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Pathophysiology
Anatomy and Physiology
Supplemental Terminology
Key Medical Terminology
Medications
100
major cause of common cold, also caused by coronaviruses , adenoviruses ETC.
What is Rhinoviruses
100
Commonly called the wind pipe, which conducts air into the bronchial system towards the lungs
What is the Trachea?
100
the superior portion located behind
What is nasopharynx
100
The combining form phrenic/o is referring to this sympathetic vessel
what is the phrenic nerve?
100
Drug that prevents or relieves coughing
What is an antitussive?
200
valley fever, San Joaquin fever; found in dry Alkaline soils
What is coccidioidomycosis
200
A double membrane that covers the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity
What is the Pleura?
200
top of the larynx
What is epiglottis
200
The words forming the example "intranasal" include the combining form nas/o means
What is the nose?
200
drug that relieves bronchial spasms and widens the bronchi
What is bronchodilator
300
whooping cough
What is Bordetella pertusis
300
Inhaled air passes through here, where it is mixed with air that enters through the mouth and also with food destined for the digestive tract
What is the Pharynx?
300
occupies the major portion of the thoracic cavity
What is cone-shaped lung
300
The combining form that means or refers to lungs
What is pulmon/o?
300
agent that reduces congestion or swelling
What is decongestant
400
spread by the inhalation of virus released from dried rat droppings
What is hantavirus
400
Bony side projections of nasal cavity
What are the Turbinate bones/ conchae?
400
too much carbon-dioxide is inhaled into the lungs
What is hyperventilation
400
The root word describing air/gas or respiration/lung
What is pneum/o?
400
agent that loosens mucus to aid in its removal
What is mucolytic
500
disease spread through water sources such as air conditioners, pools, humidifiers
What is Legionella pneumophila
500
They are on either side of the soft palate in the oropharynx
What are the Palatine tonsils?
500
needle puncture in the chest to remove fluids
What is thoracentesis
500
A respiration which originates in the bronchus
What is bronchogenic?
500
drug used to treat tuberculosis
What is Rifampin (rifampicin)