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Vet 114
Ch7 the respiratory tract
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spir/o | to breathe, breathing |
| meat/o | meatus/opening |
| pharnx | throat |
| pharyng/ | throat |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| larynx | voice box |
| ox/i | oxygen (o2) |
| Capn/o | carbin dioxide (co2) |
| cyan/o | blue |
| Bronch/o | bronch/o |
| furc/o | branch, forking |
| brochiol/o | bronchioles |
| -ole | Small |
| alveol/o | alveolus/alveoli |
| Alveolus/alveoli | air sacs which gas exchange occurs |
| alveolus/alveoli | o2 diffuses into the blood and co2 diffuses across the alveolar wall passively |
| pector/o | chest |
| phragm/o | wall |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| lob/o | lobes |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| -pnea | breathing |
| tuss/i | cough |
| -ptyis | spitting |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| olfactory receptors | scent receptors to smell |
| Bradypnea breathing | abnormally slow breathing |
| tachypnea brerathing | Abnormally rapid breathing |
| Hyperventilation | abnormal,rapid breathing |
| rales and crackles | caused by fluid in the alveoli |
| ronchi | wheezing |
| stridor | strained, shrill sounds due to obstruction |
| vesicular sounds | soft sounds due to small alveoli |
| agonal | respirations near death |
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