Respiratory System Flashcards

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1
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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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alveol/o

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alveolus

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atel/o

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imperfect, incomplete

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bronch/o

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bronchus

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bronchi/o

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bronchus

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capn/o

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carbon dioxide

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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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hem/o

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lob/o

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lobe

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muc/o

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mucus

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nas/o

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nost

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orth/o

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straight

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ox/i

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oxygen

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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18
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phon/o

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sound, voice

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19
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phren/o

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diaphragm

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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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pneumat/o

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lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

25
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py/o

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pus

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radi/o

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x-rays, ionzing radiation

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respir/o

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breath, breathing

28
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rhin/o

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nose

29
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sept/o

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septum

30
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sinus/o

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sinus

31
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somn/o

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sleep

32
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son/o

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sound

33
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spir/o

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breathe, breathing

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thorac/o

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thorax, chest cavity

35
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tom/o

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to cut, section, slice

36
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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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trache/o

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trachea

38
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-algia

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pain

39
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-cele

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hernia, protrusion

40
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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

41
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-ectasis

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stretching out, dilation, expansion

42
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-ectomy

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excision, cut out

43
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-emia

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in the blood

44
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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

45
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-gram

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to record, radiographic image

46
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-meter

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instrument used to measure

47
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-metry

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measurement

48
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-oid

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resembling

49
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-pexy

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surgical fixation, suspension

50
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-plasty

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surgical repair

51
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-pnea

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breathing

52
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-rrhagia

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rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding

53
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-spasm

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sudden involuntary muscle contraction, spasmodic contraction

54
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-stenosis

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constriction, narrowing

55
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-stomy

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creation of an artificial opening

56
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-thorax

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chest, chest cavity

57
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-tomy

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cut into, incision

58
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-tome

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instrument used to cut