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Ch 9. Respiratory System Flashcards

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Alveol/o

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Air sac, alveolus

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Bronch/o,bronch/i

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Airway, bronchus

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Hem/o, hemat/o

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Blood

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Laryng/o

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Voice box, larynx

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Lob/o

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A rounded part, lobe

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Muc/o

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Mucus

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Nas/o

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Nose

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Ox/i

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Oxygen

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Pharyng/o

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Throat, pharynx

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Phragm/o, phragmat/o

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Partition

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Pleur/o

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Pleura,rib

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Pneum/o, pneumon/o

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Air,lung

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Sept/o

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Wall,partition

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Sinus/o

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Cavity

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Thorac/o

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Chest,thorax

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Trache/o

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Windpipe,trachea

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Upper respiratory system

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Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx

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Lower respiratory system

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Trachea, bronchial tree

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Eu-

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Normal, good

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-capnia

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Condition of carbon dioxide

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-phonia

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Condition of sound or voice

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-pnea

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Breath

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-ptysis

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To cough up

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-staxis

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Dripping

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Bronchispasm

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Narrowing of the airway b/c of spasm in bronchioles

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Cheyne-stokes respiration

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Gradual increase of deep breathing followed by shallow breathing and apnea

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Dys-

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Bad,abnormal, painful or difficult

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Dysphonia

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Hoarse voice

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Epistaxis

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Nose bleed

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Hemothorax

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Pooling of blood within the pleural cavity

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Hyperpnea

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Abnormally deep breathing, high rate

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Laryngospasm

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Closure of the glottis (opening into the larynx)

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Orthopnea

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Limited breathing when laying down

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Paroxysm

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Sudden onset of symptomatic sharp pain or a convulsion

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Sputum

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Matter coughed out of the lungs: contains mucus, inhaled particles and sometimes pus or blood

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Atel/o

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Incomplete

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Coccidioid/o

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Coccidiodes immitis ( a fungus)

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Coni/o

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Dust

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Cyst/o

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Bladder/sac

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Embol/o

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Plug

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Py/o

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Pus

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Sphyx/o

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Pulse

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Sten/o

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Narrow

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Tubercul/o

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Little swelling

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Asphyxia

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Suffocation, absence of pulse

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Asthma

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Narrowing of the bronchioles and formation of mucous plugs

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-ectasis

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Expansion/dilation

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Atelectasis

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Alveoli collapse b/c all air leaves

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Bronchiectasis

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Chronic, abnormal dilation of the bronchi

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Reduced airflow from alveoli to the lungs (COPD)

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Coryza

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Common cold

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Croup

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Common viral infection of infants w a hoarse cough

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Cystic fibrosis

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Hereditary- excess mucus production in all tracts

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Emphysema

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Chronic lung disease - chronic cough, barrel chest due to labored breathing and deterioration due to hypoxemia

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Legionellosis

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Type of pneumonia called legionnaires disease

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Pertussis

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Inflammation of larynx, trachea and bronchi causing spasmodic cough

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Effusion

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Leakage of fluid

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Pneumoconiosis

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Inflammation of lungs caused by chronic inhalation of particles

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Pulmonary edema

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Accumulation of fluid in lungs

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Pyothorax

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Plus in the pleural cavity

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-oid

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Resembling

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Spir/o

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Breathe

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Adenoidectomy

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Tonsil removal

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Aspiration

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Removal of fluid,air or foreign bodies with suction

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Auscultation

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Listening to body parts (with stethoscope)

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Expectorant

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Drug that breaks up mucus and promotes coughing

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Incentive spirometer

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Handheld device you blow in

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Lobectomy

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Removal of a lobe of lung

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Oximetry

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Measures oxygen levels

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