Respiratory Flashcards

1
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Esthesia

A

Sensation

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2
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Alar

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Wing like or wing shaped

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3
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Choanal Atresia

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A congenital disorder where the back of the nasel passage (choana) is blocked, usually by abnormal bony or soft tissue formed during fetal development

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4
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nasel vestibule

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the most anterior part of the nasel cavity

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5
Q

Synechia

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adhesion

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6
Q

Ablation

A

wear away through erosion or vaporization

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7
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Rrhage

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burst forth

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8
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Ligate

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tie up or otherwise close off (an artery or a vessel)

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9
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Antrum

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natural cavity or hollow in a bone

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10
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Ostium

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a small opening or orifice

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11
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Cele

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pouching,hernia

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12
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Coronal

A

Scary

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13
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Exenteration

A

complete surgical removal

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14
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En bloc

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all together/all at the same time

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15
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chronca bullosa

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abnormal pneumatization of the middle turbinate which may interfere with normal ventilation of sinus ostia and can result in recurrent sinusitis

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16
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steno

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denoting something as ‘narrowing in shape’

17
Q

innervate

A

supply (an organ or other body parts) with nerves

18
Q

bifurcate

A

divide into two branches or forks

19
Q

Empyema

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a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity)

20
Q

Sympathectomy

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surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system

21
Q

multiloculated

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having many small cavities of cells

22
Q

Fibrinolysis

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the enzymatic breakdown of the fibrin in the blood clot

23
Q

esophagomyotomy

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surgical incision through the muscular tissue of the esophagus

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