Chapter 7: Respiratory Flashcards
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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nas/o, rhin/o
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nose
2
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bronchiol/o
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bronchiole
3
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pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o
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chest
4
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spir/o
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breathe
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-osmia
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smell
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
8
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-logist
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specialist in the study of
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-phonia
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voice
10
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-pnea
A
breathing
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tachy-
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rapid
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atel/o
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incomplete, imperfect
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cyan/o
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blue
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ox/o, ox/i
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oxygen
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide
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-malacia
A
softening
17
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-stomy
A
forming an opening or mouth
18
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phren/o
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diaphragm, mind
19
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con/i
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dust
20
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anthrac/o
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coal, coal dust
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pneum/o, pneumon/o
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air, lung
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orth/o
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straight
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brady-
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slow
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-ptysis
spitting
25
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching-ectasis
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-ectasis
dilation, expansion
27
eu-
good, normal
28
ABG
arterial blood gases
29
CO2
carbon dioxide
30
SOB
shortness of breath
31
RDS
respiratory distress syndrome
32
TB
tuberculosis
33
T&A
tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
34
CPR
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
35
TPR
temp., pluse, respiration
36
CXR
chest x-ray, chest radiograph
37
URI
upper respiratory infection
38
O2
oxygen
39
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
40
laryng/o
larynx
41
-plegia
paralysis
42
breathing difficulty
dyspnea
