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23 Cards in this Set
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tachy-
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rapid
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-pnea
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breathing
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atel/o
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incomplete
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pharyng/o
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throat
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pneumo/o
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lung
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mediastinum (mee-dee-as-tye-num)
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cavity located between lungs where heart, trachea and esophagus
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brady-
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slow
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ARDS
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ACUTE REPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
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COPD
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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DIESEASE
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BRONCHODILATOR
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AGENT THAT EXPANDS THE OPENING PASSAGES INTO THE LUNGS
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HYPOXIA
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BELOW NORMAL O2 LEVEL IN THE BODY TISSUES AND CELLS
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HYPOXEMIA
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BELOW NORMAL OX LEVEL IN BLOOD
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HYPO-
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BELOW
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-EMIA
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BLLOD
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ANOXIA
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ABSENCE OF 02 IN BODYS GASES, BLOOD OR TISSUES
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DYSPNEA
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SHORTNESS OF BREATH
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INTERSTITIAL LUND DISEASES
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INFLAMATION AND SCARRING OTHE ALVEOLI AND THEIR SUPPORTING STUCTURES
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HEMOTHORAX
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BLOOD IN CHEST
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-THORAX
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CHEST
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EMPHYSEMA
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LOSS OF LUNG FUNCTION DECREASE OF # OF ALVEOLI, ENLARGEMENT OF REAMAING ALVEOLI, DESTRUCTION OF THE WALLS OF THE REMAINING ALVEOLI..INCEASE RAPID BREATHING ,LOSS OF CAPACITY THE LUNGS EXPAND AND CHEST SOMETIMES BARREL SHAPED
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ASTHMA
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DIFFULTY BREATHING
SWELLING AND INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE AIRWAYS PRODUCTION OF THE THICK MUCUS AND THE TIGHTENING OF THE MUSCLES THAT SURROUND THE AIRWAYS |
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PARIETAL PLEURA (PAH-RYE-EH-TAL PLOOR-AH)
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OUTER LAYER OF THE PLEURA THAT LINES THE WALLS OF THE THORACIC CAVITY
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ATELECTASIS AT-EE-LEK-TAH-SIS
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lungs fail to expand completely or shallowing breathing or because of the air pagesses are blocked
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