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ALH 122 Chap 12
ALH 122 Chap 12 - Senders, SBC Portland
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenoids | lymphatic tissue (immune system tissue) filled with white blood cells that protects the nasopharynx |
| bronchi | respiratory tubes that branch off the trachea (one to the left, one to the right lung) |
| bronchioles | smaller branches off the bronchi, lead to alveoli |
| alveoli | grape-like clusters of very thin tissue at the end of the bronchioles, where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange occurs |
| cilia | thin hairs that line the respiratory tract |
| diaphragm | flat, sheet-like muscle that lies under the lungs, contracts and relaxes causing air to move in and out of the lungs |
| epiglottis | piece of cartilage that covers the opening of the trachea, allowing air in but not food or liquid |
| expiration | to breath out, exhale |
| inspiration | to breath in, inhale |
| larynx | voice box |
| pharynx | throat, including the nasopharynx, the oropharynx, and the laryngopharynx |
| pleura | membranes that cover the lungs (like mayo inside a sandwhich baggie) |
| respiration | the process of breating, moving air in and out of the lungs |
| trachea | windpipe |
| alveol/o | alveolus (alevoli is plural) |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyan/o | blue |
| lob/o | lobe of the lung |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| orthopnea | condition where one can breath more easily sitting or standing upright |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| hypoxia | not enough oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| expectorate | to cough up, expel or discharge via coughing |
| phon/o | voice |
| aphonia | inability to make noise |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | lungs or air |
| pneumon/o | lungs or air |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rinorrhea | snotty nose |
| sinus/o | sinus (caivty in the skull bones) |
| spir/o | breathing |
| spirometer | instrument to measure one's capacity to breath |
| atelectasis | collapsed lung |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| tonsillectomy | removal of the tonsils |
| -osmia | smell |
| anosmia | inability to smell |
| -pnea | to breath |
| apnea | cessation (to stop) breathing |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| tachypnea | rapid, shallow breating |
| -thorax | chest |
| auscultation | listening to sounds within the body, typically with a stethoscope |
| sputum | material expelled from the bronchi |
| purulent | containing pus |
| O2 | oxygen |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
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