Chapter 5 Flashcards by Jenna Owens | Brainscape

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Son/o

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Sound

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Radi/o

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X-rays; ionizing radiation

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Sinus/o

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Sinus

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Sept/o

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Septum (wall off, fence)

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Somn/o

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Sleep

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Py/o

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Pus

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Pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o

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Lung, air

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Adenoid/o

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Adenoids

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Lob/o

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Lobe

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Atel/o

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Imperfect; incomplete

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Tonsill/o

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Tonsil

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Thorac/o

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Thorax, chest, chest cavity

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Pleur/o

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Pleura

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Pharyng/o

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Pharynx

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Orth/o

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Straight

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Trache/o

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Trachea

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Muc/o

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Mucus

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Tom/o

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To cut, section, or slice

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Spir/o

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Breathe, breathing

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Phon/o

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Sound, voice

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Ox/i

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Oxygen

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Nas/o, Rhin/o

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Nose

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Hem/o, hemat/o

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Blood

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Diaphragmat/o, phren/o

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Diaphragm

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Bronchi/o, bronch/o

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Bronchus

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Alveol/o

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Alveolus

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Laryng/o

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Larynx

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Epiglott/o

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Epiglottis

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Capn/o

A

Carbon dioxide

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Endo-

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Within

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A-, an-

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Absence of, without

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Eu-

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Normal, good

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Poly-

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Many, much

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Tachy-

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Fast, rapid

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-ectasia

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Stretching out, dilatation, expansion

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-cele

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Hernia or protrusion

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-algia

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Pain

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-ar, -ary, -eal

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Pertaining to

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to aspirated fluid (with a sterile needle)

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-emia

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In the blood

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-graph

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Instrument used to record, record

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-meter

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Instrument used to measure

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation, suspension

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-rrhagia

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Rapid flow of blood

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-gram

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Record, radiographic image

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-graphy

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Process of recording, radiographic imagining

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-metry

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Measurement

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-scope

A

Instrument used for visual examination

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-thorax

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Chest, chest cavity

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-stenosis

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Constriction or narrowing

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-Scopic

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Pertaining to visual examination

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-spasm

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Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

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-tomy

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Cut into, incision

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-stomy

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Creation of an artificial opening