Anatomical Structures
The exchange of gases at the cells of tissue is called?
internal or cellular respiration
What is the term for continuous high-pitched whistling sounds produced during breathing?
Wheezes
Surgical repair of the nose?
Rhinoplasty
Region between the lungs and chest cavity ________
Mediastinum
What is another name for whooping cough?
pertussis
Thin hair-like structures attached to the mucous membranes lining the respiratory tract?
cilia
What is the name for a collapsed lung?
atelectasis
What is the placement of a tube through the mouth into the trachea to establish an airway?
endotracheal intubation
What is the name for the air containing cavities in the bones around the nose?
paranasal sinuses
What is the term for a large collection of pus in the lungs?
pulmonary abscess
What is the gas produced during cellular respiration and exhaled through the lungs?
Carbon dioxide
What is a loud rumbling sound heard on auscultation of the bronchi obstructed by sputum?
Rhonchi
What is the continuous drainage of the pleural space from a chest tube placed through a small skin incision?
Tube thoracostomy
What is the collection of lymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx?
adenoids
What is the fine crackling sounds heard on auscultation (during inhalation when there is fluid in the alveoli?
Rales
What is the collection of lymphatic tissue in the oropharynx?
Palestine tonsils
What is the name of a thrombus (blood clot) that lodges in the vessels of the lung?
pulmonary emboli
What is the injection of fluid into a bronchi, followed by withdrawal of the fluid for examination?
Bronchiolar lavage
What is the name for a puncture of the chest wall to obtain fluid from the pleural cavity?
thoracentesis
What is the name the autosomal recessive genetic disorder of the exocrine glands resulting in thick mucous secretions in the respiratory tract that do not drain normally?
Cystic fibrosis
What is the midline region of the lungs where the bronchi, blood vessels and nerves enter and exit the lungs?
Hilum of lungs
What is the name for the collection of air in the pleural space?
pneumothorax
What test measures the ventilation mechanics of the lungs (airway function, lung volume & capacity0?
Pulmonary function test
What is the name for acute inflammation and infection of the alveoli, which fill with pus or products of the inflammatory reaction (can be bacterial or viral)?
pneumonia
What is the difference between:
ectomy
tomy
stomy
scopy
ectomy is removal
tomy is incision
stomy is creation of an opening
scopy is visual examination