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25 Cards in this Set
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BRONCHOSCOPY
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DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF THE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE FOLLOWING INSERTION OF A RIGID OR FLEXIBLE LIGHTED BRONCHOSCOPE.
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LUNG BIOPSY
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EXCISION OF A SMALL PORTION OF LUNG TISSUE FOR DIAGNOSIS.
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WEDGE RESECTION OF THE LUNG
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EXCISION OF A SMALL PART FROM THE PERIPHERY OF THE PULMONARY LOBE.
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PNEUMOTHORAX
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ACCUMULATION OF AIR OR GASS IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY, RESULTING IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE LUNG ON THE AFFECTED SIDE.
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BRONCHIAL WASHINGS
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SECRETIONS OBTAINED FROM THE BRONCHI FOR LABORATORY EXAMINATION FOLLOWING INJECTION AND ASPIRATION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF SALINE.
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MEDIASTINOSCOPY
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DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF THE MEDIASTINAL SPACE AND LYMPH NODES BY MEANS OF A LIGHTED MEDIASTINOSCOPE.
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PLEURA
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THE SEROUS MEMBRANE ENCLOSING THE LUNGS AND LINING THE WALLS OF THE THORACIC CAVITY.
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DECORTICATION OF THE LUNG
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EXCISION OF FIBRINOUS DEPOSITES OR RESTRICTIVE MEMBRANES OF PLEURAE THAT INTERFERE WITH RESPIRATORY FUNCTION.
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EMPYEMA
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PUS IN A BODY CAVITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY.
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THORACOTOMY
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INCISION INTO THE THORACIC CAVITY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ORGANS OF THE CHEST.
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THORACOSCOPY
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DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF THE PLEURAL SPACE, PLEURAE, MEDIASTINUM, PARICARDIUM, AND THORACIC WALL BY MEANS OF A LIGHTED SCOPE.
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RESERVE AIR
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MAXIMUM VOLUME OF AIR THAT CAN BE EXPIRED FROM THE RESTING EXPIRATORY LEVEL.
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HEMOTHORAX
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ACCUMULATION OF BLOOD OR FLUID IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY CAUSED BY RUPTURE OF SMALL BLOOD VESSELS DUE TO TRAUMA OR INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS IN PNEUMONIA, PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS, OR A MALIGNANT GROWTH.
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ESOPHAGOSCOPY
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DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS AND CARDIAC PORTION OF THE STOMACH BY MEANS OF A LIGHTED SCOPE.
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LOBES
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WELL-DEFINED PORTIONS; THE RIGHT LUNG HAS THREE, THE LEFT HAS TWO.
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SEGMENTS OF THE LUNG
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SMALL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE LOBES OF THE LUNG, SEPARATE FROM OTHERS BY CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND SUPPLIED BY SEPARATED BRANCHES OF THE BRONCHUS LEADING TO THE PARTICULAR LOBE.
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INTERCOSTAL SPACE
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THE SOACE BETWEEN TWO RIBS.
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RESIDUAL AIR
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AMOUNT OF AIR REMAINING IN THE LUNGS AT THE END OF A MAXIMUM EXPIRATION.
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PLEURAL EFFUSION
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ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE PLEURAL SPACE.
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SUPRASTERNAL NOTCH
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SOFT INDENTATION ALONG THE MIDLINE IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE STERNUM.
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HYPOXIA
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LACK OF AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN INSPIRED AIR; REDUCED OXYGEN CONTENT OR TENSION.
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SEGMENTAL RESECTION OF THE LUNG
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REMOVAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL BRONCHOVASCULAR AEGMENT OF A PULMONARY LOBE WITH LIGATION OF SEGMENTAL BRANCHES OF PULMONARY VESSELS AND DIVISION OF THE SEGMENTAL BRONCHUS.
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TIDAL AIR
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AMOUNT OF AIR INHALED AND EXHALED DURING NORMAL QUIET BREATHING.
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PECTUS EXCAVATUM
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CONGENITAL MALFORMATION OF THE CHEST WALL CHARACTERIZED BY A FUNNEL-SHAPED DEPRESSION OF THE LOWER END OF THE STERNUM AND COSTAL CARTILAGES.
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THORACIC CAVITY
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SPACE LYING ABOVE THE DIAPHRAGM AND BELOW THE BASE OF THE NECK.
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