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ch10 Med Term Summer

Respiratory System

TermDefinition
alveol/o air sac
bronch/o airway
capn/o carbon dioxide
laryng/o voice box
lob/o portion
nas/o nose
or/o mouth
ox/o oxygen
palat/o palate
pnea breathing
pneum/o air or lung
tonsill/o tonsil
trache/o trachea (windpipe)
uvul/o uvula
paranasal sinuses air-filled spaces in the skull that open into the nasal cavity
soft palate muscular posterior portion of the palate
hard palate bony anterior portion of the palate
pharynx throat; passageway for food to the esophagus and for air to the larynx
glottis opening between the vocal cords in the larynx
bronchioles progressively smaller tubular branches of the airways
alveoli thin-walled, microscopic air sacs that exchange gases
lobes subdivisions of the lung, with two on the left and three on the right
eupnea normal breathing
bradypnea slow breathing
tachypnea fast breathing
hyperpnea deep breathing
dyspnea difficulty breathing
apnea inability to breathe
orthopnea ability to breathe only in an upright position
epistaxis nosebleed
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