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Cartilage
tough, elastic connective tissue that is more rigid that ligaments but more dense then bone
Homeostasis
State in which the regulatroy mechanisms of the body maintain a contact internal environment
pH
Indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinty of a substance
Septum
Wall divinding two cavaties, (Sepration of two nosterals)
Serous Membrane
Thin Layer of tissue that covers inernal body cavaties, the cells of which secerate a fluid that keeps the membrane moist
Nasal Cavity
A chamber of lined with mucous membranes and tiny hairs.
Olfactory Neurons
Receptors for the sense of smell
Pharynx
muscular tube that serves for passage way for food and air
Nasopharynx
Posterior to the nose
Oropharynx
Posterior to the mouth
Epilottis
Seals off the air passage to the lungs for swallowing
Trachea
Windpipe
Mediastinum
Space between the right and left lungs
Pleura
Covers the lobes of the lungs and folds over to line the walls of the thoracic cavity
Visceral Pleura
membrane thatl ines the thoracic cavity
Inspiration
decrasing pressure within the chest
Nas
nose
sept
septum
sinus
sinus/cavity
adenioud
adenoids
epiglott
epiglottis
laryng
voice box
alveol
alveolus, air sac
pneum
air,lung
pulmon
lung
anthrac
coal, coal dust
atel
incomplete
coni
dust
cyan
blue
orth
straight
ox
oxygen
pector
chest
phren
involuntary contraction of the diaphragm..twitching
spir
breathe
capnia
carbon dioxide
osmia
smell
phonia
voice
pnea
breathing
ptysis
spitting
thorax
chest
brady
slow
dys
bad, painful
eu
good, normal
tachy
rapid
Pulmonology
Medial Speciality concered with disorders of the respiratiory system
Chronic Bronchitis
Inflamtion of the bronchi mainly caused my smoking and air pollution
Influeenize
Acute infectious respiratiory viral disease
Myalgia
Muscle Pain
Ausculation
listeinging of sounds made by organs of the body using stethoscope
Percussion
Gentle tapping the chest with the fingers and listeing to the resultant sounds to derermine the posion, size or consistency of underlying structures
Thoraconcentessis
Undertaken to remove exess fluid for diagnoisis
Tuberculosis
Disease caused by bacerium
Pneumonia
Any inflammatory Disease of the lungs that may be casued by bacteria, viruses or fungi.
Cystic Fibrosis
Hereditory disorder of the exocrine glands that causes body to secerete thick mucus
acidossi
Excessive acidity of body fluids
Anosmia
Absence of sense of smell
Acute Respir Distress Syndrome
Condition in which the lungs no longer function effectively.
Hyaline Membrane Disease
A form of Resp. Disease, mostly seen in preterm infants or infants born to diabetic mothers.
Apnea
Temp. Loss of Breathing
Asphyxia
Condition caused by insufficent intake of oxygen
Atelectasis
Collapsed or airless state of the lungs
Chene-Stokes Resp
Repeated breathing pattern. First Resp, deeply, swallow, and stop
Compliance
Ease with which lung tissue can be stretched
Coryza
Head Cold, upper Resp Infection
Crackle
Abnormal resp. sound heard on ausculation, cause by exudates, spasms, hyperplasia
croup
commonn child condition involving inflamtion of the larynx
deviated nasal septum
displacement of cartilage diving the nostrils
epiglottis
Servere, Life Threating infection of the epiglottis and suprlottice structures that appear most common
episaxis
nose bleed
finge clubbing
Enlargement of the terminal phalanges of the fingers and toes
hypoxemia
Deficiency of oxygen and the blood
Hypoxia
Defiencecy of oxygen in tissues
Pertussis
Whooping Cough
Pleurisy
Inflamation o the pleural membrane characterized by a stabbing pain that is intensfied by coughing or deep breathing
Pneumonconiossi
Disease cause by inhaling dust particles
Pulmonary Edema
Accumlation of extravascualr fluid in the lung tissues
Pulmonary Embolus
Blockage in an arery of the lungs caused by a mass of undissolved matter
rhonchus
Abnormal Breathing
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Unexpected death of an appartently normal infant less than 1yr old
Wheeze
Whistling of sighing sound heard on ausculation that results from narrowing of the lumen of respiratiory passageway
Oximentry
Noninvasive method of montoring percentage of Hemoglobin satured with Oxygen
Polysomnography
Test of sleep cycels and stages using continious recordings of brain waves, electrical activity of muscles,eye movement, resp rate, BP, Blood oxygen Saturation, heart rhythem,
Spiromentry
Measurement of venilatory ability by assessing lung capacity and flow including the time necessary for exhaling the total amound of air inhaled
Throat Culture
Test used to idenify pathogens
Artieral Blood Gas
Test the meausres the partial presure of oxygen , carbon dioxiside , acid, and biacarbonate level of arterial blood in a sample
Aersoal Therpy
Lung treatment with inhaler
Lavage
Washing out of an organ, stomach,bladder, bowel or body cavity
Postural Drainage
Postioning a patient so that gravity aids in the drainage of secreation from the bronchi and lobes of the lungs
Pneuemctomy
Excistion of the lung
Rhinoplasty
Reconstructive Surgery of the nose to correct deformities for cosmetic purposes
Septoplasty
Surgical Repair of a deviated nasal septum
Thoracentessis
Surgical puncture and drainage of plural Cavity
Antihistamines
Block histamines from binding with histamine receptor sites in tissues
Antitussives
Releive or suppress coughing by blocking the cough reflux in the medulla of the brain
Bronchodilatiors
Stimulate bronchila mucles to elax
Corticosteriods
Act on the immune system by blocking production of substances that trigger allergic and inflammatory actions
Decongestants
Constrict blood vessels of nasal passages and limit blood flow, which casues swollen tissue to shirink so that air can pass more freely
Expectorants
Liquify respir. Secreations so that they are more easily dislodge during coughing eposides

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