Respiratory System Flashcards by Norma Favela

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acid/o

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acid

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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aer/o

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air

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alveol/o

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alveolus (pleural, alveloli)

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arteri/o

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artery

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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bronch/o, bronchi/o

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bronchus (plural, bronchi)

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carcin/o

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cancer

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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fibr/o

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fiber, fibrous tissue

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hem/o

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blood

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hydr/o

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water

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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melan/o

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black

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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myc/o

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fungus

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose

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or/o

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mouth

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orth/o

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straight

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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air; lung

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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sinus/o

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sinus, cavity

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spir/o

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to breathe

spirometry

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thorac/o

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chest

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tom/o

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to cut

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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-al, -ic, -ous

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pertaining to

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia; swelling

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

bronchiectasis

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-emia

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blood condition

anemia

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

A

condition

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-ist

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specialist

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-logistic

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specialist in the study of

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-malacia

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softening

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-metry

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act of measuring

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (used primariy with blood cells)

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-pathy

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disease

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

aerophagia

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-phobia

A

fear

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-plasm

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formation, growth

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

hemiplegia

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-pnea

A

breathing

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth (of)

menorrhagia

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

myorrhaphy

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-scope

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instrument for examining

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-scopy

A

visual examination

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction, twitching

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-stenosis

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narrowing, stricture

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-thorax

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chest

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

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incision

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a-, an-

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without; notd

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dys-

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bad; painful; difficult

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endo-

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in, within

endoscopy

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epi-

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above, upon

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eu-

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good, normal

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hyp-, hypo-

A

under, below; deficient

hypodermic

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macro-

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large

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micro-

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small

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neo-

A

new

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peri-

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around

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rhin/o

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nose

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