Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• Respiratory System
• Lesson 12

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• This chapter will name, locate, and describe
  functions and terms of the major organs and parts
  of the respiratory system.

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Adenoid/o Alveol/o
Capn/o Coni/o
adenoid alveolus (air sac)
carbon dioxide dust
bronchial tubes bronchiole
epiglottis lobe
Bronchi/o Bronchiol/o
Epiglott/o Lob/o
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Mediastin/o Nas/o
Pharyng/o Phon/o
mediastinum nose
pharynx (throat) voice
straight, upright chest
diaphragm air, lung
Orth/o Pector/o
Phren/o Pneum/o
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Sinus/o Spir/o Tel/o
Suffixes -capnia -ema -osmia
sinus, cavity breathing complete
carbon dioxide condition smell
in near, beside, abnormal through
oxygen voice, sound pulse
Prefixes Em- Para- Per-
-oxia -phonia -sphyxia
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PRACTICE
1 adenoidectomy
Surgical removal of the adenoids
Pertaining to the alveolus (air sac)
2 alveolar
Involuntary muscle contraction of the bronchi
3 bronchospasm
Condition of excessive carbon dioxide
4 hypercapnia
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PRACTICE
5 pneumoconiosis
Abnormal condition of dust in the lungs
Inflammation of the epiglottis
6 epiglottitis
Pertaining to the larynx
7 laryngeal
Surgical removal of a lobe of the lung
8 lobectomy
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PRACTICE
9 mediastinoscopy
To view the mediastinum (middle of chest)
Pertaining to near the nose
10 paranasal
Pertaining to the nose stomach
11 nasogastric
Straight breathing ( easier upright)
12 orthopnea
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PRACTICE
13 expectoration
Process of outside the chest (getting out sputum)
Condition of difficult voice ( cant talk)
14 dysphonia
Pertaining to the diaphragm
15 phrenic
Pain in the layers of the pleura of lung
16 pleurodynia
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PRACTICE
17 pneumothorax
Air in the chest
Pertaining to the lungs
18 pulmonary
Complete discharge of the nose
19 rhinorrhea
Surgical repair of the nose
20 rhinoplasty
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PRACTICE
21 spirometer
Instrument to measure breathing
Process of breathing out ( the s is dropped here)
22 expiration
Process of breathing again
23 respiration
Dilation is not complete (collapsed lung)
24 atelectasis
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PRACTICE
25 thoracotomy
To cut into the chest
Surgical removal of the tonsils (oropharyngeal
palatine tonsils)
26 tonsillectomy
To cut in the trachea
27 tracheotomy
The creation of an opening in the trachea
28 tracheostomy
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PRACTICE
29 empyemia
Condition of pus in (the pleura cavity)
Condition of without smell
30 anosmia
Without breathing
31 apnea
Rapid breathing
32 tachypnea
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PRACTICE
33 hemoptysis
Spitting blood
Without a pulse
34 asphyxia
Blood in the chest
35 hemothorax
Pus in the chest (empyema)
36 pyothorax
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• The end !!