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Hi
I’m Liu Juan
from Capital Medical University
Today we are going to learn Medical
Terminology
Step by Step
Chapter 3
the Respiratory System
The respiratory system
contains organs and tissues
associated with respiration
the physiological process
of gaseous exchange
between an organism
and its environment.
The main function
of the respiratory system
is to take in oxygen
when breathing in
and to discard carbon dioxide
when breathing out.
upon completion
of this chapter
you should be able to
define the anatomical terms
in this system
understand the definitions
of the word parts
in this system
define the diagnostic terms
in this system
define the surgical terms
in this system
and also
define additional terms
in this system
Now let's get started
Affix Preparation
first
prefixes
a/an-
means without
absence of
brady-
means slow
tacky-
means fast
rapid
dys-
means painful
difficult
abnormal
eu-
normal
good
hypo-
means below
incomplete
deficient
hyper-
is above
excessive
Next, let's move to
suffixes
-itis
means inflammation
-ia
is the condition of
-pnea
means breathing
-phonia
is sound
voice
-oxia
is the level of oxygen
-pathy
is disease
-ptysis
is spitting
-rrhea
is flow
excessive discharge
-stenosis
means constriction
narrowing
-thorax
is chest
-scope
is instrument used for
visual examination
-scopy
is the examination of
-centesis
is surgical puncture to drain
-plasty
means plastic repair
plastic surgery
and reconstruction
-ectomy
the removing of
a particular part
of someone’s body
by an operation
-stomy
is creation of an
artificial opening
-tomy
is cutting
separating
-pexy
is surgical fixation
suspension
-A Guide to Medical Terminology
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The DiagnosticTerms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 1
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 1
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 1
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and Skin-Related Expressions
--The Additional Terms and Expressions Related to Skin
-Chapter 2
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 2
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 2
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 3
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 3
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 3
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 4
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 4
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 4
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 5
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 5
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 5
-Unit 1 Introduction
-- Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-- The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 6
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 6
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 6
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the system
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 7
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 7
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 7
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 8
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 8
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 8
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the word parts in the system
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 9
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 9
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 9
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the word parts in the system
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 10
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 10
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 10
-Unit 1 Introduction
-Unit 2 The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the Word Parts in the System
--The Anatomical Terms and Definitions of the word parts in the system
-Unit 3 The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
--The Diagnostic Terms Related to the System
-Unit 4 The Surgical Terms Related to the System
--The Surgical Terms Related to the System
-Unit 5 The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
--The Additional Terms and A Legend Related to the System
-Exercise for Chapter 11
-Discussion Topic 1 for Chapter 11
-Discussion Topic 2 for Chapter 11
-Final Exam
--Final Exam
