Anatomy
Intercostal
What is between the ribs?
Nasal
What is pertaining to the nose?
An instrument use to measure the amount of O2 in the blood.
What is an oximeter?
Oxygen deficiency in the body causing cyanosis.
What is hypoxia?
Chest
What is -thorax?
Pneumonia
What is a condition of the lungs?
Abnormal condition of blueish coloring of the skin due to lack of O2.
What is cyanosis?
Visual examination of the bronchi.
What is bronchoscopy?
A physician the specializes in the treatment of conditions of the lungs.
What is a pulmonologist?
CO2
What is -capnia?
The space between the left and right lungs.
What is the mediastinum?
Apnea
What is to stop breathing?
Pneumonectomy
What is the removal of the lung or portion of the lung commonly for treatment of cancer?
Epistaxis
What is a nose bleed?
-ptysis
What is spitting?
Tiny air sacs an the end of the bronchioles.
What are alveoli?
An abnormal condition where someone is spitting up blood.
What is hemoptysis?
Thoracentesis
What is a surgical puncture of the plural cavity?
The presence of air in the plural cavity commonly due to trauma causing a collapsed lung.
What is a pnuemothorax?
Tachypnea
What is rapid breathing?
An instrument for examining the throat.
What is a pharyngoscope?
Atelectasis
What is an airless or collapsed lung.
A surgical procedure where an opening is made into the trachea in which a breathing tube is inserted.
What is a tracheostomy?
A life-threatening genetic disease causing thick mucus build up in the lungs.
What is cystic fibrosis?
Nose job.
What is rhinoplasty?