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diagnosis

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identification of a disease or condition by a scientific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, history, laboratory results, and procedures

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pulmon/ary

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pertaining to the lungs or the respiratoy system

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respiration

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molecular exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the body’s tissues
also called: breathing, pulmonary ventilation, ventilation

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thorac/ic

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pertaining to the thorax or thoracic cage (bony enclosure formed by the sternum, costal cartilage, ribs, and the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae)

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vascul/ar

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pertaining to a blood vessel

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose
-air enters and leaves
-cilia sweep foreign material toward throat for elimination

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pharyng/o

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pharynx/throat
-airway connection to larynx
-serves as passageway for air from nose and food from mouth

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laryng/o

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larynx/voice box
-contains structures that make vocal sounds possible
-connected to the trachea

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trache/o

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trachea/windpipe
-branches in two tubes called bronchi
-serves as passageway for air to the bronchi

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bronch/o

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bronchi
-enter a lung and subdivide into smaller branches called bronchioles

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole
-bronchioles are the smallest branches of the bronchi and terminate at the alveoli

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pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

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lungs
-left has two lobes
-right has three lobes

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upper respiratory tract

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nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea

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lower respiratory tract

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bronchi, lungs, alveoli, diaphragm

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alveol/o

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alveoli
-air sacs of lungs provide breathing (ventilation)

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phren/o

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diaphragm
-aids in the process of breathing
-contracts and descends with each inhalation (inspiration)

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main function of the respiratory system

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provides O2 and removes CO2 from body cells

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body systems that help support the respiratory system

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cardiovascular: transport O2 and remove CO2

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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adenoid/o

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adenoid

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-osmia

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smell

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-pnea

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breathing

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bronchi/itis

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inflammation of the bronchi

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laryng/o/plegia

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paralysis of the larynx

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bronch/o/scopy

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visual examination of the bronchi

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trache/o/tomy

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incision of the trachea

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laryng/o/scope

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instrument for examining the larynx

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thorac/o/pathy

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disease of the chest

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tachy/pnea

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rapid breathing

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tonsill/ectomy

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excision of tonsils

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muc/oid

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resembling mucus

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rhino/plasty

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surgical repair of the nose

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pulmon/o/logist

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specialist in (treatment of ) lungs

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aer/o/phagia

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swallowing air

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a/pnea

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without (absence of) breathing

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trache/o/stomy

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creation of an opening (mouth) in the trachea (windpipe)

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laryng/ectomy

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excision of the larynx (voice box)

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wedge resection

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excision of a small portion of the lung along with healthy tissue that surrounds the lung

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segmented resection/segmentectomy

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excision of a portion of a lobe of a lung

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lobectomy

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excision of one lobe of the lung

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pneumonectomy

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excision of a lung or a portion of a lung

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upper airway obstruction

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cyanosis of the skin, difficulty breathing, choking, confusion, panic, unconsciousness

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pneumothorax

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collapse of a lung
severe shortness of breath; sudden, sharp chest pain; falling blood pressure; rapid, weak pulse; and shallow, weak respirations

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bronchiectasis

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widening and destruction of the large airways or bronchi, usually in the lower lung portions

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empyema, pyothorax

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pus in a body cavity, especially in the pleural cavity

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emphysema

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chronic disease characterized by overexpansion and destruction of alveoli; commonly associated with cigarette smoking

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epistaxis

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bleeding from the nose, nosebleed, nasal hemorrhage, rhinorrhagia

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ischemia

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inadequate supply of oxygenated blood to a body part as a result of an interruption of blood flow

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rhonchi

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abnormal respiratory sound resembling snoring, caused by blockage in the larger airways

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tubercle

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small lesions that appear in the lungs when a person is infection tuberculosis (TB)

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bronchoscopy

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tissue biopsy for detection of lung cancer, remove obstruction (tissue or other), observe directly for pathological changes
visual examination of bronchi

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polysomnography

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diagnoses sleep disorders, records various aspects of sleep, such as eye and muscle movements, respiration, and electroencephalogram patterns

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spirometry

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common lung function test, measures capacity of the lungs and the volume of air during inhalation and expiration

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thoracentesis, thoracocentesis

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removes fluid from pleural space for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
surgical puncture of the chest

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arterial blood gas (ABG)

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measures O2 and CO2 content of arterial blood by various methods

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pulmonary function tests (PFTs)

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measures capacity of the lungs and the volume of air during inhalation and exhalation

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spirometer

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instrument for measuring breathing

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endotracheal intubation

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tube placed through the mouth or nose into the trachea just above the bronchi
provides air to patients who are unable to breathe on their own because of respiratory failure and to administer O2, medication, or anesthesia

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postural drainage

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body position so that gravity helps remove secretion from the lung or bronchi, coughing usually expels secretions from the trachea

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bronchodilators

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drugs that dilate constricted airways via a metered-dose inhaler (MDI)

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