Chapter 11: The Respiratory System

• laryngoplasty 


  surgical repair of the larynx
• nasal 


  pertaining to the nose
• oropharynx 


  portion of the pharynx behind the mouth
• pharyngitis 


  inflammation of the pharynx
• rhinoplasty


  plastic surgery of the nose
• sinography 


  x-ray recording of the sinuses
• alveolar 


  pertaining to an alveolus
• bronchitis 


  inflammation of the bronchi
• bronchiolectasis 


  dilation of the bronchioles
• pertaining to a lobe (of a lung)

  lobar
• inflammation of the pleura

  pleuritis
• pneumolith 


  a stone in the lungs
• pneumonia 


  lung condition (infection)
• pulmonary 


  pertaining to the lungs
• thoracic 


  pertaining to the chest
• tracheotomy 


  surgical incision into the trachea
• hypoxemia 


  reduced oxygen level in the blood
• respiration 


  process of breathing
• spirometry 


  measurement of breathing
• An-, a-


  Without, absent
• Endo-


  Within
• Inter-


  Between
• Intra-


  Within
• -ar, -ary


  Pertaining to
• Capnia


  Carbon dioxide
• Centesis


  Surgical puncture with needle to aspirate fluid
• -ectasis


  Stretching or expansion
• -gram


  Record
• -raphy


  Process of recording
• -itis


  Inflammation
• -osmia


  Smell
• -ostomy


  Creation of an artificial opening
• -oxia


  Oxygen
• -pnea


  Breathing
• -scope


  Instrument used to visually examine
• -sphyxia


  Visual examination
• Sphyxia


  Pulse
• -stenosis


  Narrowing or constricting
• -thorax


  Chest
• Adenoid/o


  Adenoids