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50 Cards in this Set
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tasteless, colorless, odorless gas produced by body cells during the metabolic process
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carbon dioxide (CO2)
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tough, elastic connective tissue that is more rigid than ligaments but less than bone
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cartilage
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any hairlike structure
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cilia
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moving or spreading out of a substance at random, rather than by chemical reaction or application of external forces
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diffuse
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moist tissue layer lining hollow organs and cavities of the body that open to the environment; also called mucosa
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mucous membrane
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tasteless, odorless, gas essential for human respiration
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oxygen (o2)
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serous membrane
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thin layer of tissue that covers internal body cavities, the cells of which secrete a fluid that keeps the membrane moist; also called serosa
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nas/o
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nose
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rhin/o
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nose
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sept/o
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septum
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sinus/o
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sinus, cavitiy
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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pharyng/o
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pharynx (throat)
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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laryng/o
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larnyx (voice box)
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trache/o
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trachea
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bronchi/o
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bronchus
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bronch/o
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bronchus
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bronchiol/o
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bronchiole
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alveol/o
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alveolus; air sac
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pleur/o
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pleura
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pneum/o
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air; lung
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pneumon/o
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air; lung
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pulmon/o
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lung
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anthrac/o
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coal; coal dust
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atel/o
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incomplete; imperfect
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coni/o
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dust
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cyan/o
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blue
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lob/o
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lobe
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orth/o
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straight
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pector/o
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chest
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steth/o
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chest
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thorac/o
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chest
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phren/o
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diaphragm; mind
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ox/o
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oxygen
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ox/y
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oxygen
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spir/o
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breathe
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide (CO2)
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-osmia
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smell
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-phonia
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voice
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-thorax
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chest
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brady-
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slow
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dys-
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bad; painful; difficult
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eu-
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good, normal
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tachy-
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rapid
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acidosis
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excessive acidity of body fluids
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anosmia
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absence of the sense of smell
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