chapter 7 Respiratory System - word elements Flashcards
nas/o, rhin/o
nose
sept/o
septum
sinus/o
sinus, cavity
rhinoplasty
nose job
septoplasty
correct deviated septum
sinusostomy
improve breathing or for drainage in unresponsive sinusitis
pharyng/o
pharynx
adenoid/o
adenoids
adenoidectomy
excision of the adenoids
tonsill/o
tonsils
epiglott/o
epiglottis
larnyg/o
larynx (voice box)
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
tracheoplasty
performed to correct a narrow or stinotic trachea
stinosis - narrowing
bronchi/o, bronch/o
bronchus
bronchiectasis
various lung conditions
and is commonly accomp with chronic infection
ectasis - dialation
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
alveol/o
alveolus: air sac
pleur/o
pleura
pneum/o, pneumon/o
air; lung
pulmon/o
lung
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
anthracosis
black lung disease
chronic occupational disease found in coal miners
atel/o
incomplete, imperfect
atelectasis
airless or collapsed lung
usually caused by blocked airway,
trauma to chest cavity or infection
coni/o
dust
pneumoconiosis
mineral dusts
of occupational or environmental origin
includes silicosis,
asbestosis,
anthrocosis
cyan/o
blue
lob/o
lobe
ortho/o
straight
orthopnea
discomfort in breathing that is relieved by sitting or standing in an erect position
ox/o
oxygen
hypoxemia
abnormal decrease of oxygen in arterial blood
pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o
chest
thorac/o
chest
phren/o
diaphragm, mind
spir/o
breathe
spirometer
measures the movement of air into and out of the lungs (ventilation
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-osmia
smell
anosmia
loss of smell, temporary or permanent
-phonia
voice
-pnea
breathing
-ptysis
spitting
-thorax
chest
hemoptysis
spitting up blood, dangerous condition of the lungs
hemothorax
pleural effusion containg blood usually assoc with trauma to the chest
brady-
slow
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
eu-
good, normal
tachy-
rapid
effusion
the escape of fluid into a body cavity