Respiratory System Flashcards by Taylor Brodi | Brainscape

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bronchus (root)

A

bronch/i

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voice box

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laryng/o

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chin

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ment/o

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nose

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nas/o

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throat

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pharyng/o

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covering of the lungs

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pleur/o

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air/breathe

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pne/o OR pneum/o

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lung

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pneumon/o

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thorax

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thorac/o

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windpipe

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trace/o

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slow breathing

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bradypnea

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rapid breathing

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trachypnea

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without breath

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apnea

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inflammation of the larynx / voicebox

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largyngitis

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inflammation of the pleura

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pleuritis

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plastic surgery of the throat

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pharyngoplasty

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herniation of the voicebox

A

laryngocele

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removal of the voicebox

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larygngectomy

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instrument for examining the voicebox

A

largyngoscope

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spasm of the voice box

A

laryngspasm

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hemorhage from the windpipe

A

tracheorrhagia

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pain in the windpipe

A

trachealgia

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an opening into the windpipe

A

tracheostomy

Q

looking into the bronchus

A

bronchoscopy

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spasm of the bronchus

A

twitching and spasm of the bronchi

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inflammation of the bronchi

A

bronchitis

Q

inflammation of the pleura

A

pleuritis

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pain in the pleura

A

pleuralgia

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puncture of the plerural space and removing the fluid

A

pleurocentesis

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musculomembranous wall separating the abdomen from chest cavity

A

diaphram

Q

hiccup/hiccough

A

singultus

Q

spitting up blood

A

hemoptysis

Q

vomiting blood

A

hemoatoemesis

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hemorrhage of the nose

A

epistaxis

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severe bleeding / hemorrhaging of the nose

A

rhinorrhagia

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abnormal condition of air in the joints

A

pneumoarthrosis

Q

presence of air or gases in the blood of heart

A

pneumatocardia

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exchange of gases in the urine

A

pneumatouria

Q

the science of how the lungs exchange gases or air

A

pneumology

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treatement with compressed air

A

pneumotherapy

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inflammation of the lung

A

pneumonitis

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surgical removal of lung

A

pneumonectomy

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radiographic picture of the lungs

A

pneumonograph

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incision into the chest cavity

A

thoracotomy

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puncture of the chest cavity to draw off fluid

A

thoracocentresis

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blood in the chest cavity

A

hemohorax