Respiratory Flashcards
Esthesia
Sensation
Alar
Wing like or wing shaped
Choanal Atresia
A congenital disorder where the back of the nasel passage (choana) is blocked, usually by abnormal bony or soft tissue formed during fetal development
nasel vestibule
the most anterior part of the nasel cavity
Synechia
adhesion
Ablation
wear away through erosion or vaporization
Rrhage
burst forth
Ligate
tie up or otherwise close off (an artery or a vessel)
Antrum
natural cavity or hollow in a bone
Ostium
a small opening or orifice
Cele
pouching,hernia
Coronal
Scary
Exenteration
complete surgical removal
En bloc
all together/all at the same time
chronca bullosa
abnormal pneumatization of the middle turbinate which may interfere with normal ventilation of sinus ostia and can result in recurrent sinusitis