Chapter 8: Respiratory System Flashcards
1
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epiglottis
A
epligott/o flap in mouth
2
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nose
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nas/o, rhin/o
3
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larynx
A
laryng/o (voice box)
4
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pharynx
A
pharyng/o throat
5
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alveoli
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alveol/o (balloon shaped air sacs)
6
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bronchi, bronchus
A
bronch/o, bronchi/o (airway)
7
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lobe
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lob/o (lungs have five lobes, two on the left and three on the right, the right has an extra middle lobe)
8
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pleura
A
pleur/o a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines interior walls of the chest cavity
9
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lungs
A
pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o
10
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diaphragm
A
phren/o
11
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trachea
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trache/o (windpipe)
12
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oxygen
A
ox/i, ox/o
13
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to breathe
A
spir/o
14
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imperfect or incomplete
A
atel/o
15
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dust
A
coni/o
16
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embolus (moving blood clot)
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embol/o
17
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breathing suffix
A
-pnea
18
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silica
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silic/o
19
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sameness
A
home/o
20
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little
A
-ole
21
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voice
A
phon/o
22
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speech
A
phas/o
23
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SOB
A
shortness of breathe
24
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COPD
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
25
CPAP
Continuous positive airway pressure
26
SIDS
Sudden infant death syndrome
27
URI
Upper Respiratory tract Infection
28
crx
Chest X-ray
29
alveolar
membrane where gas exchange surface, surrounded by capillaries
29
alveolar
membrane where gas exchange surface, surrounded by capillaries
29
alveolar
membrane where gas exchange surface, surrounded by capillaries
30
dysphonia
dis orders of the voice
31
aspiration
something goes down the wrong air ways but isn't completely blocked like chocking
32
bronchoscopy
a procedure that lets doctors look at your lungs and air passages by using a bronchoscope
33
intranasal
within the nose
34
laryngography
process of viewing inside the throat (endoscopy)
35
pharyngitis
inflammation of the pharynx
36
asphyxiation
the state in which you are being deprived of oxygen
37
inhalation
inhaling or breathing in
38
bronchoconstriction
narrowing of the airways
39
phrenic
pertaining to the diaphragm
40
exhalation
exhaling
41
hemothorax
blood in the chest wall and the lung
