Respiratory System

The singular form of bronchi is... bronchus The smaller segments of the bronchus are called.. bronchioles Surgical repair of cartilage... chondroplasty Any disease of cartilage.. chondropathy Tumor (or tumor-like growth) of cartiliage.. chondroma When an emergency situation warrants the creation of an opening into the trachea, the procedure performed is... tracheostomy The surgical procedure meaning forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea is... tracheostomy Softening of the trachea.. tracheomalacia Disease of the trachea tracheopathy Surgical repair of the trachea... tracheoplasty narrowing of the trachea.. tracheotomy Tracheolaryngotomy is an incision of the _ and _ trachea and larynx Inflammation of the bronchi... bronchitis Involuntary contraction or twitching of the bronchus bronchospasm Narrowing or stricture of the bronchi... bronchostenosis A chronic dilation of the bronchi is called bronchiectasis Chronic pneumonia or flu may result in a chronic dilation of the bronchi. The medical term for this condition is... bronchiectasis Patients with asthma experience wheezing caused by bronchial spasms. The medical term for this condition is bronchiospasm or bronchospasm Small clusters of grapelike air sacs of the lungs.. alveoli The clusters of air sacs at the end of the bronchial tree are called alveoli The entire process of gas exchange between the atmosphere and body cells is called... respiration Respiration occurs in two processes 1. external respiration 2.internal respiration External respiration.. occurs each time we inhale. Process results in a gas exchange between the air-filled chambers of the lungs and the blood in the pulmonary capillaries. Internal respiration.. exchange of gases between the blood and body tissue cells. Gas exchange between the body and the outside environment is called... external respiration Gas exchange at the cellular level between the blood and body tissue cells is called... internal respiration Pneumonitis is an _ of the _ inflammation lungs 5th leading cause of death in the US. Acute inflammation and infection of the lungs in which the alveoli fill with secretions.. pneumonia pneumon/o means_ or _ air, lung -ia means condition A word meaning excision of a lung.. pneumonectomy Pneumonocele herniation of the lung Disease of the lung pneumonopathy Abnormal condition of the lungs... pneumonosis Excision of a lung.. pneumonectomy -centesis means surgical puncture Pneumocentesis is a surgical puncture to aspirate the lung An abnormal condition of black lung caused by inhalation of black dust, which is a disease common among coal miners... pneumonomelanosis Lungs are divided into _ lobes. 5 How many lobes are in the right lung? 3 How many lobes are in the left lung? 2 A person with lung cancer may undergo a lobectomy, which is an _ of a lobe. excision or removal Inflammation of the lobe lobitis Incision of the lobe.. lobotomy Excision of the lobe lobectomy Each lung is enclosed in a double-folded membrane called the pleura A pain in the pleura is known as pleurodynia or pleuralgia Inflammation of the pleura pleuritis Hernia or swelling of the pleura pleurocele Pleurisy inflammation of the pleura The pleura becomes inflamed when a person has pneumonia -algia and -dynia refer to pain -a without, not brady- slow dys bad, painful, difficult eu good, normal tachy rapid -pnea breathing A term that literally means without breathing... apnea Painful or difficult breathing dyspnea Normal breathing eupnea Rapid breathing tachypnea A condition in which there is labored breathing in any posture except in the erect sitting or standing position. orthopnea Incision of the chest thoracotomy To remove fluid from the thoracic cavity, a surgical puncture of the chest.. thoracocentesis