Chapter 7 Respiratory System

Front 1

a-

Back 1

without

Front 2

-algia

Back 2

pain

Front 3

alveol/o

Back 3

alveolus (air sac)

Front 4

anosmia

Back 4

absence of smell

Front 5

anterior

Back 5

front

Front 6

aphonia

Back 6

without voice

Front 7

apnea

Back 7

absence of breathing

Front 8

asphyxia

Back 8

insufficient oxygen intake, may result in suffocation

Front 9

atele

Back 9

imperfect

Front 10

atelectasis

Back 10

collapsed, functionless, airless lung or part of lung

Front 11

brady-

Back 11

slow

Front 12

bronch/o

Back 12

bronchus (airway)

Front 13

bronchi/o

Back 13

bronchus (airway)

Front 14

bronchiol/o

Back 14

bronchiole (little airway)

Front 15

capno

Back 15

smoke

Front 16

capn/o

Back 16

carbon dioxide

Front 17

carbo

Back 17

coal

Front 18

carb/o

Back 18

carbon dioxide

Front 19

conio

Back 19

dust

Front 20

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

Back 20

Class of lung diseases of uncertain etiology characterized by persistent slowing of airflow during forced expiration; emphysema belongs to this class

Front 21

coryza

Back 21

common cold

Front 22

cyan/o

Back 22

blue

Front 23

-dynia

Back 23

pain

Front 24

dys-

Back 24

difficult, painful or faulty

Front 25

dysphonia

Back 25

abnormal voice such as hoarseness of voice

Front 26

dyspnea

Back 26

difficult breathing

Front 27

-ectasis

Back 27

expansion or dilation

Front 28

-ectomy

Back 28

excision or removal

Front 29

-emia

Back 29

blood condition

Front 30

endo-

Back 30

within

Front 31

epi-

Back 31

upon

Front 32

epistaxis

Back 32

nosebleed

Front 33

eu-

Back 33

good or normal

Front 34

expiration

Back 34

process of exhaling or breathing out

Front 35

external respiration

Back 35

exchange of air between the lungs and the external environment

Front 36

-graph

Back 36

instrument for recording

Front 37

-graphy

Back 37

process of recording

Front 38

hem/o

Back 38

blood

Front 39

hemoptysis

Back 39

spitting up blood, arising from hemorrhage of larynx, trachea, bronchi or lungs

Front 40

hemothorax

Back 40

collection of blood in pleural cavity

Front 41

hydrothorax

Back 41

collection of fluid in the pleural cavity

Front 42

hyper-

Back 42

above or excessive

Front 43

hyperpnea

Back 43

increase in depth of breathing

Front 44

hypo-

Back 44

deficient or below

Front 45

-ia

Back 45

condition of

Front 46

inspiration

Back 46

process of inhaling or breathing in

Front 47

internal respiration

Back 47

occurs simultaneously with external respiration

Front 48

-itis

Back 48

inflammation

Front 49

laryng/o

Back 49

larynx (voice box)

Front 50

lob/o

Back 50

lobe (a portion)

Front 51

-metry

Back 51

process of measuring something

Front 52

nas/o

Back 52

nose

Front 53

necr/o

Back 53

death

Front 54

-ole

Back 54

small

Front 55

or/o

Back 55

mouth

Front 56

orthopnea

Back 56

breathing is easier in upright position

Front 57

-osis

Back 57

condition or increase

Front 58

ox/o

Back 58

oxygen

Front 59

palat/o

Back 59

palate

Front 60

parietal pleura

Back 60

thoracic cavity

Front 61

pector/o

Back 61

chest

Front 62

pharyng/o

Back 62

pharynx (throat)

Front 63

phon/o

Back 63

voice or sound

Front 64

phren (Greek word)

Back 64

mind or diaphragm (a muscular partitian below the lungs)

Front 65

phren/o

Back 65

diaphragm (also mind)

Front 66

-plasty

Back 66

surgical repair or reconstruction

Front 67

pleur/o

Back 67

pleura (lining of the lungs)

Front 68

pleural effusion

Back 68

escape of fluid into pleural cavity

Front 69

pleural rub

Back 69

grating sound

Front 70

-pnea

Back 70

breathing

Front 71

pneum/o

Back 71

air or lung

Front 72

pneumon/o

Back 72

air or lung

Front 73

pneumothorax

Back 73

accumulation of air or gas in pleural cavity

Front 74

poly-

Back 74

many

Front 75

posterior

Back 75

back

Front 76

productive cough

Back 76

expectorate (cough up = ptysis) sputum

Front 77

ptysis

Back 77

cough up, to spit

Front 78

pulmon/o

Back 78

lung

Front 79

pulmonary edema

Back 79

swelling and fluid in air sacs and bronchioles, often resulting from the inability of the heart to pump blood

Front 80

py/o

Back 80

pus

Front 81

radi/o

Back 81

x-ray

Front 82

rales

Back 82

crackles during inspiration

Front 83

respiration

Back 83

mechanical process of breathing

Front 84

rhin/o

Back 84

nose

Front 85

rhinorrhea

Back 85

runny nose

Front 86

rhis (Greek word)

Back 86

nose

Front 87

rhonchi

Back 87

wheezes during expiration; resembles snoring

Front 88

-rrhea

Back 88

discharge

Front 89

-scopy

Back 89

process of examination (with an instrument)

Front 90

sinus/o

Back 90

sinus (cavity)

Front 91

somn/o

Back 91

sleep

Front 92

-spasm

Back 92

involuntary contraction

Front 93

spir/o

Back 93

breathing

Front 94

stazo

Back 94

to drip

Front 95

steth/o

Back 95

chest

Front 96

-stomy

Back 96

surgical creation of an opening

Front 97

stridor

Back 97

strained, high pitched, noisy breathing that resembles the blowing of wind and is associated with laryngeal or bronchial obstruction

Front 98

tachy-

Back 98

fast

Front 99

tachypnea

Back 99

increase in rate of breathing; shallow respiration

Front 100

thorac/o

Back 100

chest

Front 101

-tomy

Back 101

incision

Front 102

tonsill/o

Back 102

tonsil

Front 103

trache/o

Back 103

trachea (windpipe)

Front 104

uvul/o

Back 104

uvula (grape)

Front 105

visceral pleura

Back 105

lung