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RESPIRATORY
CHAPT 12
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02/26/2013

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Term
TUBES THAT BIFURCATE FROM THE WINDPIPE
Definition
BRONCHI
Term
UPPERMOST PORTION OF THE LUNG
Definition
APEX
Term
SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS IN THE CHEST
Definition
MEDIASTINUM
Term
NASOPHARYNGEAL LYMPHATIC TISSUE
Definition
ADENOIDS
Term
PULMONARY PARENCHYMA
Definition
ALVEOLI AND BRONCHIOLES
Term
REMOVAL OF THE VOICE BOX
Definition
LARYNGECTOMY
Term
PHREN/O
Definition
DIAPHRAGM
Term
MEDICAL TERM FOR DECREASED OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD
Definition
HYPOXEMIA
Term
TYPE OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS
Definition
ASBESTOSIS
Term
BREATHING IS EASIER IN AN UPRIGHT POSTION
Definition
ORTHOPNEA
Term
COLLECTION OF PUS IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY
Definition
PYOTHORAX
Term
SHARP, SHORT BLOWS TO THE SURFACE OF THE CHEST
Definition
PERCUSSION
Term
THE "P" IN DPT STANDS FOR
Definition
PERTUSSIS
Term
STRIDOR OCCURS IN WHICH UPPER RESPIRATORY DISORDER
Definition
CROUP
Term
DIFFICULT BREATHING
Definition
DYSPENA
Term
BRONCHIAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION MARKED BY PAROXYSMAL DYSPENA, WHEEZING, AND COUGH
Definition
ASTHMA
Term
COLLASPED LUNG
Definition
ATELECTASIS
Term
MATERIAL IS EXPELLED FROM THE LUNGS
Definition
EXPECTORATION
Term
LOCALIZED AREA OF PUS FORMATION IN THE LUNGS
Definition
PULMONARY ABSCESS
Term
SPITTING UP BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS
Definition
HEMOPTYSIS
Term
TUBE IS PLACED THROUGH THE MOUTH TO THE TRACHEA TO ESTABLISH AN AIRWAY
Definition
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
Term
PPD
Definition
TUBERCULIN TEST
Term
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH EMPHYSEMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITS
Definition
COPD
Term
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION
Definition
BRONCHOSCOPY
Term
HYPERCAPNIA
Definition
HIGH CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS IN THE BLOOD
Term
VOICE BOX
Definition
LARYNX
Term
ONE OF A PAIR OF MASSES OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE IN THE OROPHARYNX
Definition
PALATINE TONSIL
Term
OPENINING THROUGH THE NOSE CARRYING AIR INTO THE AIR PASSAGEWAYS
Definition
NARES
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