Respitory key terms

respitory key terms

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Nose

structure in which air enters

sinus

cavities on the skull

pharaynx

air enters it from the nose and it is divided into three sections

larynx

located b/t the pharynx and the trachea has nine layers of cartilage and contains vocal cords

trachea

tube extending from larynx to the center of the chest

Bronchi

tube that divides after it leaves the trachea and becomes the right and left bronchus

Bronchiole

smallest branches of the bronchi

epiglottis

leaf-like structures, made of cartilage that covers the larynx during swallowing

bronch-

branch of windpipe

-meter

instrument used to measure

rhin-

nose

-pnea

breathing

pneumo

lung

-centesis

punture

spiro-

breath

-algia

pain

-itis

inflammation

-emia

blood

-lysis

distruction

sept-

infection