Chapter 11 Flashcards
Respiration
The sum of inspiration and expiration
Upper respiratory tract
Nose and nasal cavity
Pharynx
Trachea
Bronchi
Lungs
Bronchioles
Alveoli
Accessional structure
Pleura (parietal and visceral)
Diaphragm
Pleura
Made up of visceral (inner) and parietal (outer) layers
Border the lungs keeping them in place
Provides fluid to maintain suction to inflate the lungs and lubricate them to enable them to move freely
ALVE-
Hollow, cavity
AMYGDAL-
Tonsil
ANTHRAC- / ANTHRAX-
Coal, anthrax
BACILL-
Bacillus
BACTER- / BACTERI-
Bacterium
BRONCH- / BRONCHI-
Bronchus
DIPLO-
Double
GLOTT-
Glottis
CAPN-
Carbon dioxide
COCC- / -COCCUS
A type of bacterium in spherical form
CONI- /KONI-
Dust
LARYNX- /LARYNG-
Larynx
LOB-
Lobe
PARESIS-
Slackening of strength, paralysis
PHARYNX- / PHARYNG-
Throat
PHYS-(II)
Air, gas
PLEUR-
Pleura (side)
PNEUM- / PNEUMAT-
Air, gas
PNEUM- / PNEUMON-
Lung
SEP-
Be infected
SIDER-
Iron
STAPHYL-
Uvula, palate
STAXIA- / -STAXIS
Dripping, oozing of blood
STREPT-
Streptococci (microorganisms forming twisted chains)
SUD- / SUDOR-
Sweat
THORAC- / THORAX-
Chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax
TONSILL-
Tonsil
TRACH- / TRACHE- / TRACHY-
Trachea (rough)
TUBER-
A swelling
TUSS-
Cough
VIR- / VIRU-
Virus
Tonsillitis
Inflammation of a tonsil
Amygdalotome
An instrument for excision of a tonsil
Lobules of the lung
Units of the lung consisting of a respiratory bronchioles and it’s branches
Pneumocentesis
Surgical puncture of a lung
Pneumohaemia
Presence of air in the blood
Septigravida
Someone who has been pregnant several times
Septipara
Someone who has given birth 7 times