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The Respiratory System Flashcards

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nas/o

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nose, exchanges air during inhaling and exhaling; warms, moisturizes, and filters air

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sinus/o

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sinuses, provides mucus, makes bones of the skull, aids in sound production

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, transports air back and forth between nose and trachea

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laryng/o

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larynx, makes speech possible

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis, closes off the trachea during swallowing

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bronch/o, bronchi/o

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bronchi, transports air from the trachea into the lungs

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alveol/o

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alveoli, air sacs that exchange gases with pulmonary capillary blood

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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o

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lungs, bring oxygen into the body and remove carbon dioxide and some water waste from the body

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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cyan/o

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blue

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-ectasis

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stretching, dilation, enlargement

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ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

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oxygen

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phon/o

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sound, voice

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pleur/o

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pleura, side of the body

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-pnea

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breathing

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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thorac/o, -thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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purified protein derivative

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PPD

20
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respiratory

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R, resp

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respiratory failure

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RF

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respiratory rate

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RR

23
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severe acute respiratory syndrome

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SARS

24
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sleep apnea syndromes

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SAS

25
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sudden infant death syndrome

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SIDS

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trachea

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trach

27
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tuberculosis

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TB

28
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tuberculin skin testing

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TST

29
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upper respiratory infection

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URI

30
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upper respiratory tract

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URT

31
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URT

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upper respiratory tract

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URI

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upper respiratory infection

33
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TB

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tuberculosis

34
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SIDS

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sudden infant death syndrome

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SARS

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severe acute respiratory syndrome

36
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SAS

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sleep apnea syndromes

37
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TST

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tuberculin skin testing

38
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RR

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respiratory rate

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RF

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respiratory failure

40
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PPD

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purified protein derivative

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