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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Paranasal Cavities

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air cavities within the cranial bones that open into the nasal cavitites

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Pharynx

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food and air passageway

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Adenoids

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lymphoid tissue located on the posterior wall of the nasal cavity

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Larynx

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location of vocal cords

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Epiglottis

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flap of cartilage that automatically covers the opening of the larynx and keeps food from entering the larynx while swallowing

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Trachea

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passageway for air to the bronchi from the larynx (windpipe)

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Bronchus

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one of the two branches from the trachea that conducts air into the lungs, where it divides and subdivdes. Bronchial tree.

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Bronchioles

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smallest subdivsion of the bronchial tree

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Alveoli

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air sacs at the end of the bronchioles

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Thorax

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chest, the part of the body between the neck and the diaphragm.

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Pleura

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double-folded serous membrane covering each lung

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mediastinum

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space between the lungs

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Diaphragm

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muscular portion that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen

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alevol/

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alveolus

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bronch/

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bronchus

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bronchi/

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Bronchus

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diaphragmat/o

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diaphragm

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lob/o

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lobes

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mediastin/o

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miedaistinum

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nas/o

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nose

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneum/o

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lung, air

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pneumon/o

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lung, air

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pulmon/o

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lung

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rhin/o

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nose

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sept/o

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septum

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sinus/o

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snius

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throac/o

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throax, chest, chest cavity

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea

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atel/o

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imcomplete, imperfect

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capn/o

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carbon dixoide

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carcin/o

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cancer

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coni/o

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dust

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hem/o

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blood

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muc/o

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mucus

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myc/o

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fungus

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orth/o

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straight

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ox/i

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oxygens

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phon/o

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sound, voice

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py/o

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pus

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somn/o

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sleep

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spri/o

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breath, breathing

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a-

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absence of, without

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an-

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absence of, without

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dys-

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painful, abnormal, diffcult, labored

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endo-

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within

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eu-

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normal, good

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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below, incomplete

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intra-

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within

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neo-

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new

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poly-

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many

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-cele

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hernia, protrusion

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to release fluit

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-desis

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surgical fusion

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis

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stretching out, dilation, cuasing

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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal

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-emia

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in the blood

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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-ia

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diseased or abnormal state, condition of

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-itis

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inflammation

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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measurement

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-oid

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resemebling

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-plasm

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growth, substance, formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptysis

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spitting, coughing

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-rrhagia

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excessive bleeding

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-scope

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instrument used for visual examination

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-scopic

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pertaining to visual examination

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-spasm

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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

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-stenosis

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constriction or narrowing

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-stomy

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creation of an artificial opening

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-thorax

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chest, chest cavity

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-tomy

A

cut into, incision

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