Abbreviations
Procedures
Anatomy
Diseases
Word Parts
100
OSA
What is obstructive sleep apnea?
100
A visual examination of the bronchi and lungs.
What is a bronchoscopy?
100
This is the windpipe.
What is the trachea?
100
Teething will produce lots of this in toddlers.
What is rhinorrhea?
100
This means throat/ pharynx.
What is pharyng/o?
200
ARDS
What is acute respiratory distress syndrome?
200
sd
What is sd
200
A lid like structure that closes off food from entering the trachea and lungs.
What is the epiglottis?
200
An acute respiratory infection in children and infants characterized with stridor when they breathing in.
What is Croup?
200
The windpipe.
What is trache/o, trachea?
300
PFTs
What are pulmonary function tests?
300
This is the removal of a small wedge shaped piece of cancerous lung tissues is removed.
What is a wedge resection?
300
A detergent like substance that is produced in the alveoli.
What is surfactant?
300
There are over 30 causes of this disease, but they have common causing agents of air pollution, bacteria, fungi, viruses, and inhales liquid or chemicals.
What is pneumonia?
300
-pnea.
What is breathing?
400
MDI
What is metered dose inhaler?
400
This is the surgical removal of the larynx.
What is a laryngectomy?
400
These sinuses are located above the eyebrows.
What are frontal sinuses?
400
This is a life threatening condition in which the oxygen level drops quickly, carbon dioxide raises and unless breathing is restored death or serious injury will occur.
What is asphyxiation?
400
ot/o.
What is ear as in otolaryngologist.
500
CXR
What is chest x-ray?
500
This allows the passage of a tube through the mouth into the trachea to establish or maintain an open airway, especially when the patient is on a ventilator.
What is an endotrachael intubation?
500
This is a progressive disease where the formation of scar tissue in the lung decreases lung capacity and increased difficulty in breathing. The connective tissue is replaced by fibrotic tissue.
What is pulmonary fibrosis?
500
A sudden involuntary contraction.
What is -spasm?
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