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Ch 10 - the Respiratory System - Subjective and Roots Flashcards

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adenoid/o

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adenoid

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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nas/o rhin/o

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nose

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laryng/o

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larynx

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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trache/o

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trachea

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sept/o

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septum

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sin/o sinus/o

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sinus

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pneumo/o pneumat/o pneumon/o

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air or lung

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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lob/o

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lobe

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broch/o bronchi/o

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bronchus

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole

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alveol/o

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alveolus

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stern/o

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sternum

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cost/o

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rib

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thorac/o pector/o steth/o

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chest

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pleur/o

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pleura

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phren/o

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ox/o

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spir/o -pnea

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capn/o carb/o

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carbon dioxide

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apnea

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cessation of breathing

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eupnea

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good/normal breathing

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tachypnea

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rapid breating

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bradypnea

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slow breathing

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hypopnea

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shallow breathing

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hyperpnea

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heavy breathing

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dyspnea

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difficulty breathing

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orthopnea

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able to breath only in upright position

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hyperventilation

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overbreathing; condition of having too much air flowing in and out of lungs; leads to hypocapnia

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hypoventilation

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underbreathing; condition of having too little air flow in and out of lungs; leads to hypercapnia

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dysphonia

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bad voice condition (also known as horseness)

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epistaxis

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rhinorrhagia

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excessive blood flow from the nose (another term for nosebleed)

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rhinorrhea

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runny nose

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bronchospasm

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involuntary contraction of the bronchus

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phrenospasm

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involuntary contraction of the diaphragm (also known as hiccups)

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pleuralgia

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pain in pleura

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pleurodynia

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pain in pleura

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thoracalgia

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chest pain

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bronchorrhea

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discharge from the bronchi

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expectoration

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coughing or spitting material out of the lungs

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hemoptysis

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coughing up blood

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sputum

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mucus discharged from lungs by coughing

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