Respiratory System Flashcards
(35 cards)
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bronch/o
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bronchus
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laryng/o
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larynx
3
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pharang/o
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pharynx
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phren/o
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diaphragm
5
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phrenic/o
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phrenic nerve
6
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pleur/o
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pleura
7
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pneum/o, pneumat/o
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air, gas, respiration, lung
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pulm/o, pulmon/o
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lungs
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rhin/o
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nose
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spir/o
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breathing
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trache/o
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trachea
12
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What are the components to the respiratory system?
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nose nasal cavity pharynx larynx trachea bronchi bronchi branches
13
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nose
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provides an airway to breath
serves as a resonating chamber for speech
houses smell receptors
14
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pharynx
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the pharynx is divided into three regions
- nasopharynx: air passageway
- oropharynx: air and food passageway
- laryngopharynx: air and food passageway
15
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larynx
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- aka the voice box
- helps to provide an open airway
- acts as a switching mechanism to route air and food into proper channels
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trachea
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- the trachea is in the mediastinal region and splits into two bronchi that enter the lungs
- 3 lobes in the right lung and two lobes in the left lung
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bronchi
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- smallest branches are bronchioles, and bronchioles narrow until they end in a tiny pouch called the alveolar sac
- gasses are exchanged and oxygenate blood
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bronchiolitis
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inflammation of the bronchioles
19
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bronchoscope
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instrument used to examine the bronchi
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carina
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- projection of the lowest tracheal cartilage where the trachea separates into two bronchi
- used as a landmark for endoscopy (bronchoscopy)
- most sensitive area of the trachea and larynx for triggering a cough reflex
21
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COPD
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- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- any group of chronic, progressive, and debilitative respiratory diseases (emphysema, asthma, bronchitis, etc)
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dyspnea
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difficulty breathing
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hemothorax
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presence of blood in pleural space
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hypernea
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rapid or excessive breathing
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lobectomy
surgical excision of a lobe of the lung
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orthopnea
difficulty breathing unless upright or in a straight position
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pneumothorax
collection of air in the chest or pleural cavity
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rales (crackles)
abnormal chest sounds heard when air enters small airways or alveoli containing fluid typically during inspiration
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rhinorrhea
discharge from the nose
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ronchus
rale or rattling sound in the throat or bronchial tube caused by obstructed or inflamed bronchi
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tachypnea
fast or rapid breathing
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thoracotomy
surgical incision into the chest wall
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thoracentisis
removal of fluid from the pleural cavity via surgical puncture; pleural tap
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wheeze
whistling sound usually caused by air passageway obstruction, common in asthmatics
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What codes are used for surgical procedures of the respiratory system?
Codes 30000-32999
