Chapter 7 Respiratory System

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cytoplasm

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All the ,material within the cell membrane other than the nucleus.

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

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Tasteless, Colorless, odorless gas produced by body cells during the metabolc process.

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Granuloma

Back 3

Any time of nodular, inflmmatory lesion; usually small;may be granular, firm, and persistent and may contain compactly grouped mononuclear phagocytes.

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mucosa

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moist tissue layer lining hollow organs and cavities of the body that open to the enviorment; also called mucous membrane.

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mucus

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Viscous, slippery secretion of mocous membranes that acts as a lubricant and coats and protects many epithelial surfaces, especially the respiratory and genital tracts.

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naris

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Nostril; opening to the nasal cavity

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oxygen (O2)

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tasteless. odorless, colorless gas essential for human respiration.

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pH

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symbol that indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance

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respiratory faliure

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inablilty of the cardiac and pulmonary systems to maintain an adequate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs

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septum

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wall dividing two cavities; for example, the nasal septum that seperates the nostrils.

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sputum

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secretions produced in the lungs and bronchi that are expelled by coughing and may contain pathlogical elements as cellular debris, mucous, blood, pus, caesous material, and microrganism.

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status asthmaticus

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severe, prolonged asthma attack that does not respond to repeated doses of bronchodilaters and may lead to respiratory faliure and death

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surfactant

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Lipoprotein that decreses the surface tension of alveoli and contributes to their elastocoty, thereby reducing the work of breathing

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nas/o

rhin/o

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nose

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sept/o

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septum

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sinus/o

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sinus cavity

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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tonsil/o

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tonsils

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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trache/o

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trachea (wind pipe)

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bronchi/o

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bronchus

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bronch/o

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bronchos

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole

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alveol/o

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alveolus

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pneum/o

pneumon/o

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air; lung

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pulmon/o

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lung

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pleur/o

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pleura

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anthrac/o

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coal, coal dust

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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coni/o

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dust

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cyan/o

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blue

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lob/o

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lobe

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orth/o

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straight

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ox/o

ox/i

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oxygen

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pector/o

steth/o

thorac/o

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chest

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phren/o

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diaphragm; mind

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spir/o

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breathe

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-capinia

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carbon dioxcide

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-osmia

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smell

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-phonia

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voice

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-throrax

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chest

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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bad; painful; difficult

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eu-

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good, normal

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tachy-

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rapid

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acidosis

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excessive acidity of body fluids, commonly associated with pulmonary insufficiency and the subsequent retention of carbpn dioxide

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ansomia

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absence of or decrease in the sense of smell

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apnea

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temporary loss of breathing

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aspyxia

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condition caused by insufficient intake og oxygen

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atelectasis

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collapsed or airless state of the lung, which may be acute or chronic and affect all or part of the lung

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Cheyne-Stokes respiration

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repeated breathing pattern chracterized by fluctuation in the depth of respireation. first deeply, then shallow, then not at all

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compliance

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ease with which lung tissue can be stretched

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coryza

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head cold; upper respiratory infection

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croup

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common childhood condtion involving inflammation of the larynx, trachea, bronchial passages, and, sometimes, lungs chracterized by resonant, barking cough; suffocative and difficult breathing; laryngeal spasm; and, sometimes, the formation or a membrane.

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deviated nasal septum

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displacement of cartilage dividing the nostils.

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epiglottitis

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severe, life-threatening infection of the epiglottis and supraglottic stuctures that occurs most commonly in children between 2 and 12 years of age

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epistaxis

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nosebleed; nasal hemorrahge

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finger clubbing

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enlargement of the terminal phalanges of the fingers and toes, commonly associated with pulmonary disease

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hypoxemia

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deficiency of oxygen in the tissues;also called anoxemia

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hypoxia

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absenceor or dioficiency of oxygen in the tissues; also called annoxia

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pertussis

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acute infectious disease characterized by a cough that has a "whoop" sound; also called whopping cough

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pleurisy

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inflammation of the pleural membrane chracterized by a stabbing pain that is intesfied by coughing or deep breathing; also called pleuritis

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pneumoconiosis

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generally occupational disease caused by inhaling dust particles, including coal dust (anthracosis), Stone dust (chalicosis), Iron (siderosis),and asbetos (asbestosis).

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pulmonary embolus

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mass of undissooved matter in the pulmonary arteries or its branches.

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rale

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abnormal respiratory sound heard on susculation, caused by exudates, spasms, hyperplasia, or when air enters mositure-filled alveoli; also called crackle.

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rhonchus

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adventitious breath sound that resembles snoring, commonly called suggesting secrestions in the larger airways.

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stridor

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high-pitch, harsh adventitious breath sound caused by a spasm or swelling of the larynx or an obsrtuction in the upper airway

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sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

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completely unexpected and unexplained death of an apparently normal and health infant, usually less than 12 months of age; also called crib death.

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wheeze

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whistling or sighing aound on the auscultation that results from the narrowing of the lumen of the respiratory passageway.