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 |
| |