Respiratory system terminology Chapter four ‘ LECTURER: Salad A. Ahmed 1
Terms and their meaning A/ pnea Absence of breathing Dys /apnea Difficult of breathing Hyper/apnea Increased rate and depth of breathing Tachy / pnea Rapid breathing
Terms and their meaning Brady/ pnea Slow breathing Orth / pnea Able to breathing only when sitting or standing Hem/o/ pty /sis Expectoration couching up blood Hyper/ venil / ation Excessive movement of air in and out of lungs , sighing respiration
Terms and their meaning Hyp / oxia Low oxygen of organs and tissue Cyan/ osis Bluish color due to hypoxia Pne /o/ pnea Breathing Pneum /o Air or lung
Terms and their meaning Pneumon / ia Acute inflammation of the lung cuased by organisms such as virus Pneumon / itis Inflammation of the lung Pneumon / ectomy Excision of part or all of lung Pneumon /o/ tomy Incision of a lung
Terms and their meaning Pneumon /o/ pathy Any disease of the lung Pneumon /o/ rrhagia Hemorrhage of a lung Pneumon /o/ pexy Surgical fixtion of lung tissue Pneumon /o/ centesis Surgical punture of a lung to remove fluids
Terms and their meaning Atelectasis Atletes means greek word Ektasis means expanded or dilate I greek Ectasia --- ectasis : dilation or expansion Atel / ectasis : is the imperfect expansion of the lung when collapsed lung ( collapsed alveola )
Terms and their meaning Melan /o Means black Pneumon /o/ melan / osis A lung disease in w hich lung tissue becomes black due to breathing black dust, soot , or black smoke. Pneum /o/derma Collection of air under the skin Pneumo /o/thorax Collection of air in the chest cavity
Terms and their meaning Pneum /o/therapy Treatment with compressed air Pulmon / ary Pertaining to the lung Pulmon / ary / embolus A blood clot moving to the lung Nas /al Pertaining to the nose
Terms and their meaning Ment /o : means chin Nas /o/ ment /al : Pertaining to the nasal cavity and chin Nas /o/ antr / itis Inflammation of the antrum Nas / itis Inflammation of the nose
Terms and their meaning Nas /o/scope Instrument to examine the nose cavity Na/o/ pharyng / itis inflammation of nose and pharynx Or/o/ pharyng / itis Inlammation of oral and pharynx Nas /o/front/al Pertaining the the nasal and frontal bone
Terms and their meaning Nas /o/ lacrim /al Pertaining to the nose and lacrimal duct Epistasis Epi : upon Stasis: dripping or oozing Epi /stasis : nose bleeding or hemorrhage from the nose
Terms and their meaning Air routes Nas /o : nose and nasal cavity P harng /o :pharynx Laryng /o :larynx Trache /o : trachea Bronch /o : bronchi Alveo /o : alveoli
Terms and their meaning Pharyng /o/ tomy Incision of the pharynx Pharyng /o/ pathy Disease of the pharynx Pharyng /o/ plast Surgical repair of the pharynx Pharyng /o/scope Instrument to examine pharynx
Terms and their meaning Laryng /o/ itis Inflammation of the larynx Laryng / algia Pain in the larynx Laryng /o/ stomy Creating a new opening in the larynx Laryng /o/ tomy Incision in to the larynx to create temperary opening
Terms and their meaning Laryng /o/ pathy Any disease of the larynx Laryng /o/spasm Spasm of the larynx Trache /o/ scopy Examination of the trachea Treache /al Incision of trachea and larynx
Terms and their meaning Trache /o/ laryng /o/ tomy Surgical creating of a new opeing in the trachea and larynx Bronch / itis Inflammation of the bronchi Bronch /o/ rrhage Brnchial hemorrhage Bronch /o/spasm Spasm of the bronchus
Terms and their meaning Phren /o : means diaphram Phren /o/ plega Paralysis of the diaphram Phren /o/ ectomy Removal of a phrenic nerve Pleur / algia Pain in the pleura
Terms and their meaning Pleur / itis Inflammation in the pleura Pleur / ectomy Excision of the part of pleura Pleur /o/ centesis Surgical punturing of the pleura