GROSS ANATOMY
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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Question
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Pulmonis is the latin word for lungs
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The word pulmonary is used to describe issues pertaining to the lungs. It is derived from the Latin root word pulmo, which means lung.
Detailed explanation-2: -From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pneum(o) refers to lungs or air. Pneumonia is an acute inflammation of the lungs.
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