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Respiratory System

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Alveol/o   Alveolus (air sac)  
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Bronchiol/o   Bronchiole (Little airway)  
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Capn/o   Carbon dioxide  
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Palat/o   Palate  
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Pleur/o   pleura (lining of lungs)  
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Pneum/o   Air or lung  
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Pulmon/o   Lung  
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Spir/o   Breathing  
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Steth/o   Chest  
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Air filled spaces in the skull that open into the nasal cavity   Paranasal sinuses  
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Roof of the mouth partition between the nasal cavities; divided into the hard and soft palate   Palate Part of the pharynx directly behind the nasal passages  
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Passageway for food to the esophagus and for air to the larynx   Pharynx  
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Part of the pharynx directly behind the nasal passages   Nasopharynx  
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Central portion of the pharynx between the roof of the mouth and the upper edge of the epiglottis   Oropharynx  
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Lower part of the pharynx just below the oropharyngeal opening into the larynx and esophagus   Laryngopharynx  
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A structure located in the pharynx that filters air to protect the body from bacterial invasion   Tonsils  
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Cartilaginous ridge at the point where the trachea divides into the right and left bronchi   Carina  
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Subdivision of the lung with two on the left and three on the right   Lobes  
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Potential space between the visceral and parietal layers of the pleura   Pleural cavity  
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Partition that separates the thorax into two compartments and that encloses the heart esophagus trachea and thymus gland   Mediastinum  
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Hair like processes from the surface of the epithelial cells such as those of the bronchi to move mucus upward   Cilia  
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Functional tissues of any organs such as the tissues of the bronchioles, alveoli, ducts, and sacs that perform respiration   Parenchyma  
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Normal breathing   Eupnea  
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Shallow breathing   Hypopnea  
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Deep breathing   Hyperpnea  
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Popping sound heard on auscultation of the lungs when air enters diseased airways and alveoli   Crackles  
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Degeneration and death of tissue with a cheese like appearance   Caseous necrosis  
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Deficient movement of air into and out of the lungs causing hypercapnia   Hypoventilation  
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Collapse of lung tissue   Atelectasis  
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Accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity   Empyema  
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