Respiratory System Flashcards by Roxanne Pettiford

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acid/o

A

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 (plural, alveoli)

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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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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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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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lung

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sinus/o

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sinus, cavity

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spir/o

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to breathe

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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

A

tonsils

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trache/o

A

trachea (windpipe)

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bronchiol/o

A

bronchiole

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-algia, -dynia

A

pain

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-cele

A

hernia, swelling

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-esis, -ia, -ism

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condition

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-is

A

noun ending

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-ist

A

specialist

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-osis

A

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-osmia

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smell

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-oxia

A

oxygen

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-pathy

A

disease

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptysis

A

spitting

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction, twitching

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-stomy

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forming an opening (mouth)

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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-

A

without, not

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eu-

A

good, normal

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tachy-

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rapid