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47 Cards in this Set
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nas/o
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Nose
Primary Function: Excahnge air during inhaling and exhaling; warms, moisturizes and filters inhaled air. |
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Sinus/o
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Sinuses
Primary Function: Provide mucus, makes bones of the skull lighter, aid in sound production |
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Epiglott/o
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Epiglottis
Primary Function Closes off the trachea during swallowing |
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Pharyng/o
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Pharynx
Primary Function: Transport air to and from the nose to the trechea |
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Laryng/o
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Larynx
Primary Function Makes speech possible |
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Trache/o
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Trachea
Primary Function Transports air to and from the Pharynx to the bronchi |
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Bronch/o, bronchi/o
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Bronchi
Primary Function Transports air from the trachea to the lungs |
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Alveol/o
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Alveoli
Primary Function Air sacs that excange gasses with the pulmonary capillary blood |
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Pneum/o, pneumon/o
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Lungs
Primary Function Brings oxeygen into the body and remove carbon dioxide and some water waste from the body |
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Phrenic Nerve
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stimulates the diaphragm and causes it to contract.
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Phren/o
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diaphragm or mind
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pertaining to
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Bronchiectasis
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chronic dilation of bronchi or bronchioles resulting from an earlier lung infection that was not cured
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Laryngoplegia
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paralysis of the the larynx
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Aphonia
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loss of the ability to produce normal speech sounds
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Dysphonia
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voice impairment including hoarsness, weakness, and loss of voice
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Pneumothorax
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accumulation of of air or gas in the pleural space causing the lung to collapse
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Pleural effusion
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is an abnormal escape of fluid into the pleural cavity that prevents the lung from fully expanding
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Empyema (pyothroax)
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an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity
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Thorax
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Chest
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Hemoptysis
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spitting blod or blood stained sputum derrived from the lungs or bronchial tubes as a result of a pulmonary or bronchial hemorrhage
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Ptysis
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spitting
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Atelectasis
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Collapsed Lung - the lung fails to expand beyond bronchioles that are blocked by secretions
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Atel
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incomplete
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Ectasis
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stretching
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Pneumonia
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inflammation of the lungs in which the air sacs fill with pus and other liquid
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Exudate
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fluid in the lungs associated with pneumonia and is an accumulated fluid in a cavity that has penetrated through vessel walls into adjoining tissue
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Anthracosis
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black lung disease - caused by coal dust in the lung
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osis
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condition
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Byssinosis
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brown lung disease - caused by hemp, cotton, flax dust in the lung
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Eupnea
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easy or normal breathing
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eu
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good
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pnea
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breathing
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Tachypnea
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an abnormally rapid rate of respiration, usually more than 20 breaths per minute
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Bradypnea
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abnormally slow rate of respiration, usually less than 10 breaths per minute
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Dyspnea
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shortness of breath - difficult or labored breathing
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Hypopnea
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shallow or slow respiration
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Anoxia
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absence or almost complete absence of oxygen from inspired gases, arterial blood, or tissues
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an
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without
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ox
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oxeygen
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abnormal condition
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hypoxia
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condition of having subnormal oxygen levels in the cells that is less severe than anoxia
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Spirometry
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is a testing method that uses a spirometer to record the volume of air inhaled or exhaled and the lenght of each breath
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Pharyngostomy
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surgical creation of an artificial opening into the phrynx. The resulting opening is a PHARYNGOSTOMA.
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STOMA
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artificial mouth or opening
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phon/o
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sound/voice
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pleur/o
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pleura/side of body
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