Med Terms III; CMA Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
NAS/O | NOSE |
SINUS/O | SINUSES |
PHARYNG/O | PHARYNX (THROAT) |
LARYNG/O | LARYNX (VOICE BOX) |
IPIGOLOTTO | EPIGLOTTIS (CLOSES OFF THE TRACHEA) |
TRACHE/O | TRACHEA (WINDPIPE) |
BRONCH/O, BRONCHI/O | BRONCHIAL TUBE |
ALVEOLI/O | ALVEOLI (AIR SACS FOUND IN EACH BRONCHIOLE) |
PHEUM/O, PNEUMON/O, PULMON/O | LUNGS |
UPER RESPIRATORY TRACT | CONSIST OF NOSE, MOUTH, PHARYNX, EPIGLOTTIS, LARYNX, AND TRACHEA |
LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT | CONSIST OF BRONCHIAL TREE AND LUNGS |
NASAL SEPTUM | WALL OF CARTILAGE THAT DIVIDES THE NOSE INTO TWO EQUAL SECTIONS (CHAMBERS) |
CILIA | THE THIN HAIRS LOCATED INSIDE THE NOSTRILS |
MUCOUS MEMBRANES | SPECIALIZED TISSUES THAT LINE THE RESPIRATORY, DIGESTIVE, REPRODUCTIVE, AND URINARY SYSTEMS. |
MUCUS | SECRETION THAT FLOWS FROM THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES. |
RIGHT LUNG | HAS THREE LOBES: THE SUPERIOR, MIDDLE, AND INFERIOR |
LEFT LUNG | HAS TWO LOBES: THE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR |
DIAPHRAGM | THE MUSCLE THAT SEPARATES THE THORACIC CAVITY FROM THE ABDOMEN (CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION MAKES BREATHING POSSIBLE) |
RESPIRATION | EXCHANGE OF THE GASES OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE. |
EXTERNAL RESPIRATION | BREATHING |
INTERNAL RESPIRATION | EXCHANGE OF GASES WITHIN TEH CELLS OF ALL THE BODY ORGANS AND TISSUES. |
CROUP | ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN (BARKING COUGH) |
INFLUENZA | ACUTE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION. |
PERTUSSIS | CONTAGIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT.(WHOOPING COUGH) |
ATEL/O | INCOMPLETE |
-ECTASIS | ENLARGEMENT |
OX/O | OXYGEN |
PHON/O | VOICE OR SOUND |
PLEUR/O | MULTILAYERED MEMBRANE |
-THORAX | CHEST |
ARDS | ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME |
CORD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE RESPIRATORY DISEASE |
SARS | SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME |
SIDS | SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME |
URI | UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION |
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