Chapter 2: Other Terms of the Respiratory System Flashcards
What means Acute?
A disease or symptom that begins suddenly or worsens quickly.
What means Aspiration?
The accidental breathing in of food or fluid into the lungs.
What means Chronic?
A disease or symptom persisting for a long time.
What means Edema?
An abnormal accumulation of fluid in certain tissues within the body.
What means Effusion?
Escape of fluid from blood or lymph vessels into the tissues or body cavity.
What means Exacerbation?
An increase in the severity of a disease; worsening.
What means Exhalation?
The act of breathing out.
What means Fibrosis?
Normal tissue is replaced by hardened tissue.
What means Inhalation?
The act of drawing air into the lungs.
What means Interstitial?
The spaces around a tissue or an organ.
What means Intubation?
Insertion of a plastic tube into the trachea to maintain an open airway.
What means Latent?
Describes a condition that is present but not active or causing symptoms.
What means Mucous membrane?
Sheetlike tissues that act as a lining with cells that secrete mucus.
What means Nosocomial?
Acquired in a hospital, especially in reference to an infection.
What means Phlegm?
A type of mucus made in the lower respiratory tract.
What means Respiration?
The exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide; breathing.
What means Septum?
A wall that separates two sides, such as between the nostrils or the chambers of the heart.
What means Serous membrane?
Sheetlike tissues that act as lining with cells that secrete fluid.
What means Sputum?
Phlegm that is coughed up and ejected through the mouth.
What means Stoma?
The surgically created opening on a body surface following a colostomy or tracheostomy.
What means Visceral?
Relating to the soft internal organs of the body, including the lungs, the heart, and the organs of the digestive, urinary, reproductive and circulatory systems.
