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Chapter 8
Respiratory System
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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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