Medical Terminology Ch.4

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Pulmonology

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Aka pulmonary medicine. is diagnosis and treatment of diseases involving lower respiratory tract including lungs their airways and blood vessels in the chest wall

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Pulmonologist

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Medical doctors who treat respiratory disorders

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Functions of the respiratory system

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Primary Cardiovascular system transport oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. Secondary respiratory system includes warming air as it passes the body and assisting in the speech function

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Anatomy of the upper and lower respiratory system

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Upper track includes the nose pharnyx, larnyx and trachea. Lower track includes left and right bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli and the lungs

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External respiration

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Gas exchange between the body and the outside environment

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Internal respiration

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Just exchange at the cellular level between the blood and body tissue cells

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Pneumomelanosis or pneumoconiosis

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Condition of black lung cause my inhalation of black dust

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Emphysema

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Overexpansion and destruction of alveoli

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Dyspnea

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Term for painful or difficult breathing

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Abnormal breathing sound
- crackles
- friction rub
- rhonchi
- Strider
- wheezes

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- crackling or bubbling sounds when there is fluid in the alveoli aka rales

- drying, grating sound

- snoring sounds

- high pitched musical sound aka croup

- continuous high pitched whistling sounds; asthma

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Acidosis

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acidity of blood due to an accumulation of acids; abnormally high levels of carbon dioxide

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acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

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respiratory insufficiency marked by progressive hypoxia

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Anoxia

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Total absence of oxygen in body tissue

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atelectasis

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Collapse of lung tissue

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Consolidation

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Process of becoming solid

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Coryza

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Acute implementation of nasal passages aka a cold

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Croup

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Acute respiratory syndrome in children and infants; barking cough and stridor

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Cystic fibrosis (CF)

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Genetic disease by excessive secretions a thick mucus that do not drain

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Empyema

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Pus in body cavity especially in the pleural cavity ( pyothorax )

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Epiglottitis

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Life-threatening infection commonly in children

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Epistaxis

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Hemorrhage from the nose a que a nosebleed

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Hypoxemia

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Deficiency of oxygen in the blood

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Hypoxia

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Deficiency of oxygen in body tissues

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Influenza

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Acute contagious respiratory; fever

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Lung cancer

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Pulmonary malignancy. caused by smoking

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Pertussis

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Acute infectious disease characterized by "whoop" sounding cough ; whooping cough

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Pleural effusion

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Abnormal fluid in the pleural cavity. May contain blood (hemothorax), serum (hydrothorax) or pus (pyothorax)

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pneumothorax

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Collection of air in the pleural cavity causing collapse of a lung

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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

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Unexpected death in infants aka crib death

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arterial blood gas (ABG)

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Measurement of oxygen and carbon dioxide content of arterial blood

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Bronchoscopy

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Do you like domination of the interior bronchi using a bronchoscope

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Chest x ray

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Radiograph of the chest

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computed tomography CT

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Uses a narrow beam of x-rays that rotates in a full arc to produce cross sectional images (slices)

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Magnetic Renaissance imaging MRI

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electromagnetic energy to produce cross-sectional images

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Pulmonary function test (PFTs)
- forced vital capacity (FVC)
- forced expiration volume in 1 second (FEV1)
- spirometry

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Capacity of the lungs

- amount of air forcefully exhaled from the lungs, deepest inhalation

- first second

- measurement, measures the breathing capacity of the lungs

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Postural drainage

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Use of body positioning to assist removal of secretions of the lung

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bronchodilators

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Drugs used to increase air flow by dilating Airways; asthma

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corticosteroids

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Hormonal agents that reduce tissue edema

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Nebulized mist treatment NMT

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Fine spray that delivers medication directly to the lungs

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Anesthesia

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Insensitivity to pain especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations

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Meatus

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A passage or opening leading to the interior of the body or the passage leading into the ear

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Metastatic

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The spread of cancer to far away sites

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Necropsy

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Another term for autopsy; a postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease

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Polyp

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Swelling or tumor in mucus membrane

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Snare

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Device use to remove a polyp

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phren/o is

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Diaphragm

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Carina

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A keel-shaped structure; cartilage situated at the point where the trachea divides into two bronchi

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aerophagia

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Refers to swallowing air

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anosmia

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Is loss or impairment of sense of smell

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apnea

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Temporary cessation of breathing

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* aspirate

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Refers to using section to remove fluid from a body cavity

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Asthma

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A respiratory condition marked by current attacks of difficult or labored breathing accompanied by wheezing

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atelectasis

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Abnormal condition characterized by collapse of alveoli

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catheter

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A hollow flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel or cavity of the body to withdraw or install fluids

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Chondroma

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A cartilaginous tumor

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COPD

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A group of respiratory disorders characterized by chronic bronchitis asthma and emphysema

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Croup

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Acute respiratory syndrome of childhood characterized by laryngeal obstruction and spasm, barking cough and stridor

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Diagnosis

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Refers to the use of scientific methods and medical skills to establish the cause and nature of a person's illness

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Pharyngealplegia

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Paralysis of pharyngeal muscles

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pneumocystis

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type of pneumonia seen in patients with AIDS and deliberated children

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pneumothorax

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Is presence of air in the pleural cavity

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pyothorax

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presence of pus in the chest

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Rhinoplasty

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refers to surgical repair or plastic surgery of the nose

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TB

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Infectious disease that produces small lesions or tubecles in the lungs

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thoracentesis

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Surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid

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tracheostomy

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Surgical procedure that creates an opening through the neck into the trachea