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Chapter 8: Respiratory System Flashcards

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epiglottis

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epligott/o flap in mouth

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nose

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nas/o, rhin/o

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larynx

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laryng/o (voice box)

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pharynx

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pharyng/o throat

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alveoli

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alveol/o (balloon shaped air sacs)

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bronchi, bronchus

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bronch/o, bronchi/o (airway)

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lobe

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lob/o (lungs have five lobes, two on the left and three on the right, the right has an extra middle lobe)

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pleura

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pleur/o a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines interior walls of the chest cavity

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lungs

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pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o

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diaphragm

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phren/o

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trachea

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trache/o (windpipe)

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oxygen

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ox/i, ox/o

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to breathe

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spir/o

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imperfect or incomplete

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atel/o

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dust

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coni/o

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embolus (moving blood clot)

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embol/o

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breathing suffix

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-pnea

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silica

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silic/o

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sameness

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home/o

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little

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-ole

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voice

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phon/o

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speech

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phas/o

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SOB

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shortness of breathe

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COPD

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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CPAP

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Continuous positive airway pressure

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SIDS

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Sudden infant death syndrome

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URI

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Upper Respiratory tract Infection

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crx

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Chest X-ray

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alveolar

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membrane where gas exchange surface, surrounded by capillaries

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alveolar

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membrane where gas exchange surface, surrounded by capillaries

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alveolar

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membrane where gas exchange surface, surrounded by capillaries

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dysphonia

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dis orders of the voice

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aspiration

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something goes down the wrong air ways but isn’t completely blocked like chocking

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bronchoscopy

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a procedure that lets doctors look at your lungs and air passages by using a bronchoscope

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intranasal

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within the nose

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laryngography

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process of viewing inside the throat (endoscopy)

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pharyngitis

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inflammation of the pharynx

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asphyxiation

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the state in which you are being deprived of oxygen

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inhalation

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inhaling or breathing in

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bronchoconstriction

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narrowing of the airways

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phrenic

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pertaining to the diaphragm

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exhalation

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exhaling

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hemothorax

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blood in the chest wall and the lung

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