Medical 2 Unit 3

Front 1

2 Parts of the respiratory system

Back 1

Inhalation and exhalation

Front 2

Medical term for throat

Back 2

Pharynx

Front 3

Three parts of the throat

Back 3

Nasalpharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx

Front 4

Where are each of the aforementioned parts?

Back 4

back of the nose; back of the mouth; right above the larynx

Front 5

Medical term for nostrils

Back 5

Nares

Front 6

Hairs in the nose

Back 6

Scilia

Front 7

Thing in the back of the throat

Back 7

Uvula

Front 8

Space between the lungs

Back 8

Mediastinum

Front 9

What are the shapes of the lungs?

Back 9

Left- longer and narrower; 2 lobes
Right - shorter and wider; 3 lobes

Front 10

Why is the right lung shorter?

Back 10

Liver sits under it

Front 11

Indentation on the side of the lung

Back 11

Cardiac notch

Front 12

Double-layered membrane covering the lung.

Back 12

Pleura, sing. plurae, pl.

Front 13

Space between the layers

Back 13

Plaural cavity

Front 14

Infection in the pleural cavity

Back 14

Pleurisy aka pleuritis

Front 15

The layer of the pleura adhering to the lung.

Back 15

Visceral pleura

Front 16

Outer portion of the pleura adhering to the ribs.

Back 16

Parietal pleura

Front 17

A big membrane which separates the thorax from the abdomen

Back 17

Diaphragm

Front 18

When we exhale it moves:

Back 18

Up

Front 19

Muscles between the ribs.

Back 19

Intercostal muscles

Front 20

Air in the chest cavity. Can result in a collapsed lung.

Back 20

Pneumothorax

Front 21

medical term for a collapsed lung

Back 21

Atelectasis

Front 22

Performed under controlled conditions by a doctor for the purpose of performing surgery on the lung.

Back 22

Artificial pneumothorax

Front 23

Blood in the chest cavity

Back 23

Hemothorax

Front 24

A lung disease from the inhalation of volcanic dust.

Back 24

Pneumoultramicroscopicsiliovolconiconiosis

Front 25

Obstruction in the intestine.

Back 25

Ileus

Front 26

To spread; a physical process

Back 26

Diffusion

Front 27

A general term for any lung disease due to inhaling something.

Back 27

Pneumonoconiosis

Front 28

Contracted by inhaling coal dust and its aka.

Back 28

Anthracosis aka Miner's lung or Black lung.

Front 29

Contracted by inhaling particles of iron or steel

Back 29

Siderosis

Front 30

Contracted by inhaling silica dust

Back 30

Silicosis

Front 31

Contracted by inhaling stone dust

Back 31

Chalicosis

Front 32

Alveoli become overstretched as a result of cigarette toxins.

Back 32

Emphysema

Front 33

A crackling sound heard in the lungs

Back 33

Rales

Front 34

A rattling sound in the throat. Typical of upper respiratory infections. Heard without a stethoscope

Back 34

Rhonchi/Rhonchus sing.

Front 35

A whistling sound made from breathing. A sound heard if a person is choking on something

Back 35

Stridor

Front 36

A leathery membraine that forms over the tonsils and makes the neck swollen

Back 36

Diphtheria

Front 37

The result of an infection from a certain kind of microorganism. A disintegration of the tissues.

Back 37

Pulmonary tuberculosis aka consumption or phthisis

Front 38

a little bump which form on the dead tissue of the lungs

Back 38

Tubercle

Front 39

What a person's lungs look like with tuberculosis

Back 39

Caseous, cheese-like

Front 40

Where else can tuberculosis occur?

Back 40

The hip

Front 41

A productive cough

Back 41

Expectoration

Front 42

Old word for cough

Back 42

Tussis

Front 43

Pus in the pleural cavity

Back 43

Empyema

Front 44

Producing pus

Back 44

Pyogenic

Front 45

Spitting up blood

Back 45

Hemoptysis

Front 46

Process by which particulate matter in a solution rises to the surface. (flakes)

Back 46

Flocculation

Front 47

opening for a tube up in the nasopharynx that leads from there up to the ear.

Back 47

Eustachian tube

Front 48

keeps everything moist. In the nose and the pharynx.

Back 48

Mucous membrane

Front 49

Masses of lymphoid tissue

Back 49

Tonsils

Front 50

Back of the mouth, one on each side to the entrance of the throat

Back 50

Palatine tonsils

Front 51

up high at the back of the nose, above the soft palate.

Back 51

Pharyngeal tonsil (adenoids)

Front 52

Passageway from the mouth to the throat

Back 52

Fauces

Front 53

Voicebox

Back 53

Larynx

Front 54

3 parts of the larynx

Back 54

Thyroid cartilage, Crycoid cartilage, Arytenoid cartilage (2)

Front 55

Function of the arytenoid

Back 55

lumps of tissue and help to control the vocal cords.

Front 56

Windpipe and its placement

Back 56

Trachea, under the larynx

Front 57

Keeps the trachea open so oxygen can go down

Back 57

Cartilage rings

Front 58

The tube or passageway that leads from the throat to the stomach

Back 58

Esophagus (gullet)

Front 59

Little mass of food that you swallow

Back 59

Bolus

Front 60

Closes over the trachea whenever we swallow, piece of tissue

Back 60

Epiglottis

Front 61

The way air goes

Back 61

See notes

Front 62

No breathing

Back 62

Apnea

Front 63

Difficult breathing

Back 63

Dyspnea

Front 64

Straight breathing; mostly sitting up

Back 64

Orthopnea

Front 65

Normal respiration

Back 65

Eupnea

Front 66

Lack of oxygen to the brain

Back 66

Anoxia

Front 67

Lack of oxygen to the tissues

Back 67

Hypoxia

Front 68

Saturated

Back 68

Perfused

Front 69

2 names for a clot

Back 69

Embolus, thrombus

Front 70

a chest puncture. Used to draw off fluid that has accumulated in the chest. Done from the back.

Back 70

Thoracentesis

Front 71

has to do with pus, or to form pus.

Back 71

Suppurate v./Suppuration n.

Front 72

Has to do with a bacteria creating pus.

Back 72

Pyogenic

Front 73

High fever

Back 73

Pyrexia

Front 74

a portion of the brain that is the main area for respiratory muscle control

Back 74

Respiratory control center