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