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CLA 131 Chapter 12
THe Respiratory System
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Undergraduate 1
04/03/2008
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without, absense of
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dia-
 Definition
through, between
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endo-
 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
upon, over
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eu-
 Definition
normal, good
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pan-
 Definition
all, entire
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poly-
 Definition
many
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alveol
 Definition
air sac, alveoulus
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atel
 Definition
imperfect, incomplete
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bronch
 Definition
airway, bronchus
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glott, glottis
 Definition
opening of the windpipe
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hem, hemat
 Definition
blood
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laryng
 Definition
voicebox, larynx
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lob
 Definition
a rounded part, lobe
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muc
 Definition
mucus
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nas
 Definition
nose
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ox
 Definition
oxygen
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pharyng
 Definition
throat, pharynx
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phragm, phragmat
 Definition
partition
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pleur
 Definition
rib, fleura
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pneum, pneumon, pneumat
 Definition
lung or air
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pulmon
 Definition
lung
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py
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pus
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rhin
 Definition
nose
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sept
 Definition
wall, partition
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sinus
 Definition
cavity
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somn
 Definition
sleep
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spir
 Definition
to breathe
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sten
 Definition
narrowing, constriction
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thorac
 Definition
chest, thorax
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trache
 Definition
windpipe, trachea
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tubercul
 Definition
little mass or swelling
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-ar, -ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-capnia
 Definition
carbon dioxide
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-cele
 Definition
hernia, swelling, protrusion
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-centesis
 Definition
puncture to aspirate, or remove fluid
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ectasis
 Definition
expansion, dialation
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-emia
 Definition
blood condidtion
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-metry
 Definition
measurement
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-osis
 Definition
condidtion of
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-oxia
 Definition
oxygen
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, suspension
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-phonia
 Definition
sound or voice
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-ptysis
 Definition
to spit out a fluid
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-rrhagia
 Definition
bleeding, hemorrhage
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-spasm
 Definition
suden, involuntary muscle contraction
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-stomy
 Definition
surgical creation of an opening
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-tomy
 Definition
incision, or surgical cut into
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Conducting Portion
 Definition
the chambers of the Respiratory System that conduct the air
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Respiratory Portion
 Definition
the alveoli b/c they are where gas exchange takes place
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Upper Respiratory Tract
 Definition

the portion that conducts air from the nose down to the lungs

 

containing the nos, pharynx, larynx, and trachea 
Term
Sputum
 Definition
expelled mucus
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nasal septum
 Definition
sepertaion of the nasal cavity
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Paranasal Sinus
 Definition
spaces within the bones on the face and skull
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Lower Respirartory Tract
 Definition
The segment within the thoacic cavity, including the bronchi, bronchial tree, and bronchioles
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epistaxis
 Definition
a nose bleed
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hemoptysis
 Definition
coughing up blood from the lungs
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paroxysm
 Definition
s sudden pain or convulsion
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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
 Definition
a group of disorders associated with the lungs and bronchioles
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coccideioiomycosis
 Definition
fungal infection of the upper respiratory tract
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cor pulmonale
 Definition
a disease of the heart that is caused by a disease of the lungs
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coryza
 Definition
a common head cold
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croup
 Definition
when children's ave obstruction of the larynx
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cystic fibrosis
 Definition
mucus production in the respiratory tract
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