Chapter 4 MEDTERMINOLOGY

Respiratory

Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide or breathing

Adenoid

Region behind the throat in between the nose

Larygn

Voice box

Pharyng

Throat

Trache

Windpipe

Alveolus

Air sack

Bronchus

Airway in the lungs stemming from the wind pipe

Phren

Diaphragm

Pneum

Air/lungs

Aero

Air

Muco

Mucus

Ortho

Straight

Pnea

Breathing

Eu

Good or normal

Tachy

Fast

Acidosis

Excessive acid in the blood

Anoxia

Absence of O2 in the tissue

Anosmia

Absence or decrease in smell

ARDS

Build up a fluid in the air sex, preventing O2 from passing into the bloodstream

Asphyxia

Inefficient intake of O2

Atelectasis

Collapse of the lung tissue

Coryza

Acute inflammation of the nasal passage/Cold

Croup

Acute respiratory syndrome

Pleurisy

Inflammation of the plural membrane

Pertussis

Whooping cough

Otis media

Inflammation in the middle of the ear

Influenza

Flu

Hypoxia

Deficiency of O2 in the body tissue

Hypoxemia

Deficiency of O2 in the blood

Hypercapina

Greater than normal amounts of CO2 in the blood

Epistaxis

Nose bleed

Emphysema

Loss of elasticity in the lungs, which makes it hard to breathe

Expectorant

improve the ability to cough Up Mucus