Endocrine And Respiratory Flashcards
(99 cards)
1
Q
CO2
A
Carbon dioxide
2
Q
COPD
A
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
3
Q
CPR
A
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
4
Q
CXR
A
Chest X ray
5
Q
DNR
A
Do not resuscitate
6
Q
ENT
A
Ear, Nose, and throat
7
Q
O2
A
Oxygen
8
Q
PE
A
Pulmonary Embolism
9
Q
R
A
Respirations per minute
10
Q
SIDS
A
sudden infant death syndrome
11
Q
SOB
A
Shortness of breath
12
Q
TB
A
Tuberculosis
13
Q
TPR
A
Temperature, pulse, respiration
14
Q
URI
A
Upper respiratory infection
15
Q
a- an-
A
Not without
16
Q
-al
A
Pertaining to
17
Q
-capnia
A
Carbon dioxide
18
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical puncture
19
Q
-dynia
A
Pain, painful
20
Q
dys-
A
Bad, painful, difficult
21
Q
-eal
A
Pertaining to
22
Q
-ectasis
A
Expansion, dilation, stretching
23
Q
Epi-
A
Upon
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Q
eu-
A
True, good, normal
25
-itis
Inflammation
26
-meter
To measure
27
-osis
Any condition
28
-oxia
Pertaining to oxygen
29
-plasty
Surgical repair
30
-pnea
Breathe
31
-spasm
Involuntary contractions
32
Re-
Again, back
33
rrhea
Discharge, flow
34
Aer/o
Air
35
alveol/o
Small hollow cavity
36
bronch/i
bronchus, airway
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole, small bronchus
38
cyan/o
Blue
39
epiglott/o
epiglottis, cartilage convering the larynx
40
gloss/o
Tongue
41
Laryng/o
Larynx
42
nas/o
Nose, nasal
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or/o
Mouth
44
pharyng/o
pharynx, throat
45
phren/o
diaphragm
46
pleur/o
lung, rib area
47
pneum/o
lungs, air
48
pneumon/o
Lungs
49
pulmon/o
Lung
50
rhin/o
Nose
51
spir/o
Breath
52
stomat/o
Mouth
53
tachy
Rapid, fast
54
BS
Blood sugar
55
DM
Diabetes mellitus
56
FBS
Fasting blood sugar
57
-ary
Pertaining to
58
-crine
To secrete
59
-ectomy
Surgical removal
60
-emia
Blood condition
61
eu-
Good, normal
62
-genic
To produce
63
hyper-
Above, more than normal
64
hypo-
Below, less than normal
65
-itis
Inflammation
66
-lytic
Destruction
67
-malacia
Softening
68
-megaly
Enlarged
69
-oid
Resembling, like
70
-oma
Tumor
71
-Osis
Any condition
72
Para-
Beyond, beside, near
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-pathy
Disease
74
-phagia
Eating
75
-Plasia
Formation, growth
76
Poly-
Many, excess
77
-tropic
Influencing , affect
78
-uria
Urine
79
acr/o
Extremity
80
Aden/o
Gland
81
adren/o
Adrenal gland
82
calc/I
Lime, stone, or calcium
83
cortic/o
cortex or outer layer of a gland
84
dips/o
Thirst
85
end/o
Inside
86
Endocrin/o
Internal secretion
87
ex/o
Outside
88
gluc/o
Glucose, sugar, sweat
89
glyc/o
Glycogen, sugar, sweat
90
Hormone
To excite
91
Kal/i
Potassium
92
natr/i
Calcium
93
pancreat/o
Pancreas
94
phag/o
Eating
95
pineal/o
pineal gland, pine cone shaped
96
pituit/o
pituitary gland
97
thym/o
thymus gland
98
thyr/o
thyroid gland
99
toxic
Toxic, poison
