Chapter 9: The Respiratory System Flashcards
1
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alvel/o
A
air sac, alveolus
2
Q
bronch/o, bronch/i
A
airway, bronchus
3
Q
hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
4
Q
laryng/o
A
voice box, larynx
5
Q
lob/o
A
a rounded part, lobe
6
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
7
Q
nas/o
A
nose
8
Q
ox/i
A
oxygen
9
Q
pharyng/o
A
throat, pharynx
10
Q
phragm/o, phragmat/o
A
partition
11
Q
pleur/o
A
rib, pleura
12
Q
pneum/o, pneumon/o
A
air, lung
13
Q
pulmon/o
A
lung
14
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
15
Q
sept/o
A
putrefying; wall, partition
16
Q
sinus/o
A
cavity
17
Q
thorac/o
A
chest, thorax
18
Q
trache/o
A
windpipe, trachea
19
Q
a-, an-
A
without, absence of
20
Q
brady-
A
slow
21
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dys-
A
bad, abnormal, painful, difficult
22
Q
epi-
A
upon, over, above, on top
23
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eu-
A
normal, good
24
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hyper-
A
excessive, abnormally high, above
25
hypo-
deficient, abnormally low, below
26
tachy-
rapid, fast
27
capn/o
carbon dioxide
28
orth/o
straight
29
-algia
condition of pain
30
-dynia
condition of pain
31
-emia
condition of blood
32
-oxia
condition of oxygen
33
-phonia
condition of sound or voice
34
-pnea
breath
35
-ptysis
to cough up
36
-rrhagia
abnormal discharge
37
-spasm
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
38
-staxis
dripping
39
atel/o
incomplete
40
carcin/o
cancer
41
coccidioid/o
coccidioides immitis (a fungus)
42
coni/o
dust
43
cyst/o
bladder, sac
44
embol/o
plug
45
fibr/o
fiber
46
glott/o
opening into the windpipe
47
myc/o
fungus
48
py/o
pus
49
sinus/o
cavity
50
sphyx/o
pulse
51
sten/o
narrow
52
tonsill/o
almond, tonsil
53
tubercul/o
little swelling
54
-al
pertaining to
55
-ary
pertaining to
56
-ectasis
expansion, dilation
57
-genic
pertaining to producing, forming
58
-ia
condition of
59
-ic
pertaining to
60
-ism
condition or disease
61
-itis
inflammation
62
-oma
tumor
63
-osis
condition of
64
anti-
against, opposite of
65
endo-
within
66
aden/o
gland
67
angi/o
blood vessel
68
dilat/o
to widen
69
ot/o
ear
70
spir/o
breathe
71
-centesis
surgical puncture
72
-ectomy
surgical excision, removal
73
-gram
a record or image
74
-graphy
recording process
75
-ion
process
76
-meter
measure, measuring instrument
77
-metry
measurement, process of measuring
78
-oid
resembeling
79
-plasty
surgical repair
80
-scope
instrument used for viewing
81
-scopy
process of viewing
82
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
83
-tomy
incision, to cut
84
ABGs
arterial blood gases
85
AFB
acid-fast bacilli smear
86
ARDS
adult (acute) respiratory distress syndrome
87
CF
cystic fibrosis
88
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
89
CPAP
continuous positive airway pressure device
90
CPR
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
91
CXR
chest x-ray
92
ENT
ear, nose, throat specialist
93
NRDS
neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
94
NSCLC
non-small cell lung cancer
95
PE
pulmonary embolism
96
PPD
purified protein derivative
97
PFTs
pulmonary function tests
98
RDS
respiratory distress syndrome
99
SARS
severe acute respiratory syndrome
100
SCLC
small cell lung cancer
101
SOB
shortness of breath
102
TB
tuberculosis
103
URI
upper respiratory infection
104
V/Q scan
ventilation-perfusion scanning
