Chapter 7 Respiratory System

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  1. 1. Excessive deep, rapid, or labored breathing.
  2. 5. Collapse of part or (less commonly) all of the lung.
  3. 10. Inflammation of the larynx.
  4. 11. A doctor specialized in ear, nose, and throat disorders.
  5. 14. effusion: Excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs.
  6. 16. The absence of voice.
  7. 17. A procedure that allows a doctor to examine the inside of the lungs, including the bronchi.
  8. 18. Refers to the windpipe or trachea.
  9. 19. Refers to the bronchial tube or bronchus.
  10. 21. Whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory tract infection.
  11. 23. An infection of the upper airway, which obstructs breathing and causes a characteristic barking cough.
  12. 24. Refers to sound or voice.
  13. 25. fibrosis: A genetic disorder affecting mostly the lungs, but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys, and intestine.
  14. 33. A condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation.
  15. 35. edema: Excess fluid in the lungs.
  16. 37. Surgical removal of a lung.
  17. 38. apnea: A potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts.
  18. 39. Refers to the pleura or the side of the body.
  19. 40. A type of COPD involving damage to the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs.
  20. 43. Accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity.
  21. 45. Refers to the sinus.
  22. 47. Shallow or slow breathing.
  23. 51. Refers to sleep.
  24. 52. A disease of the lungs due to inhalation of dust, characterized by inflammation, coughing, and fibrosis.
  25. 53. obstructive pulmonary disease: A chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs.
  26. 54. Coughing up blood.
  27. 56. Disease in which there is permanent enlargement of parts of the airways of the lung.
  28. 57. A respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing.
  29. 61. An excessive discharge of mucus from the bronchi.
  30. 62. Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.
  31. 64. Refers to the throat or pharynx.
  32. 65. Inflammation of the tissues that line the lungs and chest cavity.
  33. 66. Refers to breathe.
  34. 67. A sudden spasmodic closure of the larynx.
  35. 68. A bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
  36. 69. intubation: Placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs.
  37. 70. An instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs.
  38. 71. Refers to the lung or air.
Down
  1. 2. Refers to the lung.
  2. 3. A device for producing a fine spray of liquid, used for inhaling a medicinal drug.
  3. 4. Inflammation of the pharynx, causing a sore throat.
  4. 6. A serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs
  5. 7. Inflammation of the sinuses.
  6. 8. Refers to breathing.
  7. 9. Difficulty in speaking due to a physical disorder of the mouth, tongue, throat, or vocal cords.
  8. 11. Refers to oxygen.
  9. 12. Refers to the chest or pleural cavity.
  10. 13. Difficult or labored breathing.
  11. 15. A procedure in which a scope is used to view the larynx.
  12. 16. A lung disease resulting from the inhalation of asbestos particles.
  13. 20. A surgical incision into the chest wall.
  14. 22. Nosebleed.
  15. 24. A medical specialist who deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract.
  16. 26. A surgical operation of cutting into the trachea through the neck.
  17. 27. Refers to the larynx or throat.
  18. 28. Abnormally slow breathing.
  19. 29. Refers to the nose.
  20. 30. Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood.
  21. 31. A lack of oxygen.
  22. 32. An abnormally low concentration of oxygen in the blood.
  23. 34. Abnormally rapid breathing.
  24. 36. A surgical procedure to create an opening through the neck into the trachea.
  25. 39. A type of sleep study that records your brain waves, the oxygen level in your blood, heart rate and breathing, as well as eye and leg movements during the study.
  26. 41. The area between the lungs.
  27. 42. Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural space.
  28. 44. Collapsed lung.
  29. 46. Accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity.
  30. 48. A substance that dilates the bronchi and bronchioles, decreasing resistance in the respiratory airways.
  31. 49. respiration: A pattern of breathing characterized by a gradual increase in breathing followed by a decrease and then a period of apnea.
  32. 50. A sudden constriction of the muscles in the walls of the bronchioles.
  33. 55. Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid.
  34. 58. Pain in the pleura that occurs in relation to breathing movements.
  35. 59. A medication or treatment that suppresses coughing.
  36. 60. A collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung (the pleural cavity).
  37. 63. oximeter: A device that indirectly monitors the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood and changes in blood volume in the skin, producing a photoplethysmogram.