Respiratory System Flashcards
1
Q
bronchus (root)
A
bronch/i
2
Q
voice box
A
laryng/o
3
Q
chin
A
ment/o
4
Q
nose
A
nas/o
5
Q
throat
A
pharyng/o
6
Q
covering of the lungs
A
pleur/o
7
Q
air/breathe
A
pne/o OR pneum/o
8
Q
lung
A
pneumon/o
9
Q
thorax
A
thorac/o
10
Q
windpipe
A
trace/o
11
Q
slow breathing
A
bradypnea
12
Q
rapid breathing
A
trachypnea
13
Q
without breath
A
apnea
14
Q
inflammation of the larynx / voicebox
A
largyngitis
15
Q
inflammation of the pleura
A
pleuritis
16
Q
plastic surgery of the throat
A
pharyngoplasty
17
Q
herniation of the voicebox
A
laryngocele
18
Q
removal of the voicebox
A
larygngectomy
19
Q
instrument for examining the voicebox
A
largyngoscope
20
Q
spasm of the voice box
A
laryngspasm
21
Q
hemorhage from the windpipe
A
tracheorrhagia
22
Q
pain in the windpipe
A
trachealgia
23
Q
an opening into the windpipe
A
tracheostomy
24
Q
looking into the bronchus
A
bronchoscopy
25
spasm of the bronchus
twitching and spasm of the bronchi
26
inflammation of the bronchi
bronchitis
27
inflammation of the pleura
pleuritis
28
pain in the pleura
pleuralgia
29
puncture of the plerural space and removing the fluid
pleurocentesis
30
musculomembranous wall separating the abdomen from chest cavity
diaphram
31
hiccup/hiccough
singultus
32
spitting up blood
hemoptysis
33
vomiting blood
hemoatoemesis
34
hemorrhage of the nose
epistaxis
35
severe bleeding / hemorrhaging of the nose
rhinorrhagia
36
abnormal condition of air in the joints
pneumoarthrosis
37
presence of air or gases in the blood of heart
pneumatocardia
38
exchange of gases in the urine
pneumatouria
39
the science of how the lungs exchange gases or air
pneumology
40
treatement with compressed air
pneumotherapy
41
inflammation of the lung
pneumonitis
42
surgical removal of lung
pneumonectomy
43
radiographic picture of the lungs
pneumonograph
44
incision into the chest cavity
thoracotomy
45
puncture of the chest cavity to draw off fluid
thoracocentresis
46
blood in the chest cavity
hemohorax
