Chapter 8: Respiratory System Flashcards

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epiglottis

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epiglottis/o
The epiglottis is a flap in the throat that keeps food from entering the windpipe and the lungs. It’s attached to the entrance of the larynx and stands open during breathing, allowing air to flow into the larynx. But during swallowing, it closes to force liquids or food into the esophagus instead.

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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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alvol/o
air sacs where gas is exchanged

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bronchi

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bronch/o bronchi/o
main air passage The trachea, also called the windpipe, branches into a bronchus in each lung.

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bronchiole

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bronchiol/o
smaller air passages that lead to alveoli

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alveoli

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alveol/o
tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs in your lungs. The function of the alveoli is to move oxygen and carbon dioxide

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lobe

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lobe
The right lung has three lobes, whereas the left lung has only two lobes where gas is exchanged

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pleura

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pleur/o
(There are two) consists of a two-layered membrane that covers each lung.

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pneum/o

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lungs or air

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lungs

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plum/o pulmon/o pneumon/o

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phren/o

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diaphragm

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trachea

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trache/o the windpipe

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oxygen

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ox/o ox/i

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16
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spir/o

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to breathe

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atel/o

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imperfect or incomplete

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coni/o

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dust

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embolus

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embol/o
moving clot

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-pnea

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breathing

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21
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silica

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silic/o
crystals travel through their mouth and nose and deep into the lungs

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home/o

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sameness

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-ole

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little

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alveolar

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pertaining to the alveoli

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25
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aspiration

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something goes down the wrong tube blocks air way but not completely like chocking

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bronchoscopy

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process of viewing the lungs and airways

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dysphonia

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speech impairment

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internasal

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inside the nose

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laryngography

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Xray of the larynx

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pharyngitis

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inflammation of the pharynx

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Rhino lithiasis

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disease in the nose Rhinolithiasis is masses that result from the deposition of salts around an intranasal foreign bod

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rhinorrhagia

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Nosebleed

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apena

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not breathing

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asphyxiation

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lack or insufficiency of oxygen in the brain

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inhalation

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in hale

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bronchoconstriction

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is the constriction of the airways in the lungs

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phrenic

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pertaining to the diaphragm

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exhalation

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ex hale

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pneumonia

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infection in the air sacs in one or both lungs

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laryngotracheobronchitis

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inflammation of the larynx trachea and bronchi

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phlegm

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the thick viscous substance secreted by the mucous membranes of the respiratory passages

42
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rhinorrhea

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runny nose

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rhinitis

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inflammation of the nose

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tracheostenosis

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narrowing of the trachea

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tachypnea

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rapid and shallow breathing

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bradypnea

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slow breathing

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ventilation

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Using artificial methods to assist breathing.

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penumoconiosis

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lung disease

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bronchodilator

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broncho dilator

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bronchoconstriction

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tightening of the broncho

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antitussive

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cough suppressant

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thoracocentesis

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remove air or fluid from the lungs

53
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sputum

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saliva and mucus produced by the lungs

54
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mucolytic

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drugs used to break up mucus

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sids

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sudden infant death syndrome

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uri

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upper raspatory tract infection

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sob

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shortness of breath

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crap

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continuous positive airway pressure

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copd

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

60
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cxr

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cheat xray