terminology
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| nose | rhin/o or nas/o
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| throat | pharyng/o pharynx
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| nose throat | nasopharynx
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| mouth throat | oropharynx
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| voicebox | larynx laryng/o
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| windpipe | trachea trache/o
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| airways to the lungs | bronchus bronchi/o
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| lungs | pneumon/o
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| air sac | alveolus alveol/o
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| chest | thorax
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| intercostal muscles | between bone / between ribs
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| asthma | resp. disorder w/ episodes of dyspnea
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| bronchitis | inflammation of bronchi / hard to breathe in and out
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| abnormal lung sounds | pleural friction rub, rales, rhonchi, stridor, wheezes
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| pleural friction rub | grating
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| rales | bubbling or crackling
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| rhonchi | humming or whistling
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| stridor | high-pitched harsh crowing
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| wheezes | high-pitched squeaking
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| ARDS | adult respiratory distress syndrome
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| COPD | cronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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| CF Cystic Fibrosis | hereditary /fatal disease /mucus blocks alveoli causing dyspnea
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| PE pulmonary embolism | blocking pulmonary artery by traveling blood clot or fat globule
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| empyema | em- in; py/o- pus; -ema condition pus in the lungs also called pyothorax
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| influenza | viral infection upper/lower resp. system, can cause death
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| pneumonia | infection in some or all lobes of lungs, diff. breathing, fluid in alveoli
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| pulmonary edema | failure of left side of heart to pump adequately, fluid collects in alveoli, dyspnea and orthopnea
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| hemothorax | blood in closed chest, pressure on heart and lungs
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| pneumothorax | sucking chest wound, outside air into chest, pressure on heart and lungs
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| apnea | not breathing
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| bradypnea | very slow breathing
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| tachypnea | very fast breathing
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| dyspnea | painfull breathing
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| orthopnea | must sit up (straight) to breathe
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| anoxia | lack of oxygen in arterial blood, not enough reaching the lungs an- without, ox/o oxygen, -ia condition or state
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| cyanosis | blue-gray in color low oxygen, high carbon dioxide in blood and tissue
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| hypoxemia | hypo- below, ox/o oxygen, -emia condition of blood
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| hypoxia | hypo- below, ox/o oxygen, -ia condition or state
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| ABG | aterial blood gases
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| AFB | acid-fast bacillus
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| AP | anteroposterior (view on chest x-ray)
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| BS | breath sounds
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| COPD | cronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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| CPAP | continuous positive airway pressure
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| DOE | dyspnea on exertion
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| PFT | pulmonary funtion test
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| PPD | protein purified derivative (TB test) packs per day
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| SIDS | sudden intant death syndrome
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| SOB | shortness of breath
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| mediastinum | smaller chest cavity w trachea, heart
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| empyema | py/o pus, localized collection of pus in thoracic cavity
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