Diagnostic Terms Word Parts
tests measure lung volume, capacity, rates of flow, and gas exchange
What is Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
Diseased state of the lung (the infection and inflammation are caused by bacteria such as Pneumococcus,Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Haemophilus; viruses; and fungi)
What is pneumonia
uses thermal energy to reduce the muscle associated with airway constriction in asthma patients
Bronchial Thermoplasty
meaning pain
What is -algia
The most common way to test for allergies, usually the forearm or the back.
What is skin testing or "scratch" test
the rapid edema, or swelling, of the area beneath the skin or mucosa. It is normally an allergic reaction, but it can also be hereditary
Angioedema
The purpose of this procedure is to optimize and facilitate drainage of abdominal or pleural effusions with enzymatic fibrinolysis using intracatheter TPA
What is intracatheter TPA
breathing
What is -pnea
Air sacks at the end of the broncholes. Oxygen and Carbon dioxide are exchanged through the walls and cappilaries
What is Alveolus.. Alveoli
A measurement of breathing or lung volumes
What is spirometry
Air in the chest cavity (pleura space), which causes collapse of the lung.
What is Pneumothroax
system includes a drainage catheter and drainage bottles that collect fluid
What is plurex drain kit
“tumor” or “cancer"
What is -oma
air spaces in your skull and facial bones that make up the upper part of your respiratory tract from your nose into your throat
Sinus Cavity
Your doctor will slide a small tube with a camera on the end into your airways. The camera lets them look inside those passages for things like mucus, blood, or tumors
What is Bronchoscopy
chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs
COPD
Incision of the larynx and trachea
What is laryngotracheotomy
surgical puncture to aspirate fluids
What is -centesis
double-folded serous membrane covering each lung; visceral.....and lining the thoracic cavity parietal .... with a small space between called ....... cavity, which contains serous fluid.
What is Pleura
an acute allergic reaction to an antigen (e.g. a bee sting) to which the body has become hypersensitive
What is anaphylaxis
Surgical procedure to aspirate fluid from the chest cavity.
What is thoracocentesis.
inflamation
What is -itis
a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe
What is trachea