Respiratory System Flashcards
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Laryng/o
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Larynx
Voice box
1
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Bronch/o
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Bronchus
Passage of airway
2
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Pharyng/o
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Pharynx
Connects mouth and nasal passages
Makes up part of the throat posterior to nasal activity
3
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Phren/o
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Diaphragm
Dome shaped sheet of muscle that separates chest from abdomen , thoracic diaphragm
4
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Phrenic/o
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Phrenic nerve
Nerve originates in the neck and passes down between the lung and heart to reach diaphragm
Important for breathing
5
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Pleur/o
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Pleura
Large thin sheet of tissue wraps around outside of lungs and lines the inside of chest cavity
6
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Pneumon/o, Pneumat/o
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Air, gas, respiration, lung
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Pulm/o, Pulmon/o
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Lungs
8
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Rhin/o
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Nose
9
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Spir/o
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Breathing
Spirometry measuring of breath
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Trache/o
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Trachea
Windpipe
