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Living Language 11
Respiratory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alveoli | microscopic air sacs located in clusters at the end of each of the smallest bronchioles. |
| glottis | the opening between the vocal cords and the larynx |
| larynx | the short passageway between the pharynx and the trachea |
| pharynx | the muscular tube commonly known as the throat |
| hypercapnia | abnormally high levels of carbon dioxide in the blood |
| hypocapnia | abnormally low levels of carbon dioxide in the blood |
| expectoration | the process of ejecting sputum from the mouth or airways by coughing or spitting. |
| hemoptysis | the expectoration of blood that arises from the larynx, trachea, bronchi or lungs commonly called coughing up blood |
| anoxia | an absence of oxygen in body tissue |
| hypoxemia | abnormally low levels of oxygen in arterial blood |
| hypoxia | abnormally low levels of oxygen in body tissues |
| dyspnea | difficult breathing that may occur after exercise....... |
| orthopnea | the inability to breath easily unless one is sitting up straight or standing erect. |
| eupnea | normal respiratory rate and rythym |
| tachypnea | an abnormally rapid rate of breathing |
| thoracalgia | chest pain |
| aphonia | the loss of speech sounds from the larynx |
| dysphonia | difficulty in speaking such as hoarseness |
| euphonia | the condition of having a normal clear voice |
| anosmia | the lack of a sense of smell, either temporary or permanent, depending on the cause. |
| apnea | a temporary cessation of breathing |
| Cheyne-Stokes respiration | abnormal breathing seen especially in a comatose patients that consists of a period of apnea |
| diptheria | highly contagious bacterial infection of the mucosa of the nose and throat,causing a thick gray coating on the throat that makes breathing dificult |
| pertussis | a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes uncontrollable, violent coughing. Common name whooping cough |
| tuberculosis | the leading cause of death in bacterial infectious disease.Attack the lungs |
| cystic fibrosis | a congenital, inherited disease that causes exocrine glands to malfunction |
| croup | an acute viral infection, resulting in inflammation of the larynx and trachea. Usually occurs in early childhood |
| laryngitis | an inflammation of the voice box due to over overuse, irritation or viral infection |
| pharyngitis | inflammation of the mucosa of the throat,usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection.Common call sore throat |
| rhinitis | inflammation of the mucosa membrane of the nose marked by nasal congestion and sneezing |
| acute rhinitis | inflammation of the mucosa membrane of the nose marked by nasal congstion, rhinorrhea, and sneezing. Common cold |
| allergic rhinitis | inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose marked by nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, sneezing and itching, watery eyes. |
| rhinorrhea | watery mucous discharge from the nose, especially with allergies |
| sinusitis | inflammation of the mucous lining of one or more air filled sacks. |
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