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This structure is the main passageway that carries air from the larynx toward the bronchi.
What is the trachea?
This combining form means nose.
What is rhin/o?
This chronic disease causes airway inflammation and episodes of wheezing and shortness of breath.
What is asthma?
This test measures oxygen saturation using a sensor, often placed on a finger.
What is pulse oximetry?
This abbreviation stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
What is COPD?
These two organs contain the structures where oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide leaves it.
What are the lungs?
This combining form means lung or air.
What is pneum/o or pulmon/o?
This condition involves inflammation of the bronchi.
What is bronchitis?
This test measures how much air a person can inhale and exhale and how quickly.
What is spirometry?
This abbreviation stands for respiratory rate.
What is RR?
These tiny air sacs are the primary sites of gas exchange in the lungs.
What are the alveoli?
This suffix means breathing.
What is -pnea?
This infection inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs.
What is pneumonia?
This imaging test uses sound waves to create images; it is not a routine first-line test for lung airways.
What is ultrasound?
This term means difficult or labored breathing.
What is dyspnea?
This muscle contracts and flattens to help draw air into the lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
This prefix means slow.
What is brady-?
This condition is commonly called a collapsed lung due to air in the pleural space.
What is pneumothorax?
This procedure uses a scope to examine the airways.
What is bronchoscopy?
This term means temporary cessation of breathing.
What is apnea?
This branching pair of airways carries air from the trachea into each lung.
What are the main bronchi?
This suffix means surgical puncture to remove fluid.
What is -centesis?
This chronic lung disease includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
What is COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)?
This procedure creates an opening in the trachea to help maintain an airway.
What is a tracheostomy?
This term describes bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes from inadequate oxygenation.
What is cyanosis?