Chapter 12 - Respiratory System

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ADENOID NASOPHARYNGEAL LYMPHATIC TISSUE
APEX THE UPPERMOST PORTION OF THEY LUNG
ASBESTOSIS A TYPE OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS; DUST PARTICALS ARE INHALED
ATELACTASIS COLLAPSED LUNG
BRONCHI TUBES THAT BIFURCATE FROM THE WINDPIPE
BRONCHIOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID IS INJECTED INTO THE BRONCHI AND THEN REMOVED FOR EXAMINATION
BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA MALIGNANT NEOPPLASM ORIGINATING IN A BRONCHUS
BRONCHOSCOPY AN ENDOSCOPIC EXAM OF THE LUNGS
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS INFLAMMATION OF TUBE LEADING FROM THE TRACHEA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
COPD AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH EMPHYSEMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
CYSTIC FIBROSIS INHERITED DISEASE OF EXOCRINE GLANDS LEADING TO AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
EMPHYSEMA HYPERINFLATION OF AIR SACS WITH DESTRUCTION OF ALVEOLAR WALLS
ENDOTRACHIAL TUBE TUBE THAT IS PLACED THROUGH THE MOUTH TO THE TRACHEA TO ESTABLISH AN AIRWAY
EPIGLOTTIS LID-LIKE PIEVE OF CARTILAGE THAT COVERS THE LARYNX, PREVENTING FOOD FROM ENTERING THE LARYNX DURING SWALLOWING
EPISTAXIS NOSE BLEED
EXPECTORATION MATERIAL EXPELLED FROM THE LUNGS
HYPERCAPNIA HIGH CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS IN THE BLOOD
LARYNGECTOMY REMOVAL OF THE VOICE BOX
LUNG SCAN RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IS INJECTED OR INHALED AND IMAGES ARE RECORDED
MEDIASTINUM SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS IN THE CHEST
ORTHOPNEA BREATHING IS EASIER IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION
PERTUSSIS WHOOPING COUGH; BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE PHARYNX. THE P IN DPT
PULMONARY ABSCESS LOCALIZED AREA OF PUS FORMATION IN THE LUNGS
PYOTHORAX COLLECTION OF PUS IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY
THORACENTESIS CHEST WALL IS PUNCTURED WITH A NEEDLE TO OBTAIN FLUID FROM THE PLEURAL SPACE
TRACHEA WINDPIPE
TRACHEOSTOMY OPENING INTO THE TRACHEA THROUGH THE NECK TO ESTABLISH AN AIRWAY
HYPOXEMIA LOW LEVELS OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD