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Medical Terminology Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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instrument used for examining

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scope

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voice box

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larynx

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“nas/o, rhin/o” means

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nose

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throat

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pharynx

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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tonsil/o

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tonsils

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alveol/o

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alveolus

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bronchi/o, bronch/o

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bronchus

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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air, lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-osmia

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smell

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-pnea

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breathing

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction, twitching

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-thorax

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chest

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-ia

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a condition

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inflammation of both lungs

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pneumonia

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hyp

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low

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temporary cessation of breathing

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apnea

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bluish discoloration of skin

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cyanosis

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plasty

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surgical repair

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aerophagia

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swallowing air

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-therapy

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treatment

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myc

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fungus

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CA

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cancer

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plegia

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paralysis

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-scope

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instrument to examine

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neo

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new

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pathy

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disease

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malacia

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softening

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clusters of air sacs at the end of the bronchi

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alveoli

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breathe in air (inhale)

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external respiration

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exchange of gases

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internal respiration

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centesis

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surgical puncture

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lob

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lobe

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a-

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without, not

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult

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eu-

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good, normal

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tachy-

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rapid

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dyspnea

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painful or difficult breathing

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phren/o

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mind, diaphragm

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breathing air into the lungs

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inspiration

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breathing air out the lungs

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expiration

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during inspiration, the diaphragm

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descends

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during expiration, the diaphragm

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ascends

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muc/o

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mucus

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COPD

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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emphys/o

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inflate

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TB

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tuberculosis

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plasm

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formation, growth

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or/o

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mouth

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orth/o

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straight

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carcin/o

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cancer

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spir/o

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breathe

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poly

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many

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MRI

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magnetic resonance imaging

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Dx

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diagnosis

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HF

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heart failure

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PE

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pulmonary embolism

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