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QP3-1
Question | Answer |
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ACUTE BRONCHIOLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIOLES |
ACUTE BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF ONE ORE MORE BRONCHI. THE ACUTE STAGE OF THE DISEASE IS TYPICALLY AN EXTENSION OF AN UPPER AIRWAY RESPIRATORY INFECTION |
ACUTE HYPERCAPNIA | CARBON DIOXIDE RETENTION THAT OCCURS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAKING THE ARTERIAL BLOOD MORE ACIDIC |
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION | A HEART ATTACK DEATH OF THE CELLS OF AN AREA OF THE HEART MUSCLE (MYOCARDIUM) OCCURING AS A RESULT OF OXYGEN DEPRIVATION WHICH IN TURN IS CAUSED BY AN INTERRUPTION OF THE BLOOD SUPPLY |
ALVEOLAR CAPILLARY MEMBRANE | THE WALLS OF THE ALVEOLI AND PULMONARY CAPILLARIES WHICH ACT AS A SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE TO INTERCHANGE VARIOUS SUBSTANCES BETWEEN THE BLOOD AND TISSUE FLUID |
ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES | ROUNDED GRANULAR MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTES ( A TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS) WITHIN THE ALVEOLI OF THE LUNGS THAT INGEST INHALED PARTICULATE MATTER |
ALVEOLI | MICROSCOPIC AIR SACS; THE SITE IN WHICH GAS EXCHANGE TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE LUNGS |
ANGINA PECTORIS | ACUTE PAIN IN THE CHEST RESULTING FROM DECREASED BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE HEART MUSCLE (MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA) |
ANEMIA | REPRESENTS AN INSUFFICIENT CARRYING CAPACITY. ANEMIA IS AN ABNORMAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CIRCULATING RED BLOOD CELLS OR THE AMOUNT OF NORMAL HEMOGLOBIN AVAILABLE TO CARRY OXYGEN |
AORTIC STENOSIS | AN OBSTRUCTION OR NARROWING OF THE OUTFLOW OF THE BLOOD FROM THE LEFT VENTRICLES INTO THE AORTA |