Chapter 4

The Respiratory System

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Prefixes

a- withoutdys- difficult/painfulhyper- above /excessivehypo- below /lowinter- betweentachy- fast

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Suffixes-algia -centesis -dynia -ectasis -gram -graphy -pathy -plasty -pexy -plegia -rrhea  -spasm -stenosis

condition of pain surgical puncture to remove fluid condition of pain dilatation/stretching X-ray / tracing/ recording technique of recording /making X-ray disease of  surgical repair/reconstruction surgical fixation /fix in place condition of paralysis excessive discharge /flow involuntary contraction abnormal condition of narrowing

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Humans breathe air into paired lungs through the nose and mouth during inspiration.

Whilst air is in the lungs gaseous exchange takes place; in this process oxygen enters the blood in exchange for carbon dioxide.

During expiration, air containing less oxygen and more carbon dioxide leaves the body.

The oxygen obtained through gaseous exchange is required by body cells for cellular respiration, a process that releases energy from food.

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Word Root

RhinFrom a Greek word rhinos, meaning nose.

Combining forms Rhin/o

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Word Exercise 1

• Find the meaning of:A.rhino/scopy ………………B.rhino/pathy ………………C.rhin/algia ………………..D.rhin/itis ……………….E.rhino/rrhoea ………………F.rhino/plasty …………….

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Word Root• Nas–From a Latin word nasus, meaning nose.

• Combining forms –Nas/o

• Pharyng–From a Greek word pharynx, meaning

throat, here it is used to mean the pharynx.

• Combining forms –Pharyng/o 04/20/23Dr Atef Masad Respirtory System8

Word Exercise 2

• Find the meaning of:A.naso/gastr/ic tube ………………..B.naso-oesophag/eal tube

……………..

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Word Exercise 3• Write the meaning of:A.pharyng/algia ……………….B.pharyngo/rrhoea ……………..

• Build words that mean:C.surgical repair of the pharynx

………………D.inflammation of the nose and

pharynx (use rhin/o) ……………………04/20/23Dr Atef Masad Respirtory System10

Word Root

LaryngFrom a Greek word larynx that refers to the voice box, here it is used to mean the larynx.

Combining forms Laryng/o

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Word Exercise 4

• Find the meaning of:(a) laryngo/logy ……………….(b) laryngo/pharyng/ectomy

…………………..

• Build words that mean:(c) technique of viewing the larynx

…………….(d) the study of the nose and larynx (use

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• When swallowing, food is prevented from falling into the larynx by the epiglottis, a thin flap of cartilage lying above the glottis and behind the tongue.

• When the epiglottis moves, it covers the opening into the larynx and sound-producing glottis.

• Epiglott/o is the combining form derived from epiglottis; inflammation of the epiglottis may produce epiglottitis and tumours may be removed by epiglottectomy. 04/20/23Dr Atef Masad Respirtory System13

Word Exercise 6

• Build words that mean:A.discharge/excessive flow of mucus

from bronchi ………………B.an X-ray of the bronchus ………………C.technique of making an X-ray of the

bronchi …………………………D.an instrument for the visual

examination of the bronchi ……………………………..

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Word Exercise 6

• Find the meaning of:E.bronch/us …………F.broncho/plegia ……………….G.broncho/rrhaphy …………………H.bronchi/ectasis …………………….I. broncho/myc/osis ……………….J. broncho/genie …………………..K.broncho/spasm …………………….L.tracheo/bronchi/al ……………………..

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Word Exercise 6

•Write the meaning of:M.laryngo/tracheo/bronch/it is …………

N.bronch/oesophago/stomy …………….

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• The smallest bronchioles end in microscopic air sacs known as alveoli (from Latin alveus, meaning hollow cavity). • Alveoli form a large surface area of the lungs across which the gases oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. • The combining form is alveol/o, but few terms are in use, e.g. alveolitis.04/20/23Dr Atef Masad Respirtory System17

• At the alveolar surface oxygen diffuses into the blood from the cavities of the alveoli, carbon dioxide diffuses in the opposite direction and is lost from the body in expired air.

• Disorders of the breathing and cardiovascular systems can affect gaseous exchange and therefore the concentration of these gases in the blood.

• Hypoxia is a condition of deficiency of oxygen in the tissues (hypo- meaning below/low, -oxia meaning condition of oxygen).

• Hypercapnia is a condition of too much carbon dioxide in the blood (hyper- meaning above/excessive, -capnia meaning a condition of carbon dioxide). 04/20/23Dr Atef Masad Respirtory System18

Poor oxygenation also results in the presence of large amounts of unoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood.

This produces cyanosis, an abnormal condition in which unoxygenated hemoglobin gives a blue color to the skin, lips and nail beds (cyan/o meaning blue, -osis meaning abnormal condition).

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Mr C is 56 years of age and has a long history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). • He began smoking at the age of 14 and until 6 years ago smoked approximately 25-30 cigarettes per day but now only smokes 2 or 3 per week.• Five years ago he developed a squamous cell carcinoma and had a right upper lobectomy.

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Mr C has had two acute exacerbations (an increase in the severity of a disease or its signs and symptoms) of bronchitis in the past year.

His wife says that over the last few days he has become increasingly out of breath and has difficulty in walking, speaking and eating.

He was seen in casualty with increasing dyspnoea (-pnea means breathing), cyanosis and a productive purulent sputum. 04/20/23Dr Atef Masad Respirtory System21

• On examination he had a degree of bronchospasm and was showing signs of hypoxia and hypercapnia.

• His serious condition required his immediate transfer to the intensive therapy unit (ITU) for mechanical ventilatory support.

• An arterial catheter for blood gas sampling was inserted via the left radial artery, and he was sedated.

• He was given a muscle relaxant intravenously to enable tracheal intubation and commencement of intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV). 04/20/23Dr Atef Masad Respirtory System22

Word Help• acute symptoms/signs of short duration• carcinoma malignant growth from epidermal cells/a

cancer• catheter a tube inserted into the body• chronic lasting/lingering for a long time• exacerbations acute increased severity of symptoms• intravenous pertaining to within a vein• intubation insertion of a tube into a hollow organ in this

case the trachea• productive producing e.g. producing mucus/sputum• purulent resembling pus/infected• sedated state of reduced activity usually as a result of

medication• sputum material expelled from the respiratory passages

by coughing or clearing the throat• squamous pertaining to scale-like/from squamous

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Homework Using your medical dictionary, find the

meaning of the following words. You will be responsible for these definitions on the next exam/quiz.

1.1. EpistaxisEpistaxis2.2. HypoxiaHypoxia3.3. PertussisPertussis4.4. PneumothoraxPneumothorax5.5. RalesRales6.6. RhonchiRhonchi7.7. StridorStridor

8. Acidosis8. Acidosis9. Adult respiratory distress syndrome9. Adult respiratory distress syndrome10. Atelectasis10. Atelectasis11. Coryza11. Coryza12. Croup12. Croup13. Empyema13. Empyema