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Chapter 12: Respiratory System Flashcards

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adenoid/o

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adenoid

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alveol/o

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alveolus, air sac

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bronch/o, bronchi/o

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bronchus

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bronchiol/o

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bronchioles, small bronchus

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capn/o

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carbon dioxide

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coni/o

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dust

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cyan/o

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blue

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lob/o

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lobe (of lung)

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose

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orth/o

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straight, upright

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pector/o

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chest

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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phon/o

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voice

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phren/o

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diaphragm

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pleur/o

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pleura

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spir/o

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breath, breathing

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tel/o

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complete

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thorac/o

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chest

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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-ema

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-osmia

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-pnea

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-ptysis

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-sphyxia

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-thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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auscultation

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listening, hearing

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percussion

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rales

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crackling sounds heard on inspiration

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rhonchi

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low rumbling sounds hearing on auscultation

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sputum

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material expelled fro the bronchi, lungs, or upper respiratory tract by spitting

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stridor

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strained, high-pitched sounds heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in pharynx or larynx

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wheezes

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continuous high-pitched whistling sounds produced during breathing

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croup

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acute viral infection with obstruction of larynx, accompanied by barking cough and stridor

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diphtheria

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acute infection of throat and upper respiratory tract caused by the diphtheria bacterium

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epistaxis

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pertussis

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whooping cough, bacterial infection of pharynx, larynx, and trachea caused by Bordetella bacterium

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asthma

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chronic bronchial inflammation disorder with airway obstruction due to bronchial edema and constriction, and increased mucus production

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bronchiectasis

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chronic dilation of bronchus (secondary to infection)

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chronic bronchitis

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inflammation of bronchi over a long time

45
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cystic fibrosis (bronchial disorder)

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inherited disorder to exocrine glands resulting in thick mucinous secretion in the respiratory tract that do not drain normally

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atelectasis

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incomplete expansion of alveoli

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emphysema

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hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls

48
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pneumonectomy

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lung cancer

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penumonoconious

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caused by dust in lungs: chronic inflammation, infection, and bronchitis

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pneumonia

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acute inflammation and infection of alveoli, which fill with pus or productions of inflammatory reaction

  • community acquired
  • hospital acquired
  • aspiration pneumonia
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pulmonary abscess (lung disease)

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large collection of pus (from a bacterial infection)

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pulmonary edema (lung disease)

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fluid in air sacs and bronchioles (most frequently found in congestive heart failure, because heart can’t pump blood satisfactorily)

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pulmonary embolism (lung disease)

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clot (or other material) lodges in vessels of lung

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pulmonary fibrosis (lung disease)

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formation of scar tissue in the connective tissue of lungs

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tuberculosis (lung disease)

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infection disease caused by M. Tuberculosis

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mesothelioma (pleural disorder)

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rare malignant tumor which forms in lining of pleura, caused by exposure to asbestos

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pleural effusion (pleural disorder)

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abnormal accumulation of fluid in pleural space (r/t infection, tumors and fluid form heart failure, embolism, cirrhosis)

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pleurisy (pleural disorder)

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inflammation of the pleura: symptoms are pleurodynia, dyspnea

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pneumothorax

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collection of air in the pleural space

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