Chapter 8: Respiratory System Flashcards
epiglottis
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.
nose
nas/o rhin/o
larynx
laryng/o voice box
pharynx
pharyng/o throat
alveoli
alvol/o
air sacs where gas is exchanged
bronchi
bronch/o bronchi/o
main air passage The trachea, also called the windpipe, branches into a bronchus in each lung.
bronchiole
bronchiol/o
smaller air passages that lead to alveoli
alveoli
alveol/o
tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs in your lungs. The function of the alveoli is to move oxygen and carbon dioxide
lobe
lobe
The right lung has three lobes, whereas the left lung has only two lobes where gas is exchanged
pleura
pleur/o
(There are two) consists of a two-layered membrane that covers each lung.
pneum/o
lungs or air
lungs
plum/o pulmon/o pneumon/o
phren/o
diaphragm
trachea
trache/o the windpipe
oxygen
ox/o ox/i
spir/o
to breathe
atel/o
imperfect or incomplete
coni/o
dust
embolus
embol/o
moving clot
-pnea
breathing
silica
silic/o
crystals travel through their mouth and nose and deep into the lungs
home/o
sameness
-ole
little
alveolar
pertaining to the alveoli