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36 Cards in this Set
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Adenoid/o |
Adenoids |
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Laryng/o |
Larynx (voice box) |
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Nas/o |
Nose |
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Rhin/o |
Nose |
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Pharyng/o |
Pharynx(throat) |
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Trache/o |
Trachea (windpipe) |
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Pulmon/o |
Lung |
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Thorac/o |
Chest |
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-ectasis |
Dilation;expansion |
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What is an Abnormal condition characterized by the collapse of alveoli? |
Atel/ectasis |
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-osmia |
Smell |
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-oxia |
Oxygen |
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-pnea |
Breathing |
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-thorax |
Chest |
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What does the term naris mean? |
Nostril |
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What closes off the larynx during swallowing so that foods and liquids are directed into the esophagus? |
The epiglottis |
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Pneumon/ectomy |
The removal of a lung |
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Pneumon/o/centesis |
Surgical puncture of a lung |
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What is an abnormal condition of a black lung caused by inhalation of black dust? |
Pneumon/o/melan/osis |
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Lob/ectomy |
Excision of a lobe |
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A/pnea |
Without breathing for 17 to 19 seconds |
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Eupnea |
Normal breathing |
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What is a condition in which there is labored breathing in any posture except in the erect sitting or standing position? |
Orth/o/pnea |
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Polyp |
A small tumor |
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What is a continous, high pitched whistling sound, which is usually heard during expiration and caused by narrowing of an airway? |
Wheezing |
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Coryza |
A cold |
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What is a barking cough, and stridor? |
Croup |
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What is a genetic disease characterized by excessive secretions of thick mucus that do not drain normally, causing obstruction of the passageways? |
Cystic fibrosis |
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What is pus in a body cavity, especially in the pleural cavity( pyothorax)? |
Empyema |
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What is epistaxis? |
Hemorrhage from the nose(nose bleed) |
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Hypoxemia |
Deficiency of oxygen in the blood |
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Hypoxia |
Deficiency of oxygen (Don't get hypoxia and hypoxemia mixed up, they mean two different things!) |
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MRI |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
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What is a group of test that measure the capacity of the lungs and the volume of air during inhalation and exhalation? |
Pulmonary functioning |
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What increases airflow by dilating constricted airways through relaxation of the smooth muscles that surround the bronchioles and bronchi? |
Bronchodilators |
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What decreases inflammation In the airways by reducing swelling and mucus production and making breathing easier? |
Corticosteriods(the hormonal agents in medicine decreases the imflammation) |
