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ALH 122 Chap 12 - Senders, SBC Portland

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