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Vocabulary & Terminology
Anatomy & Physiology of Respiration
Lung Disorders
Combining Forms
Procedures
100
Diaphragm
What is the muscle seperating the chest and abdomen
100
Pharynx
What is the throat
100
Lung Cancer
What is malignant tumor arising from the lungs and bronchi
100
rhin/o
What is the nose
100
Lung Biopsy
What is removal of lung tissue followed by microscopic examination
200
Lobe
What is the division of a lung
200
Number of lobes on each side of the lungs
What is three on the right and two on the left
200
Pulmonary Fibrosis
What is formation of scar tissue in the connective tissue of the lungs
200
pulmon/o
What is the lung
200
Bronchoscopy
What is a fiberoptic or rigid endoscope inserted into the bronchial tubes for diagnosis, biopsy, or collection of specimens
300
Pleural Cavity
What is the space between the fold of the pleura
300
Adenoids
What is collections of lymphatic tissue
300
Emphysema
What is hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls
300
sinus/o
What is the sinus cavity
300
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs)
What is tests that measure the ventilation mechanics of the lung
400
Bronchioles
What is the smallest branches of the bronchi
400
Hilum
What is midline region in which blood vessels, nerves, lymphatic tissue, and bronchial tubes enter and exit
400
Tuberculosis
What is an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis
400
thorac/o
What is the chest
400
Tube Thoracostomy
What is a chest tube that is passed through an opening in the skin of the chest to continuously drain a pleural effusion
500
Palatine Tonsil
What is one of a pair of almond-shaped masses of lymphatic tissue in the oropharynx
500
Erythrocytes
What is carries oxygen to all parts of the body and carbon dioxide to the lungs for exhalation
500
Pneumonia
What is an acute inflammation and infection of alveoli, which fill with pus or products of the inflammatory reaction
500
spir/o
What is breathing
500
Endotracheal Intubation
What is the placement of a tube through the mouth into the pharynx, larynx, and trachea to establish an airway