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Med Term Chp 4
terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nose | rhin/o or nas/o |
| throat | pharyng/o pharynx |
| nose throat | nasopharynx |
| mouth throat | oropharynx |
| voicebox | larynx laryng/o |
| windpipe | trachea trache/o |
| airways to the lungs | bronchus bronchi/o |
| lungs | pneumon/o |
| air sac | alveolus alveol/o |
| chest | thorax |
| intercostal muscles | between bone / between ribs |
| asthma | resp. disorder w/ episodes of dyspnea |
| bronchitis | inflammation of bronchi / hard to breathe in and out |
| abnormal lung sounds | pleural friction rub, rales, rhonchi, stridor, wheezes |
| pleural friction rub | grating |
| rales | bubbling or crackling |
| rhonchi | humming or whistling |
| stridor | high-pitched harsh crowing |
| wheezes | high-pitched squeaking |
| ARDS | adult respiratory distress syndrome |
| COPD | cronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CF Cystic Fibrosis | hereditary /fatal disease /mucus blocks alveoli causing dyspnea |
| PE pulmonary embolism | blocking pulmonary artery by traveling blood clot or fat globule |
| empyema | em- in; py/o- pus; -ema condition pus in the lungs also called pyothorax |
| influenza | viral infection upper/lower resp. system, can cause death |
| pneumonia | infection in some or all lobes of lungs, diff. breathing, fluid in alveoli |
| pulmonary edema | failure of left side of heart to pump adequately, fluid collects in alveoli, dyspnea and orthopnea |
| hemothorax | blood in closed chest, pressure on heart and lungs |
| pneumothorax | sucking chest wound, outside air into chest, pressure on heart and lungs |
| apnea | not breathing |
| bradypnea | very slow breathing |
| tachypnea | very fast breathing |
| dyspnea | painfull breathing |
| orthopnea | must sit up (straight) to breathe |
| anoxia | lack of oxygen in arterial blood, not enough reaching the lungs an- without, ox/o oxygen, -ia condition or state |
| cyanosis | blue-gray in color low oxygen, high carbon dioxide in blood and tissue |
| hypoxemia | hypo- below, ox/o oxygen, -emia condition of blood |
| hypoxia | hypo- below, ox/o oxygen, -ia condition or state |
| ABG | aterial blood gases |
| AFB | acid-fast bacillus |
| AP | anteroposterior (view on chest x-ray) |
| BS | breath sounds |
| COPD | cronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CPAP | continuous positive airway pressure |
| DOE | dyspnea on exertion |
| PFT | pulmonary funtion test |
| PPD | protein purified derivative (TB test) packs per day |
| SIDS | sudden intant death syndrome |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| mediastinum | smaller chest cavity w trachea, heart |
| empyema | py/o pus, localized collection of pus in thoracic cavity |
Created by:
christiethoreson
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