Chapter 4 Flashcards by Justin Olsen

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adenoid/o (Upper Respiratory Tract)

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adenoids

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laryng/o (Upper Respiratory Tract)

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larynx (voice box)

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nas/o, rhin/o (Upper Respiratory Tract)

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nose

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pharyng/o (Upper Respiratory Tract)

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pharynx (throat)

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tonsill/o (Upper Respiratory Tract)

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tonsils

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trache/o (Upper Respiratory Tract)

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trachea (windpipe)

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alveol/o (Lower Respiratory Tract)

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alveolus (plural, alveoli)

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bronchi/o, bronch/o (Lower Respiratory Tract)

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bronchus (plural, bronchi)

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bronchiol/o (Lower Respiratory Tract)

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bronchiole

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pleur/o (Lower Respiratory Tract)

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pleura

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pneum/o, pneumon/o (Lower Respiratory Tract)

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air; lung

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pulmon/o (Lower Respiratory Tract)

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lung

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thorac/o (Lower Respiratory Tract)

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chest

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-osmia

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smell

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-pnea

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breathing

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction, twitching

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-thorax

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chest

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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chondr/o

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cartilage

epiglott/o

epiglottis

or/o

mouth

ox/o

oxygen

sinus/o

sinus, cavity

spir/o

to breathe

acid/o

acid

aer/o

air

carcin/o

cancer

cyst/o

bladder

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

gastr/o

stomach

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

water

muc/o

mucus

myc/o

fungus

orth/o

straight

tom/o

to cut

-exctomy

excision, removal

-plasty

surgical repair

-emia

blood condition

-pathy

disease

-plasm

formation, growth

-al, -ic, -ous

pertaining to

-ia

condition

-ist

specialist

an-

without, not

epi-

above, upon

eu-

good, normal

hyp-, hypo-

under, below, deficient

neo-

new

peri-

around