Respiratory System
Respiratory System
Terminology
adenoid/o adenoids Adenoidectomy adenoid hypertrophy alveol/o alveolus, air sac alveolar bronch/o bronchi/o bronchial tube, bronchus Bronchospasm: This tightening of the bronchus is a chief characteristic of asthma and bronchitis
Bronchiectasis: Caused by weakening of the bronchial wall from infection.
Bronchodilator: This drug causes dilation, or enlargement, of the opening of a bronchus to improve ventilation to the lungs. An example is albuterol, delivered via an inhaler.
Bronchopleural: A bronchopleural fistula is an abnormal connection between the bronchial tube and the pleural cavity (space). Occurring as a result of lung disease or surgical complication, this can cause an air leak into the pleural space.
bronchiol/o bronchiole, small bronchus Bronchiolitis: This is an acute viral infection occurring in infants younger than
18 months of age capn/o carbon dioxide hypercapnia coni/o dust pneumoconiosis cyan/o blue
Cyanosis: Caused by deficient oxygen in the blood. epiglott/o Epiglottis
Epiglottitis: Characterized by fever, sore throat, and an erythematous, swollen epiglottis laryng/o larynx, voice box
Laryngeal
Laryngospasm: Spasm of laryngeal muscles that closes the larynx
Laryngitis
lob/o lobe of the lung lobectomy mediastin/o
Mediastinum
Mediastinoscopy: An endoscope is inserted through an incision in the chest. nas/o Nose
Paranasal sinuses : Para- means near in this term. nasogastric intubation orth/o straight, upright
Orthopnea : An abnormal condition in which breathing (-pnea) is easier in the
Upright position. A major cause of orthopnea is congestive heart
Failure (the lungs fill with fluid when the patient is lying flat).
Physicians assess the degree of orthopnea by the number of pillows a patient requires to sleep comfortably (e.g., two-pillow
Orthopnea).
ox/o
Oxygen
Hypoxia : Tissues have a decreased amount of oxygen, and cyanosis can
result.
Terminology
adenoid/o adenoids Adenoidectomy adenoid hypertrophy alveol/o alveolus, air sac alveolar bronch/o bronchi/o bronchial tube, bronchus Bronchospasm: This tightening of the bronchus is a chief characteristic of asthma and bronchitis
Bronchiectasis: Caused by weakening of the bronchial wall from infection.
Bronchodilator: This drug causes dilation, or enlargement, of the opening of a bronchus to improve ventilation to the lungs. An example is albuterol, delivered via an inhaler.
Bronchopleural: A bronchopleural fistula is an abnormal connection between the bronchial tube and the pleural cavity (space). Occurring as a result of lung disease or surgical complication, this can cause an air leak into the pleural space.
bronchiol/o bronchiole, small bronchus Bronchiolitis: This is an acute viral infection occurring in infants younger than
18 months of age capn/o carbon dioxide hypercapnia coni/o dust pneumoconiosis cyan/o blue
Cyanosis: Caused by deficient oxygen in the blood. epiglott/o Epiglottis
Epiglottitis: Characterized by fever, sore throat, and an erythematous, swollen epiglottis laryng/o larynx, voice box
Laryngeal
Laryngospasm: Spasm of laryngeal muscles that closes the larynx
Laryngitis
lob/o lobe of the lung lobectomy mediastin/o
Mediastinum
Mediastinoscopy: An endoscope is inserted through an incision in the chest. nas/o Nose
Paranasal sinuses : Para- means near in this term. nasogastric intubation orth/o straight, upright
Orthopnea : An abnormal condition in which breathing (-pnea) is easier in the
Upright position. A major cause of orthopnea is congestive heart
Failure (the lungs fill with fluid when the patient is lying flat).
Physicians assess the degree of orthopnea by the number of pillows a patient requires to sleep comfortably (e.g., two-pillow
Orthopnea).
ox/o
Oxygen
Hypoxia : Tissues have a decreased amount of oxygen, and cyanosis can
result.