the respiratory system
Broncho bronchi, airway Cili hairlike processes Ectasis expansion Laryngo larynx, voicebox Naso nose Rhin nose Oro mouth
Oxy oxygen Pector breast, chest Pleura rib side Pneumo lung Pulmo lungs Ptysis to spit
adenoid/o adenoid alveol/o air sac, alveolus bronch/o bronchial tube bronchiol/o bronchiole, the smallest bronchi cyan/o blue epiglott/o epiglottis laryng/o larynx
Pne/u, pnea Breath, air, lung Dyspnea Difficult/painful Apnea Cessation of breathing Pradypnea Decrease breathing rate Tachypnea Increase breathing rate
-phonia Voice Dysphonia Difficulty in speaking -plasty Reconstruction Rhinoplasty surgical reconstruction of nose
Expectoration Expiration Inspiration The act of coughing up material from the respiratory tract; also the material thus release sputum. Expiration The act of breathing out or expelling air from the lungs; exhalation Inspiration The act of drawing air into the lungs; inhalation
Asphyxia Asthma Atelectasis A lack of oxygen in the body that is usually caused by interruption of breathing Asthma Spasm and narrowing of bronchi with inflammation Atelectasis Collapsed lung
Emphysema Hemoptysis Pneumoconiosis Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls Hemoptysis spitting up of blood hemothorax blood in the pelural cavity Pneumoconiosis Abnormal condition of dust in the lungs
Pneumonia Inflammation and infection of alveoli, which will fill with pus Tuberculosis Infection disease caused by bacili causing small lesions in the lungs or other ogans
Bronchoscopy Visual examination of the bronchial tubes with an endoscope Laryngoscopy Visual examination of the larynx (voice box) Pulmonary angiography X-ray images of the blood vessels in the lungs after the injection of contrast material