Unit 5 Flashcards
1
Q
BS
A
breath sounds
2
Q
CF
A
cystic fibrosis (passed on in families)
3
Q
COPD
A
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (airflow limitations)
4
Q
PE
A
pulmonary embolism (blood clot in lungs)
5
Q
SIDS
A
sudden infant death syndrome
6
Q
TB
A
tuberculosis (attacks lungs)
7
Q
URI
A
upper respiratory infection (common cold)
8
Q
PCN
A
penicillin
9
Q
CO2
A
carbon dioxide
10
Q
O2
A
oxygen
11
Q
RT
A
respiratory therapy
12
Q
SOB
A
short of breath
13
Q
DNR
A
do not resuscitate
14
Q
DOA
A
dead on arrival
15
Q
T&A
A
tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
16
Q
nas/o
A
nose
17
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
18
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
19
Q
pharyng/o
A
throat (pharynx) transports air to/from nose to trachea
20
Q
sept/o
A
septum (wall dividing a structure)
21
Q
sinus/o
A
sinus (air filled cavity within a bone)
22
Q
tonsill/o
A
tonsils (at side of throat)
23
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids (behind nasal cavity)
24
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx (voice box)
25
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
26
bronch/o
transports air to/from trachea (windpipe) to lungs
27
bronchi/o
bronchi (bronchus - singular) transports air
28
pulmon/o
lungs
29
pneumon/o
lungs
30
diaphragm
muscle that separates thoracic and abdominal cavitites
31
thorac/o
chest cavity
32
thora/o
chest cavity
33
-throax
chest cavity
34
otorhinolaryngologist
specialist of the ears, nose, and throat (ENT)
35
pulmonologist
specializes in treating diseases and disorders of the lungs
36
RT
respiratory therapy
37
spir/o
to breathe
38
-metry
to measure
39
-meter
instrument used to measure
40
auscultation
process of listening to sounds of body with stethoscope
41
RR (normal adult)
respiration rate (10-20 per minute)
42
ox/i
oxygen
43
ox/o
oxygen
44
-capnia
carbon dioxide
45
-pnea
breathing
46
tachy-
fast
47
brady-
slow
48
eu-
good/normal
49
a-
without (if constant following)
50
an-
without (if vowel following)
51
inhale
to breathe in
52
exhale
to breathe out
53
-ectasis
dilation
54
asthma
allergic disorder (breathing difficulty)
55
influenza
flu (contagious viral respiratory infection)
56
pneumonia
inflammation of lungs where air sacs fill with pus
