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cardio/pulmonary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| anastomosis | creation of an opening between two normally separate sturctures an-stoma-osis against- opening-condition |
| larynx | voice box LAlala |
| Trachea | windpipe tracheotomy- hole in the windpipe to help breath |
| pharynx | throat pathway used by both food and air |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchus- the 2 main branches from the trachea into the lungs |
| bronchiol/o | bronchioles. the smaller branches in the lungs that lead to the alveoli |
| cost/o | ribs |
| thorac/o | chest |
| steth/o | chest |
| pector/o | chest |
| spiro | breathing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pneumo | air or lungs |
| -phren | diaphram |
| dysphonia | hoarsness |
| hemoptysis | coughing up of blood |
| pectus excatavum | chest that is hollowed out |
| pectus carinatum | chest that protrudes out |
| emphysema | a disease that causes the alveoli to lose their elasticity |
| COPD | a lungs diease caused by the chronic blocking of lung passages |
| pleurisy | inflammation of the pleura |