Respiratory Flashcards
1
Q
What is the trachea?
A
windpipe, breaks into primary bronchi
2
Q
What is the pharynx?
A
the throat, used by both respiratory and digestive system
3
Q
What is the larynx?
A
voice box, between pharynx and trachea and contains vocal cords
4
Q
aer/o
A
air
5
Q
alveol/o
A
alveolus
6
Q
anthrac/o
A
coal
7
Q
atel/o
A
incomplete
8
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchus
9
Q
bronchi/o
A
bronchus
10
Q
bronchiol/o
A
bronchiole
11
Q
coni/o
A
dust
12
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
13
Q
cyst/o
A
sac
14
Q
diaphragmat/o
A
diaphragm
15
Q
epiglott/o
A
epiglottis
16
Q
hal/o
A
to breathe
17
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
18
Q
lob/o
A
lobe
19
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
20
Q
nas/o
A
nasal
21
Q
ox/o or ox/i
A
oxygen
22
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx
23
Q
pleur/o
A
pleura
24
Q
pneum/o
A
lung, air
25
pneumon/o
lung, air
26
pulmon/o
lung
27
rhin/o
nose
28
sept/o
wall
29
sinus/o
sinus
30
somn/o
sleep
31
spir/o
breathing
32
trache/o
trachea
33
tuss/o
cough
34
-capnia
carbon dioxide
35
-osmia
smell
36
-phonia
voice
37
-pnea
breathing
38
-ptysis
spitting
39
-thorax
chest
