Respiratory System Flashcards
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adenoid/o
A
adenoids
2
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alveol/o
A
alveolus, air sacs
3
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atel/o
A
incomplete
4
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bronchiol/o
A
bronchioles, little bronchi
5
Q
bronch/i, bronch/o
A
bronchus
6
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
7
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laryng/o
A
larynx, voice box
8
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lob/o
A
lobe
9
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muc/o
A
mucus
10
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nas/o, rhin/o
A
nose
11
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olfact/o
A
smell
12
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or/o
A
mouth
13
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ox/o, ox/i, ox/y
A
oxygen
14
Q
pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o
A
chest
15
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pharyng/o
A
pharynx, throat
16
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phren/o
A
diaphragm
17
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phon/o
A
sound, voice
18
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pleur/a, pleur/o
A
pleura, pleural cavity
a fluid filled space that surrounds the lungs.
19
Q
pneumon/o, pulmon/o,
pneumat/o, pneum/o
A
lungs, air, respiration
20
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sept/o
A
partition
21
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sinus/o
A
sinus
22
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spir/o
A
breathing
23
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thorac/o
A
pleural cavity, chest
24
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tonsill/o
A
tonsils
25
trache/o
trachea, windpip
26
eu-
well, good
27
pneu-
lungs, air
28
-capnia
carbon dioxde
29
-ectasis
stretch, dilate, enlargement
30
-graphy
process of recording, producing images
31
-meter
measure
32
-oxia
oxygen
33
-phonia
voice
34
-plegia
paralysis
35
-pnea
breathing
36
-ptysis
spitting
37
-thorax
pleural cavity, chest
38
Aspiration
The process of taking substances in or out by means of suction
39
Asthma
A disease of the bronchi characterized by wheezing, dyspnea and a feeling of constriction in the chest
40
Croup
A respiratory disease characterized by a "barking" cough, dyspnea, hoarseness and laryngeal spasm
41
Epistaxis
Nosebleed
42
Heimlich maneuver
A technique for removing a foreign body (usually a bolus of food) that is blocking the trachea
43
Nares
The nostrils
44
Pertussis
Whooping cough
45
Pneumonia
Inflammation of the lung caused by bacteria, viruses or chemical irritants
46
Rale/Crackle
An abnormal sound heard on auscultation of the chest, a crackling, rattling or bubbling sound
47
Sputum
Spit
48
Rhonchus
An abnormal sound heard on auscultation of an airway obstruction by thick secretions; a continuous, rumbling spun
49
Wheeze
A form of rhonchi, characterized by a high-pitched, or low-pitched musical quality
50
CF
Cystic fibrosis
51
CO2
Carbon dioxide
52
COLD
Chronic obstructive lung disease
53
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
54
O2
Oxygen
55
SIDS
Sudden infant death syndrome
56
SOB
Shortness of breath
57
T and A
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
58
TB
Tuberculosis
