Crosswords Flashcards
1
Q
a cluster of air sacs
A
alveoli
2
Q
head cold
A
coryza
3
Q
fine hairs in the nasal cavity
A
cilia
4
Q
only able to breathe in an upright position
A
orthopnoea
5
Q
incomplete expansion of alveoli
A
atelectasis
6
Q
deficient oxygen in tissues and organs
A
hypoxia
7
Q
spasm & narrowing of the bronchi, leading to bronchial airway obstruction
A
asthma
8
Q
whooping cough
A
pertussis
9
Q
accumulation of pusin the pleural cavity
A
pyothorax
10
Q
a loss of stability of the chest wall due to injury to the chest is a what chest/
A
flail
11
Q
muscle separating the chest & abdomen
A
diaphragm
12
Q
mesurement of the air capacity of the lungs
A
spirometry
13
Q
surgical removal of one of the lobes of the lungs
A
lobectomy
14
Q
incision into the trachea
A
tracheotomy
15
Q
malignant tumour arising in the pleura & associated with exposure to asbestos
A
mesothelioma
