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PATHOLOGICAL Term
diagnostic and pathology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| auscultation | Listening to sounds within the body |
| percussion | Tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure |
| pleural rub | scratchy sound produced by pleural surfaces rubbing against each other |
| rales (crackles) | Fine crackling sounds heard on auscultation (during inhalation) when there is fluid in the alveoli |
| rhonchi (singular: rhonchus) | Loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum |
| sputum | Material expelled from the bronchi, lungs, or upper respiratory tract by spitting |
| stridor | strained, high-pitched sound heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in the pharynx or larynx |
| wheezes | continuous high-pitched whistling sounds produced during breathing |
| diphtheria | acute infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract caused by the diphtheria bacterium (corynebacterium) |
| pertussis | whooping cough; highly contagious bacterial infection of the pharynx, larynx, and trachea caused by Bordetella pertussis |
| pulmonary parenchyma | TERMINAL bronchioles and alveoli. |