The Language Of Med Chap 12

Front 1

Adenoids

Back 1

Tonsils

Front 2

Bronchioles

Back 2

Smallest branches of bronchi lead to alveoli

Front 3

Glottis

Back 3

Slit-like opening to the larynx

Front 4

Mediastinum

Back 4

Region between lungs

Front 5

Parietal Pleura

Back 5

Outer fold of pleura lying closer to ribs and chest wall

Front 6

Palatine Tonsil

Back 6

2 tonsils in roof of mouth

Front 7

Paranasal Sinus

Back 7

One of the air cavities in the bones near the nose

Front 8

Pulmonary Parenchyma

Back 8

essential parts of lung used for breathing bronchi, alveoli

Front 9

Visceral Pleura

Back 9

Inner fold of pleura lying closer to lung tissue

Front 10

Capn/o

Back 10

Carbon dioxide

Front 11

Coni/o

Back 11

Dust

Front 12

Lob/o

Back 12

Lobe of the lungs

Front 13

Nas/o

Back 13

Nose

Front 14

Orth/o

Back 14

Straight, upright

Front 15

Pector/o

Back 15

Chest

Front 16

Phon/o

Back 16

Voice

Front 17

Phren/o

Back 17

Diaphragm

Front 18

Spir/o

Back 18

Breathing

Front 19

tel/o

Back 19

complete

Front 20

-ema

Back 20

condition

Front 21

-osmia

Back 21

smell

Front 22

-pnea

Back 22

breathing

Front 23

-ptysis

Back 23

spitting

Front 24

-sphyxia

Back 24

pulse

Front 25

Auscultation

Back 25

listening to sounds within body

Front 26

Percussion

Back 26

Tapping on a surface to determine the difference in density

Front 27

pleural rub

Back 27

Scratchy sound produced by motion of inglamed or irritated pleural rubbing together

Front 28

rale

Back 28

fine crackling during breathing when there is fluid in lungs

Front 29

Rhonchus

Back 29

Loud rumbling heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum

Front 30

Sputum

Back 30

Material expelled from the chest by coughing or clearing the throat

Front 31

Stridor

Back 31

sound made on inspiration by obstruction of larynx or trachea

Front 32

Croup

Back 32

Viral infection in infants and children; Obstruction of lanrynx, barking cough, stridor

Front 33

Diphtheria

Back 33

Infection of the throat and upper respiratory tracts caused by diphtheria bacterium

Front 34

Epistaxis

Back 34

nose bleed

Front 35

Pertussis

Back 35

Whooping cough

Front 36

Asthma

Back 36

Chronic inflamatory disorder obstruction of airway

Front 37

Broncheictasis

Back 37

Chronic dialation of a bronchus secondary to infection in the lower lobe of the lung

Front 38

Chronic bronchitis

Back 38

Inflammation of the bronchi persisting over a long time

Front 39

Cystic Fibrosis

Back 39

Inherited disorder of exocrine glands that secrete but do not drain.

Front 40

Atelectasis

Back 40

Incomplete expansion of alveoli

Front 41

Emphysema

Back 41

Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls

Front 42

Pneumoconiosis

Back 42

Abnormal condition caused by dust in the lungs chronic inflammation

Front 43

Pneumonia

Back 43

Acute inflammation + infection of alveoli which fill with pus

Front 44

Pulmonary abscess

Back 44

A large collection of pus in the lungs

Front 45

Positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the lungs

Back 45

Radioactive substance injected and images reveal metabolc activity in the lung

Front 46

Ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan

Back 46

records radioactivity in the lung

Front 47

Bronchoscopy

Back 47

Fiberoptic or rigid endoscope inserted into the bronchial tubes for diagnosis biopsy

Front 48

Endotracheal intubation

Back 48

Placement of a tube through the mouth down trachea for airway

Front 49

laryngoscopy

Back 49

visual examination of the voice box

Front 50

mediastinoscopy

Back 50

endoscopic visual examination of mediastinum

Front 51

Pulmonary function test (PFTs)

Back 51

Test that measure lungs

Front 52

thoracentesis

Back 52

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

Front 53

thoracotomy

Back 53

Major surgical incision of the chest

Front 54

Tracheostomy

Back 54

surgical creation of an opening in the trachea through the neck

Front 55

Pallative

Back 55

relieving symptoms but not curing disease

Front 56

purulent

Back 56

containing pus