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mod3530 wk1
mod3530 week 1 terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANTHRACOSIS | BLACK LUNG DISEASE, CONDITION OF COAL DUST IN THE LUNGS |
| APNEA | WITHOUT BREATHING |
| ATELESTASIS | INCOMPLETE STRETCHING AND OR LUNGS FAILED TO EXPAND COMPLETELY |
| ANOXIA | THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN FROM THE BODY'S GASES,BLOOD,OR TISSUES |
| ASPHYXIA | THE CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN THE BODY CANNOT GET THE AIR IT NEEDS TO FUNCTION |
| BRONCHOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE BRONCHI |
| CYANOSIS | IS A BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY A LACK OF ADEQUATE OXYGEN |
| DYSPHONIA | ANY VOICE IMPAIRMENT |
| EPIGLOTTIS | CLOSES OF THE TREACHEA,THROAT, WHEN SWALLOWING |
| HEMOPTYSIS | SPITTING UP BLOOD |
| HYPOXIA | SUBNORMAL OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE BODY TISSUES AND CELLS |
| LARYNGOPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF THE LARYNX |
| LARYNGOSCOPY | THE VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE LARYNX USING A LARYNGOSCOPE |
| LARYNGOSPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION OF THE LARYNX |
| PLEURALGIA | PAIN IN THE PLEURA |
| NASOPHARYNX | PERTAINING TO THE NOSE AND THROAT |
| PLEURECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PART OF THE PLEURA |
| PULMONOLOGIST | SPECIALIST OF THE LUNGS |
| RHINOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE |
| SINUSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUSES |
| TACHYPNEA | AN ABNORMALLY RAPID RATE OF RESPIRATION |
| THORACENTESIS | PUNCTURE OF THE CHEST WALL WITH A NEEDLE FOR REMOVAL OF FLUID |
| TRACHEOSTENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING OF THE TRACHEA |
| TRACHEORRHAPHY | SURGICAL SUTURING OF THE TRACHEA |
| OTOLARYNGOLOGIST | A PHYSICIAN WITH SPECIALIZED TRAININGIN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE AND DISORDERS OF THE EARS, NOSE AND THROAT AND RELATED STRUCTURES OF THE HEAD AND NECK |