med term Flashcards
laryng
larynx/throat
nas/o
nose
pharng/o
throat pharynx
phon/o
sound, voice
pleur/o
pleura side of body
pnea
breathing
pneum/o pneumon/o
lung, air
pulm/o pulmon
lung
somno
sleep
spir/o
breathe
thorac/o thorax
chest, pleural cavity
wall of cartilage that devides the nose into two equal sctions
nasal septum
located in the frontal bone just above the eyebrows
frontal sinuses
largest of the paranasal sinuses
maxillary sinuses
posterior to the nasal cavity and continues downward to behind the mouth
nasopharynx
larynx
voicebox
lid like structure loactated at the base of the tounge
epiglottis
transport air to and from the lungs
trachea
smallest branches of the bronchi
broncicholes
air sacs that are very small grapelike clusters found at the end of each broncichole
aveoli
the middle section of the chest cavity and is located between the lungs
mediastinum
thin most slippery membrane that covrs the outer surface of the lungs and lines the inner surface of the thoracic cavity
pleura
a dome shaped sheet of muscle that seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen.
diaphgram
a group of lung diseases in which the bronchial airflow is obstructed making it difficult to breathe out
COPD
disease where the airways have become inflamed due to recurent exposure to an inhaled irritant, usually cigarrette smoke
chronic bronchitis
progressive long term loss of lung function usually due to smoking
emphysema
chronnic inflammatory disease of the bronchial tubes often triggered by an allegric reaction
asthma
a contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles.
bronchospasm
nosebleed
epistaxis
influenza
flu
known as whooping cough and is a contagious bacteral infection of the upper respiratory tract that is a paroxysmal cough
pertussis
pharyngitis
sore throat
inflammation of the pleura
pleurisy
excess acumalation of fluid in the pleural space
pleural effusion
collection of pus in any body cavity
empyema
collapsed lung is the incomplete expansion od part or all of a lung do to a blockge of the air passages or pneumothorax
atelactasis
caused by inahling silica dust in the lungs and usuall occurs after working in occupatios
sillcosis
a life threathening genetic disorder in which the lungs and pancreas are clgged ith large abnrmally thick mucus.
cystic fibrosis
irregular pattern of breathing either rapid or shallow
cheyne-stokes respiration
shallow or slow breathing
hypopnea
the exectoration of blood or blood stained septum derived from the lungs or bronchialtubes as the result blah
hemoptysis
absence of oxygen from the bodys tissues and organs even though there is a adequete flow of bloood
anoxia
sleep study measures physicological activity during sleep and often performed to see defects.
polysomnography
an external moniter place\d on the patients fingetips or earlobe to measure the oxygen and saturation level in their blood
pulse omiter
cough medicine used to relive or prevent coughing
antitusive
an inhaled medication that relaxes and expands the bronchial passages into the lungs
bronchilatador
an electronic devide that pumps air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into MIST
nebulizer
is a surgical incision into the chest wall to open the pleural cavity for biobsy or treatment
thoractomy
administrated when the patient is unable to maintain an adequate blood oxygen satuartion level from breathing normal air
supplemental oxygen
