
spir/o -pnea
A
breathing
22
Q
capn/o carb/o
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carbon dioxide
23
Q
apnea
A
cessation of breathing
24
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eupnea
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good/normal breathing
25
tachypnea
rapid breating
26
bradypnea
slow breathing
27
hypopnea
shallow breathing
28
hyperpnea
heavy breathing
29
dyspnea
difficulty breathing
30
orthopnea
able to breath only in upright position
31
hyperventilation
overbreathing; condition of having too much air flowing in and out of lungs; leads to hypocapnia
32
hypoventilation
underbreathing; condition of having too little air flow in and out of lungs; leads to hypercapnia
33
dysphonia
bad voice condition (also known as horseness)
34
epistaxis
nosebleed
35
rhinorrhagia
excessive blood flow from the nose (another term for nosebleed)
36
rhinorrhea
runny nose
37
bronchospasm
involuntary contraction of the bronchus
38
phrenospasm
involuntary contraction of the diaphragm (also known as hiccups)
39
pleuralgia
pain in pleura
40
pleurodynia
pain in pleura
41
thoracalgia
chest pain
42
bronchorrhea
discharge from the bronchi
43
expectoration
coughing or spitting material out of the lungs
44
hemoptysis
coughing up blood
45
sputum
mucus discharged from lungs by coughing
