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45 Cards in this Set
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Alveol/o |
Air sac, alveolus |
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Bronch/o /i |
Airway, bronchus |
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Laryng/o |
Voice box, larynx |
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Lob/o |
A rounded part, lobe |
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Muc/o |
Mucus |
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Nas/o |
Nose |
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Ox/i |
Oxygen |
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Pharyng/o |
Throat, pharynx |
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Phragm/o, phragmat/o |
Partition |
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Pneum/o , pneumon/o |
Air, lung |
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Pulmon/o |
Lung |
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Rhin/o |
Nose |
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Sinus/o |
Cavity |
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Thorac/o |
Chest, thorax |
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Trache/o |
Windpipe, trachea |
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A repeated pattern of distressed breathing marked by a gradual increase of deep breathing |
Cheyne-stokes respiration |
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An expectorated (coughed up from the lungs) matter |
Sputum |
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Atel/o |
Incomplete |
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Coccidiod/o |
A fungus |
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Coni/o |
Dust |
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Cyst/o |
Bladder, sac |
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Embol/o |
Plug |
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Glott/o |
Opening into the windpipe |
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Py/o |
Pus |
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Sphyx/o |
Pulse |
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Tubercul/o |
Little swelling |
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-ectasis |
Expansion, dilation |
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Widespread narrowing of bronchioles and formation of mucous plugs |
Asthma |
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Chronic bronchitis and emphysema appear simultaneously |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
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Commom cold |
Coryza |
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A chronic lung disease characterized by symptoms of dyspnea, chronic cough, formation of barrel chest |
Emphysema |
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Whooping cough |
Pertussis |
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A severe respiratory disease that is characterized by rapid respiratory failure |
Respiratory distress syndrome |
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SARS |
Severe acute respiratory syndrome |
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Angi/o |
Blood vessel |
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Dilate/o |
To widen |
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Ot/o |
Ear |
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Ox/i |
Oxygen |
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Spir/o |
Breathe |
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-oid |
Resembling |
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AFB |
Acid fast bacilli smear |
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The removal of fluid, air, or foreign bodies with a suction |
Aspiration |
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Procedure listening to sounds within the body |
Auscultation |
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ENT |
Ear nose and throat specialist |
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Use of portable spirometer to promote deeper breathing |
Incentive spirometry |
