vc lvn respiratory Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Respiratory | to breath again |
Inspiration | breathing in or inhalatio |
Expiration | breathing out or exhalation |
alveoli | clusters of air sacs; functional of units of lung |
dyspnea | difficult or painful breathing |
Respiration | exchange of gases, oxygen and carbon dioxide |
External Respiration | occurs between outside enviromental lungs |
ox/o,oxia, o2 | combining forms for oxygen |
carbon dioxide | controls rate of breathing |
internal respiration | exchange of oxygen co2 @ cellular level |
tachypnea | fast breathing |
pnemon/o, pneum/o,pulmon/o | combining forms for lungs |
right lung | 3 lobes, superior, middle, inferior |
left lung | 2 lobes, superior, inferior |
Diaphragm | muscle of respiration |
eupnea | normal breathing |
pleura | 2 membranes that enclose protect each lung |
parietal pleura | outer layer of lining attached to chest wall |
visceral pleura | inner layer of lungs |
hemoptysis | coughing up spitting blood |
COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
pnemonitis ,pneumonia | inflammation of lungs |
pharyng/o | combining form throat/pharnyx |
epiglottis | prevents food from entering lungs |
larnyx | voice box |
trachea | windpipe |
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