Respiratory System Flashcards

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1
Q

Aer/o-

A

Air or gas

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2
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-aria

A

Air

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3
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Asthma-

A

Panting

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4
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Atelo-

A

Incomplete, without end, imperfect ending

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5
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Brady-

A

Slow

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6
Q

Bronch/i-

A

Windpipe or trachea-like

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7
Q

Coni/o-

A

Dust

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8
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Diphter/i-

A

Membrane

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9
Q

-ectasis

A

Enlargement or dilation

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10
Q

Emphysema

A

Puffed up

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11
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Hydro-

A

Water

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12
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-isy

A

Inflamed

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13
Q

-iole

A

Small, lesser, diminutive

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14
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Laryngo-

A

Voice box

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15
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Lob/o-

A

Lobe

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16
Q

-meter

A

Measurement

17
Q

Muc/o-

A

Slime

18
Q

Os-

A

Mouth

19
Q

Pleur/o-

A

Side or rib

20
Q

-pnea

A

Breathe or breathing

21
Q

Pneum/o-

A

Lung,air, respiration

22
Q

Pulmon/o-

A

Lung

23
Q

Re-

A

Again

24
Q

Silic/o-

A

Silicon carbon particles

25
Q

Sin/o-

A

Cavity

26
Q

Sphyxi/o-

A

Pulse or lack of pulse

27
Q

Spir/o-

A

Breathe or breathing

28
Q

Tart/o-

A

Dregs, sediment, or particles

29
Q

Tubercul/o-

A

Swelling,nodule, tubercle

30
Q

-Tussis

A

Cough