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| clusters of air sacs at the end of the bronchial tree |
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| upper portion of the lung (above the collarbone) |
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| temporarily not breathing |
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| listening to the sounds made my various body structures and functions as a diagnostic method, usually with a stethoscope |
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| lowest part of the lung, resting on the diaphragm |
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| main branches leading from the trachea to the lungs for air movement |
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| branching of the bronchus after entering the respective lung |
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| smaller divisions of the bronchial tree |
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| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| condition characterized by obstruction to the airflow |
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| bluish discoloration of skin and mucous membranes caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood |
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| condition seen in children and marked by obstruction and barking cough |
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| chief muscle of respiration |
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| difficulty in speaking; hoarseness |
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| disease characterized by destruction of alveoli which significantly affects pulmonary function |
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| leaflike structure that opens and closes over the glottis during swallowing |
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| an agent that promotes loosening of secretions |
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| act of spitting out saliva or coughing up materials from the air passageways |
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| exhalation of air from the lungs |
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| sound producing apparatus consisting of two vocal folds and the space between them |
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| spitting of blood or of blood-stained sputum (from the lungs) |
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| increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood |
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| increased rate and/or depth of respiration |
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| deficient oxygenation of the blood |
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| reduction of oxygen in body tissues below physiologic levels |
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| breathing of air into the lungs |
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| insertion of a tube into the nose or mouth to provide for artificial breathing |
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| intermittent positive pressure breathing; used as treatment with ventilators |
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| excision of a lobe of the lung |
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| mass of organs and tissues separating the lungs-includes heart, aorta, trachea, esophagus, and bronci |
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| difficult breathing except in the upright position |
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| partition separating the mouth from the nasal cavity |
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| membrane that lines the chest cavity |
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| passageway for air from nasal cavity to larynx and food from mouth to esophogus |
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| nerve known as the motor nerve to the diaphragm |
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| double-fold membrane that encases the lung and lines the chest cavity |
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| accumulation of fluid in the pleural space |
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| friction rub caused by inflammation of the pleural space |
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| any lung disease caused by permanent deposition of particulate matter in the lungs |
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| presence of air in the pleural space outside the lung, but inside the chest |
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| cough with spitting of material from the bronchi |
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| obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by a clot or foreign material |
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| test to assess ventilatory status |
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| an abnormal respiratory sound heard on auscultation |
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| amount of air remaining in the lung after a forced expiration |
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| plastic surgery of the nose |
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| thin, watery discharge from the nose |
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| a wall dividing two cavities |
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| matter ejected from the trachea, bronchi, and lungs, through the mouth |
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| surgical puncture of the chest wall into the parietal cavity to remove fluid |
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| amount of air breathed in and out during quiet or unlabored respiration |
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| incision into the trachea for the purpose of establishing airflow |
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| the largest volume that can be breathed in or out |
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| whistling sound caused by air passing along the narrowed bronchi during expiration |
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