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Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Palate | roof of the mouth |
| pharynx | throat |
| tonsils | oval lymphatic tissues on each side of the pharynx that filter air to protect the body from bacterial invasion. |
| Larynx | Voice box |
| Carina | cartilaginous ridge at the point where the trachea divides into the two (right and left) bronchi |
| Trachea | windpipe |
| Diaphragm | muscular partition that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and that moves upward and downward to aid in breathing. |
| Mediastinum | partition that separates the thorax into two compartment and that encloses the heart, espohagus, trachea, and thymus gland. |
| Cilia | hair-like processes from the surface of epithelial cells to move mucus upward. |
| Eupnea | normal breathing |
| Orthopnea | ability to breathe only in an upright position. |
| Crackles | popping sounds heard on auscultation of the lung when air enters diseased airways and alveoli |
| Wheezes | high-pitches, musical sounds heard on auscultation of the lung as air flows through a narrowed airway |
| Caseous necrosis | degeneration and death of tissues with a cheese-like appearance |
| Cyanosis | bluish coloration of the skin caused by a deficient amount of oxygen in the blood. |
| Dysphonia | hoarseness |
| Expectoration | coughing up and spitting out of material from the lungs |
| Sputum | material expelled from the lungs by coughing |
| Hypercarbia | excessive level of carbon dioxide in the blood |
| Restrictive lung disorder | condition limiting the intake of air into the lungs. |
| Pulmonary edema | fluid filling the spaces around the alveoli and eventually flooding into the alveoli |
| Pulmonary infiltrate | density on an x-ray image representing the consolidation of matter within the air spaces of the lungs, usually resulting from an inflammatory process |
| Rhinorrhea | thin, watery discharge from the nose |
| Asthma | panting |
| Bronchiectasis | abnormal dilation of the bronchi with accumulation of mucus |
| Adenoidectomy | an operation to remove adenoid tissue from the nasopharynx |
| Lobectomy | removal of a lobe of a lung |
| Tracheostomy | an operation to make an opening into the trachea, usually to insert a tube |
| Anticoagulant | a drug that neutralizes or inhibits the effects of histamine |
| Bronchodilator | a drug that dilates the muscular walls of the bronchi |
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