Combo
Nas/o, Rhin/o
nose
hypo
inadequate, deficient
plegia
paralysis
Exchange of CO2 and O2 between tissues cells and blood
Internal Respiration
acute respiratory syndrome in children and infants characterized by obstruction of larynx, hoarseness, and barking cough
Croup
Bronch/o & Bronch/i
Bronchial tubes
Hyper
Excessive
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
Oxygen
Passageway for both food and air________the ______ stops food from going into the lungs.
oropharynx/laryngopharynx
Epiglottis
coryza
common Cold - URI
Spir/o
Breath or breathing
Dys
Bad, difficult, painful
meter
measurement
Bronchi vs. Bronchioles
Bronchi - 2 branches that divide from trachea
Bronchioles - smallest branches of the bronchi
severe hypoxia that results in LOC or death
asphyxia
Phon/o
Sound or voice
spasm
sudden involuntary contraction
ectasis
dilation stretching
Stenosis
Narrowing
Epistaxis
Nosebleed
Swelling of lungs due to fluid accumulation
Pulmonary edema
-pnea
breathing
RRhagia
Rrhaphy
Rrhexis
Rrhea
bloody flow
suture
rupture
water/mucous flow
inhalation of foreign material into lungs
aspiration
Singultus
Hiccups