Respiratory System Flashcards

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alveol/o

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alveolus, air sac

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aer/o

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air

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anthrac/o

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coal

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atel/o

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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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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole

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coni/o

A

dust

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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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lobe

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nas/o

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nose

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muc/o

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mucus

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orth/o

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straight, upright

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ox/o, ox/i

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oxygen

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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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wall

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sinus/o

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sinus

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spir/o

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breathing

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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tuss/o

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cough

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-capnia

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carbon dioxide

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-osmia

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smell

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-phonia

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voice

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-spasm

A

involuntary muscle contraction

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-thorax

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chest

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coni/o

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dust

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cyst/o

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cyst, bladder

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somn/o

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sleep

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-ectasis

A

dilation

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-ostomy

A

surgically create an opening

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-plasm

A

formation