OSTE 3 - resp system

Word lists 4 and 5

adenoid/o

adenoid

aer/o

air

alveol/o

alveolus, air case

bronch/o, bronchi/o

bronchus, bronchi (plural)

bronchiol/o

briochioles

cyan/o

blue

laryng/o

larynx

muc/o

mucus

myc/o

fungus

nas/o

nose

ortho/o

straight

pharyng/o

pharynx

phren/o

diaphram

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o; pneumon/o

air, lung

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

rhin/o

nose

thorac/o

chest

tonsil/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea

brady-

slow

eu-

good, normal

tachy-

fast, rapid

adenoidectomy

adenoid removal

aerophagia

swallowing air

alveolar

pertaining to the alveoli

anosmia

without/no smell

anoxia

without/no oxygen

apnea

without/not breathing

apshyxia

extremely low oxygen levels

asthma

chronic airway narrowing

atelectesis

collapsed lung

bradypnea

slow breathing

bronchiectasis

dilation of bronchi

bronchiolitis

inflammation of bronchioles

bronchitis

inflammation of bronchi

bronchoscopy

bronchi visual exam

cyanosis

blue skin

dyspnea

difficulty breathing

epistaxis

nosebleed

eupnea

normal breathing

hemoptysis

coughing up blood

hemothorax

blood in chest

hypercapnia

excessive CO2 in blood

hypoxemia

low oxygen in blood

laryngoplegia

paralysis of larynx

laryngoscope

tool to view larynx

orthopnea

breathing straight

pharyngospasm

twitching pharynx

phrenalgia

diaphragm pain

pleurisy

pleura inflammation

pleurodyna

pain in pleura

pneumomelanosis

black lung tissue

pneumonia

lung infection

pneumothorax

collapsed lung

polysomnography

sleep study test

rales

crackling noise in lung

rhonchi

coarse breathing

spirometry

measuring breathing

sputum

mucus coughed up from airways

stridor

wheeze caused by obstruction

tachypnea

fast/rapid breathing

thoracocentesis

surgical puncture of the lung

thoracopathy

chest disease

tonsillectomy

tonsil removal

tracheostomy

forming an opening in the trachea

tuberculosis

bacterial infection

wheezes

whistling from narrow airways

aneurysm/o

widening blood vessel

angiography

process of recording a blood vessel

angioplasty

repairing a blood vessel

angina

chest pain from decreased blood flow

arrythmea

irregular heartbeat

arteriosclerosis

hardening arteries

atherosclerosis

hardening of fatty plaque (in arteries)

bradycardia

slow heart rate

bruit

abnormal heart sound

cardiomegaly

heart enlargment

cardiomyopathy

disease of the heart muscle

cardioversion

turning the heart

dysrhythmia

abnormal electrical activity in the heart

ectopy

extra heartbeats on an ECG

echocardiogram

heart ultrasound

electroechocardiogram

record of heart electric activity

embolus

mass traveling in blood that gets stuck in a vessel

endarterectomy

removing the artery lining

gallop

extra abnormal heart sounds

hyperlipidemia

high cholesterol

hypertension

high blood pressure

ischemia

inadequate blood supply

murmur

abnormal heart sounds due to turbulent flow

pacemaker

electric device to correct arrythmia

palpitation

skipping beats

percardium

structure around the heart

phlebitis

vein inflammation

rub

abnormal heart sounds

sclerotherapy

injection treatment for varicose veins

stenosis

narrowing

syncope

fainting