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Chapter 8
Respiratory System
102
Anatomy
11th Grade
04/01/2009
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Term

Nas/o

Rhin/o

 Definition
Nose
Term
Adenoid/o
 Definition
Adenoid
Term
Tonsil/o
 Definition
Tonsils
Term
Nas/al
 Definition
pertaing to the nose
Term
Rhin/o/plasty
 Definition
Surgical repair to the nose
Term
Adenoid/ectomy
 Definition
Excision/Removal of the Adenoid
Term
Tonsil/o/tome
 Definition
Instrument to cut the tonsils.
Term
Pharyng/o
 Definition
Pharynx,Throat
Term
Laryng/o
 Definition
Larynx
Term
Pharyng/o/scope
 Definition
Instrument to view/examine the pharynx or throat
Term
Laryng/o/plegia
 Definition
Larynx paralysis
Term
Trache/o/stomy
 Definition
Forming an opening in the trachea.
Term
Bronchi/ectasis
 Definition
expansion/dilation of the bronchus.
Term
pneum/o or pneumon/o
 Definition
air,lung
Term
pneum/o/cele
 Definition
hernia/swelling in the lung.
Term
pneumon/o/lysis
 Definition
seperation/destruction,loosing in the lung
Term
pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
Term
pulmon/ary
 Definition
Pertaing to the lung.
Term
lob/o
 Definition
Lobe
Term
lob/ar
 Definition
Pertaing to the lobe.
Term
alveol/o
 Definition
alveoulus
Term
pleur/o
 Definition
pleura
Term
alveolar
 Definition
pertaing to the alveolus
Term
Pleur/algia
 Definition
Pain in the pleura.
Term
Phren/o
 Definition
Diphragm,mind
Term
phren/ectomy
 Definition
Excision to the diaphram.
Term
Pector/o or steth/o or thorac/o
 Definition
Chest
Term
Thorac/o/centesis
 Definition
To puncture the chest.
Term
spir/o
 Definition
Breath
Term
spir/o/meter
 Definition
Instrument to measure breathing.
Term
coni/o
 Definition
Dust
Term
Pneum/o/coni/osis
 Definition
Abnormal condition where dust is in the lung.
Term
anthrac/o
 Definition
black,coal
Term
hyp/ox/emia
 Definition
A decreaseof oxygen in the blood.
Term
orth/o
 Definition
Straight
Term
orth/o/pnea
 Definition
Straight breathing.
Term
atel/o
 Definition
incomplete,imperfect
Term
atel/ectasis
 Definition
A dialation/expansion that is incomplete/imperfect.
Term
-capina
 Definition
carbon dioxide
Term
hyper/capina
 Definition
excessive amount of carbon dioxide.
Term
-osmia
 Definition
smell
Term
an/osmia
 Definition
Lack of smell.
Term
-phonia
 Definition
voice
Term
dys/phonia
 Definition
difficult/painful voice
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-pytysis
 Definition
spitting
Term
-thorax
 Definition
chest
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
eu-
 Definition
good,normal
Term
-tachy
 Definition
rapid
Term
trachy/pnea
 Definition
rapid breathing
Term
eu/pnea
 Definition
good/normal brathing
Term
brady/pnea
 Definition
slow breathing
Term
pneum/o/thorax
 Definition
Air in the chest
Term
hem/o/ptysis
 Definition
spitting blood
Term
AFB
 Definition
ACID-FAST BACILLUS
Term
VC
 Definition
VITAL CAPTICITY
Term
T&A
 Definition
TONSILECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY
Term
RDS
 Definition
RESPIRATORY DISEASE SYNDROM
Term
RD
 Definition
RESPRIATORY DISEASE
Term
PND
 Definition
PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL DYSPENEA
Term
PFT
 Definition
PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS
Term
PCP
 Definition
PNEUMONIA
Term
PA
 Definition
POSTERANTERIOR
Term
IRDS
 Definition
INFANT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROM
Term
ABGs
 Definition
ATERIAL BLOOD GASES
Term
AP
 Definition
ANTEROPOSTERIOR
Term
ARDS
 Definition
ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROM
Term
COPD
 Definition
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Term
CPR
 Definition
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
Term
FEF
 Definition
FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW
Term
FVC
 Definition
FORCED VITAL CAPTICITY
Term
HMD
 Definition
HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE
Term
IPPB
 Definition
INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE BREATHING
Term
Internal Respirtation
 Definition
the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
Term
cellular respiration
 Definition
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Term
ecternal respiration
 Definition
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Term
septum
 Definition
a thin wall-like structure that divides two cavites or masses of soft tissue, as the nasal septum divides the nostrils.
Term
oropharynx
 Definition
posterior to the nose
Term
nasopharynx
 Definition
posterior to the nose
Term
laryngopharynx
 Definition
superior to the larynx
Term
trachea
 Definition
air passage from the pharynx to the bronchi
Term
bronchi/bronchus
 Definition
air passages branching off the trachea and branching into the lungs
Term
mediastinum
 Definition
space between the two lungs
Term
pleura
 Definition
double layered membrane which envolopes the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity
Term
alveous/alveoli
 Definition
small air sacs which make up the lungs
Term
diaphragm
 Definition
large muscualr partition between the chest and abdominal cavities
Term
COPD
 Definition
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Term
Dyspnea
 Definition
difficulty breathing
Term
ausculation
 Definition
sounds of the chest cavity with a stethascope
Term
percussion
 Definition
gentley tapping the chest with the fingers determining position or consistancy of the underlying structures
Term
bronchopneumonia or pneumonia
 Definition
inflammiatory disease of the lungs
Term
anoxia, hypoxia
 Definition
absence or deficiancey of oxygen in the tissues
Term
anoxemia,hypoxemia
 Definition
absence or deficiancey of oxygen in the blood
Term
asphyxia
 Definition
without a pulse
Term
atelectasis
 Definition
a collapsed or airless state of the lung
Term
croup
 Definition
condition resulting from an acute obstruction of the larynx
Term
epistaxis
 Definition
nose bleed
Term
pertussis
 Definition
whooping cough
Term
phlem
 Definition
abnormal amounts of mucus
Term
pleurisy/pluritits
 Definition
inflammation of the pleuaral membrane
Term
stridor
 Definition
abnormal sound caused by a spasm or swelling of the larynx
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