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18 Cards in this Set
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-rrhaphy
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suturing / stitching
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-desis
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sticking together, bind together by surgery, fixation
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trachea
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windpipe - goes through thorax(chest cavity) then splits in to two BRONCHI, into lungs then bronchioles, then alveoli
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Bronchi
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Point where trachea splits to meet lungs
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BCG
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Bacille Calmette Guerin
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TPR
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Temperature, Pulse, Respiration
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Embolus
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Travelling clot of blood, gas, air or other matter
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Thrombus
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Stationery clot of blood
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Anoxia
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lack of oxygen in blood
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asthma
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dyspnoea with wheezing due to muscle spasms in lungs
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coryza
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common cold
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emphysema
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chronic pulmonary disease resulting in abnormal distension of alveoli
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haemoptysis
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coughing up blood (red and frothy)
hae - MOP - tysis mop up frothy water |
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haematemesis
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vomiting blood - coffee granule coloured
haem - ATE - mesis vomiting = digested = ate |
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hypoxia
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condition of abnormally low oxygen in blood
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pleural effusion
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pertaining to inflammation of / oozing of serous fluid into pleural cavity
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pneumonia
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inflammation of the lungs
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stertorous
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noisy breathing - snoring
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