ch.8 Flashcards
alveol/o
alveolus
bronch/o brinch/i
bronchus
bronchiol/o
bronchus
epiglott/o
epiglottis
laryng/o
larynax
nas/o
nose
orth/o
straight
pector
chest
pharyng/o
pharynx
phren/o
diaphragm
pleur/o
pleura
pneum/o
lung, air
pulmon/o
lungs
rhin/o
nose
sinus/o
sinus
spir/o
breathe, breath
tonsill/o
tonsils
thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea
anthrac/o
coal
atel/o
incomplete
coni/o
dust
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
muc/o
mucus
oxi
oxygen
py/o
pus
capnia
carbon dioxide
ectasis
stretching, dilation
meter
instrument to measure
metry
measuring
phonia
sound, voice
pnea
breathing
ptysis
coughing spitting up
rhagia
hemorrhage
rhea
copious discharge
thorax
chest
aspirate
to withdraw or suction fluid
nebulizer
mechanic device for delivering a fine spray or mist into the respiratory tract
patent
open
a
without
an
absence lack of
osis
condition
phonia
sound or voice
atel
incomplete
rhino
nose
dys
difficult
eu
normal good
ptysis
spitting up
coni
dust
py/o
pus
sputum
material coughed up from the lungs
o/stomy
creation of new opening
ary
pertaining too
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
PCP
Pneumocystis Carinil pneumonia
PFT
pulmonary function tests
RDS
respiratory distress syndrome
SOB
shortness of breath
TB
tuberculosis
URI
upper respiratory tract infection
V?Q scan
ventilation/ perfusion scan