Anatomy
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100

air sac in the lung

What is Alveolus?

100

bronchiol/o  

what is bronchioles - small bronchus

100

pnea

what is breathing?

100

listening to sounds within the body

What is auscultation? 

100

acute viral infection of infants and children with obstruction of the larynx, accompanied by barking cough and stridor

What is croup?

200

lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing

What is the epiglottis?

200

cyan/o

what is blue?

200

-ema

what is condition?

200

tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure

What is percussion?

200

whooping cough; highly contagious bacterial infection of the pharynx, larynx, and trachea 

Pertussis

300

double-layered membrane surrounding each lung

What is pleura?

300

pneumo/o

What is lung?

300

-sphyxia

What is pulse?

300

fine crackling sounds heard on auscultation (during inhalation) when there is fluid in the alveoli

What is rales?

300

chronic dilation of a bronchus secondary to infection

what is bronchiectasis?

400

one of a pair of almond-shaped masses of lymphatic tissue in the oropharynx

What is palatine tonsil ?

400

rhin/o

What is nose?

400

-ptysis

what is spitting?
400

loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum

What is rhonchi ?

400

inherited disorder of exocrine glands resulting in thick mucinous secretions in the respiratory tract that do not drain normally

what is cystic fibrosis?

500


outer layer of pleura lying closer to the ribs and chest wall

What is parietal pleura? 

500

spir/o

what is breathing?

500

-osmia

What is smell?

500

strained, high-pitched sound heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in the pharynx or larynx

What is stridor?

500

collapsed lung; incomplete expansion of alveoli

What is atelectasis?