Health Science II honors Respiratory system VOCAB

Alveoli

Tiny, hollow air sacs clustered like bunches of grapes at the end of the bronchioles, Which exchange gas with the surrounding capillaries

Asthma

Airways obstructed because of inflammatory reactions to a stimulus

Bronchi

Tubes that branch out from the trachea into the right and left lungs

Bronchiole

Tubes that branch out from the bronchi and travel down the air sacs in the lungs

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Chronic lung condition such as emphysema and bronchitis

Common cold

Highly contagious virus, symptoms include upper respiratory congestion, cough

Emphysema

Long disorder in which inspired air becomes trapped and is difficult to expire

Epiglottis

A flap of cartilage that helps direct food and air down the correct tubes

Influenza

A viral infection causing inflammation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory track

Larynx

A space near the pharynx, that aids in voice production; also known as the voice box

Lungs

Organs that coordinate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during the act of breathing

Mediastinum

Intrapleural space separating the sternum in front and the vertebral column behind

Palatine tonsils

Tonsils that are located on either side of the throat

Pharynx

The passageway between the nasal cavity and mouth and the esophagus; also known as the throat

Pleura

Membranes that lune the surfaces of the lungs

Pneumonia

Infection of the lungs

Sinus

A hollow cavity within a bone

Sinusitis

An infection of the mucus membrane which lines the sinus cavity

Trachea

The tube that leads from the larynx to the lungs; also known as the windpipe

Tuberculosis

A very serious bacterial infection that most commonly affects the lungs and before the development of antibiotics, was generally fatal

Bronch

Bronchus; bronchial tube

-centesis

Puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal

epi-

Above

-itis

Inflammation

larying-

Larynx; voice box

-meter

Instrument used to measure

-orrhea

Flow

-Oxia

Oxygen

pharyng

Pharynx; throat

Phonia

Voice; sound

pluera

pleura; serous membrane that enfolds the lung

-pnea

Breathing

pneum-

Lung; air

pulmon-

Lung

rhin-

Nose

-spasm

Involuntary contraction

spiro-

Breath

-staxis

Oozing of blood

thorac-

Chest

trache-

Windpipe