The Language of Medicine 11th Edition
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| Tubes that branch from the windpipe (trachea): | bronchi
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| Region between the lungs in the chest: | mediastinum
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| Nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue: | adenoids
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| Air sac in the lung: | alveolus
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| Muscle separating the chest and abdomen that contracts and relaxes to make breathing possible: | diaphragm
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| Lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing: | epiglottis
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| The voice box: | larynx
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| The throat: | pharynx
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| The windpipe: | trachea
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| Double-layered membrane surrounding each lung: | pleura
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| A combining form for carbon dioxide: | capn/o
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| The combining form for dust: | coni/o
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| The combining form for voice box: | laryng/o
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| The combining form for throat: | pharyng/o
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| The combining form for voice: | phon/o
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| A combining form for lung: | pneum/o
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| A combining form for nose: | rhin/o
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| The combining form for breathing: | spir/o
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| The suffix that means smell: | -osmia
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| The suffix that means breathing: | -pnea
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| The combining form that means air sac: | alveol/o
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| The combining form that means blue: | cyan/o
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| The combining form that means straight, upright: | orth/o
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| A combining form that means chest: | pector/o
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| The combining form that means diaphragm: | phren/o
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| The combining form that means windpipe: | trache/o
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| The suffix that means spitting: | -ptysis
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| A suffix that means chest: | -thorax
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| The suffix that means condition: | -ema
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| A combining form that means lung: | pulmon/o
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| Listening to sounds within the body: | auscultation
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| Fine crackling sounds heard on auscultation when bronchi are obstructed by sputum: | rales
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| Material expelled from the bronchi, lungs, or upper respiratory tract by spitting: | sputum
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| Acute viral infection of infants and children with obstruction of the larynx, barking cough, and stridor: | croup
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| Nosebleed: | epistaxis
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| Whooping cough: | pertussis
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| Chronic dilation of a bronchus secondary to infection: | bronchiectasis
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| Large collection of pus (bacterial infection) in the lungs: | pulmonary abscess
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| Collapsed lung; incomplete expansion of alveoli: | atelectasis
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| Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls: | emphysema
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| Abnormal condition caused by dust in the lungs: | pneumoconiosis
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| Fluid in the air sacs and bronchioles: | pulmonary edema
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| Clot or other material lodges in vessels of the lung: | pulmonary embolism
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| Rare malignant tumor arising in the pleura caused by asbestos exposure: | mesothelioma
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| Collection of air in the pleural space: | pneumothorax
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| Formation of scar tissue in the connective tissue of the lungs: | pulmonary fibrosis
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| Chronic inflammatory disease in which small nodules develop in lungs, lymph nodes, and other organs: | sarcoidosis
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| Tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure: | percussion
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| Loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum: | rhonchi
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| Strained, high-pitched sound(s) heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in the pharynx or larynx: | stridor
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| Radiographic image of the thoracic cavity: | chest x-ray
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| Detection device records radioactivity in the lung after injection of a radioisotope: | ventilation-perfusion scan
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| Fiberoptic endoscope examination of the bronchial tubes: | bronchoscopy
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| Visual examination of the voice box: | laryngoscopy
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| Endoscopic visual examination of the mediastinum: | mediastinoscopy
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| Tests that measure the ventilation mechanics of the lungs: | PFTs
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| Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural space: | thoracentesis
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| Large surgical incision of the chest: | thoracotomy
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| Visual examination of the chest via small incisions and use of an endoscope: | thoracoscopy
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| Surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck: | tracheostomy
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