midterm Flashcards
listening to chest sounds via stethoscope
auscultation
incomplete expansion of lungs
atelectasis
permanent obstructive disease of lungs with chronic bronchitis; can include emphysema
copd
measurement of breathing capacity
spirometry
URI (UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION)
coryza
blood and air in the pleural cavity
hemopneumothorax
process of viewing throat behind nasal sinus
nasopharyngoscopy
pertaining to chest
pectoral
excision of alveoli
alveolectomy
without speech
aphasia
removal of pleura
pleurectomy
abnormal condition of fungus
mycosis
surgical repair of chest
thoracoplasty
incision of throat
pharyngotomy
removal of voice box
laryngectomy
difficult breathing
dyspnea
swallowing of air
aerophagia
surgical puncture of lung
pneumonocentesis
discharge from nose
rhinorrhea
visualization of bronchus
bronchoscopy
new opening in trachea
tracheostomy
inflammation of lung
pneumonitis
sore throat
pharyngodynia
new growth (tumor)
neoplasm
chest pain
thoracodynia
abnormal increase in rbc
erythrocytosis
immature rbc
reticulocyte
resembling lymph
lymphoid
abnormal decrease of cell with granules
granulocytopenia
abnormal increase of clot cells
thrombocytosis
large cell
macroctye
excision of spleen
splenectomy
incision of thymus
thymotomy
destruction of thymus
thymolysis
tumor of lymph and flesh
lymphosarcoma
specialist in study of immunity
immunology
herniation of spleen
splenocele
removal of lymph vessel
lymphangiectomy
pertaining to decrease in color
hypopchromatic
pertaining to failure to form
amorphic
pertaining to forming in marrow
myolgenic
enlargement of gland
edenomegaly
production of blood
hemopoiesis
hct
hematocrit
hgb
hemoglobin
abnormal condition of decreased platelets
thrombocytopenia
protein in erythrocytes responsible for o2/co2 exchange
Hgb
destruction
lysis
t lymphocytes formed
thymus
condition of yellow skin
dermatoxanthosis
increase discharge of oil
hypersaborrhea
disease of fungus in the hair
trichomycopathy
what happens during the systemic circulation
contraction of L ventricle
disease of inner lining of heart
endocardiopathy
suture of muscle
myorraphy
lordosis is the spine is an abnormal
anterior curvature