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med term Flashcards

1
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laryng

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larynx/throat

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nas/o

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nose

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pharng/o

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throat pharynx

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phon/o

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sound, voice

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pleur/o

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pleura side of body

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5
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pnea

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breathing

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pneum/o pneumon/o

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lung, air

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pulm/o pulmon

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lung

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8
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somno

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sleep

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spir/o

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breathe

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10
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thorac/o thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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11
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wall of cartilage that devides the nose into two equal sctions

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nasal septum

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12
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located in the frontal bone just above the eyebrows

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frontal sinuses

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13
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largest of the paranasal sinuses

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maxillary sinuses

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14
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posterior to the nasal cavity and continues downward to behind the mouth

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nasopharynx

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15
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larynx

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voicebox

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16
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lid like structure loactated at the base of the tounge

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epiglottis

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17
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transport air to and from the lungs

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trachea

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18
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smallest branches of the bronchi

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broncicholes

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18
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air sacs that are very small grapelike clusters found at the end of each broncichole

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aveoli

19
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the middle section of the chest cavity and is located between the lungs

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mediastinum

20
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thin most slippery membrane that covrs the outer surface of the lungs and lines the inner surface of the thoracic cavity

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pleura

21
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a dome shaped sheet of muscle that seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen.

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diaphgram

21
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a group of lung diseases in which the bronchial airflow is obstructed making it difficult to breathe out

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COPD

22
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disease where the airways have become inflamed due to recurent exposure to an inhaled irritant, usually cigarrette smoke

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chronic bronchitis

23
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progressive long term loss of lung function usually due to smoking

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emphysema

24
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chronnic inflammatory disease of the bronchial tubes often triggered by an allegric reaction

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asthma

25
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a contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles.

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bronchospasm

26
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nosebleed

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epistaxis

27
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influenza

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flu

28
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known as whooping cough and is a contagious bacteral infection of the upper respiratory tract that is a paroxysmal cough

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pertussis

29
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pharyngitis

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sore throat

30
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inflammation of the pleura

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pleurisy

31
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excess acumalation of fluid in the pleural space

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pleural effusion

32
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collection of pus in any body cavity

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empyema

33
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collapsed lung is the incomplete expansion od part or all of a lung do to a blockge of the air passages or pneumothorax

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atelactasis

34
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caused by inahling silica dust in the lungs and usuall occurs after working in occupatios

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sillcosis

35
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a life threathening genetic disorder in which the lungs and pancreas are clgged ith large abnrmally thick mucus.

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cystic fibrosis

36
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irregular pattern of breathing either rapid or shallow

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cheyne-stokes respiration

37
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shallow or slow breathing

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hypopnea

38
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the exectoration of blood or blood stained septum derived from the lungs or bronchialtubes as the result blah

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hemoptysis

39
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absence of oxygen from the bodys tissues and organs even though there is a adequete flow of bloood

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anoxia

40
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sleep study measures physicological activity during sleep and often performed to see defects.

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polysomnography

41
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an external moniter place\d on the patients fingetips or earlobe to measure the oxygen and saturation level in their blood

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pulse omiter

42
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cough medicine used to relive or prevent coughing

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antitusive

43
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an inhaled medication that relaxes and expands the bronchial passages into the lungs

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bronchilatador

44
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an electronic devide that pumps air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into MIST

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nebulizer

45
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is a surgical incision into the chest wall to open the pleural cavity for biobsy or treatment

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thoractomy

46
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administrated when the patient is unable to maintain an adequate blood oxygen satuartion level from breathing normal air

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supplemental oxygen

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