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Ventilation |
Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmospheric air and the blood at the lungs |
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Respiration |
Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and the body's cells |
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Inspiration |
Drawing of air into the lungs |
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Expiration |
Expelling of air from the lungs |
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-Pnea |
Suffix pertaining to breathing |
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Asphyxia and asphyxiation |
Condition caused by insufficient intake of oxygen |
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Hyperpnea |
Increased breathing rate |
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Hyperventilation |
increases aeration of the lungs, and reduces the Co2 level in the body |
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Alkayo |
Means alkaline or basic |
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Alkalosis |
pathological condition resulting from accumulation of basic substances or from the loss of acid in the body |
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Acid/o |
Means acid |
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Acidosis |
pathological condition resulting from accumulation of acidic substances or from a loss of basic substances in the body |
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-Capnia |
Refers to Co2 |
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Hypercapnia |
excessive Co2 in the blood |
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Orthopnea |
difficulty breathing unless the body is in the straight position |
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Ortho |
Straight |
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Bradypnea |
slow breathing |
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Tachypnea |
Fast breathing |
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Spirometry |
measurement of the amount of air taken into and expelled from the lungs |
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Thoracopathy |
any disease of the thoracic organs or tissues |
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Thoracoplasty |
Surgical procedure that involves removal of ribs and allowing the chest wall to collapse around a diseased lung |
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Pleura |
membrane surrounding lung |
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Pleur/o |
combining form of pleura |
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Pleural effusion |
collections of fluid in the pleural cavity |
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Empyema |
pleural effusion that contains pus and signifies and infection |
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Hemothorax |
Blood in pleural cavity, most common cause is trauma |
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Diaphragm |
most important muscle, active during inspiration |
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phren/o |
combining form for diaphragm |
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Ptosis or -ptosis |
drooping or sagging of an organ |
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Pheroptosis |
drooping of the diphragm |
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Pulmonary |
refers to lungs |
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Pulm/o and pulmon/o |
combining forms for pulmonary |
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Embolus |
Blockage, may cause sudden death |
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Pulmonary embolus |
blockage of the pulmonary artery |
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Embolism |
sudden blocking of an artery by foreign material that has been brought by circulating blood |
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Pnemon/o and pneum/o |
also combining forms meaning lungs |
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pneumonia and pnemonitis |
inflammation of the lungs |
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pneumonectomy |
removal of a lung |
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Pneumomelanosis |
blackening of the lungs |
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Coni/o |
combining form for dust |
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pneumoconiosis |
a condition of the lungs caused by inhaling dust |
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Malac/o |
Combining form for softening |
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pneumomalacia |
a softening of the lungs |
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-malacia |
suffix meaning softness of a tissue part |
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-Centesis |
suffix meaning surgical puncture |
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pneumocentesis |
surgical puncture of the lungs |
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