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25 Cards in this Set
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PLEURAL CAVITIES
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AREA OCCUPIED BY THE LUNGS.
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PARIETAL PLEURA
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SERIOS MEMBRANE WHICH CONTAINS THE LUNGS AND LINES THE THORACIC CAVITY; EACH SIDE HAS IT'S OWN PLEURAL LINING.
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ASPHYXIA
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INCREASED CO2 AND DECREASED O2 IN THE BODY AS A RESULT OF SOME INTERFERENCE WITH RESPIRATION.
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ANTERIOR NARES
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EXTERIOR NOSTRILS
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CHEYNE-STOKES
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ALTERNATING CYCLES OF HYPERPNEA AND APNEA, OFTEN SEEN IN CRITICALLY ILL OR UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS.
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PERICARDIUM
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AREA OCCUPIED BY THE HEART.
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SUFFOCATION
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ANY STOPPAGE OF RESIRATION CAUSED BY STRANGULATION, ASPIRATION OF FOREIGN OBJECT, OR DROWNING.
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POSTERIOR NARES
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OPENINGS BETWEEN THE NASAL CAVITY AND THE NASOPHARYNX.
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PLEURAL SPACE
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POTENTIAL SPACE FORMED BY THE VISCERAL AND PARIETAL PLEURA LYING ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER WHICH CONTAINS PLEURAL FLUID.
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EXUDATE
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ACCUMULATION OF A FLUID IN A CAVITY OR MATTER THAT PENETRATES THROUGH VESSEL WALLS INTO ADJOINING TISSUE.
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MEDIASTINUM
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SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS.
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HYPERPNEA
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INCREASED RATE AND/OR DEPTH OF RESPIRATIONS.
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HEMOTHORAX
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BLOODY FLUID IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY.
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DYSPNEA
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PAINFUL, DIFFICULT, AND LABORED BREATHING.
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VISCERAL PLEURA
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COVERS THE OUTER SURFACE OF EACH LUNG.
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HYPOXIA
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DECREASED AMOUNT OF OXYGEN REACHING THE BODY CELLS.
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PNEUMOTHORAX
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A COLLECTION OF AIR OR GAS IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY CHARACTERIZED BY PAIN IN SIDE AND PAINFUL BREATHING; CAN LEAD TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE LUNG.
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LUBRICANT
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PLEURAL FLUID IS SECRETED BY THE SEROUS MEMBRANES.
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CORYZA
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THE COMMON HEAD COLD CHARACTERIZED BY ACUTE INFLAMMATION OF THE NASAL MUCOSA.
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HILUM
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DEPRESSION WHERE DUCTS, NERVES, OR VESSELS ENTER OR EXIT AN ORGAN.
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EUPNEA
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REFERS TO ORDINARY QUIET RESPIRATIONS MADE WITHOUT OBVIOUS EFFORT.
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ANOXIA
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LACK OF OXYGEN OR ABSENCE OF OXYGEN.
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APNEA
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CESSATION OF BREATHING OR LACK OF BREATHING.
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PLEURAL EFFUSION
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EXCESS SECRETION OF PLEURAL FLUID.
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THORACIC
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PRETAINS TO THE THORAX
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