Respiratory System

4. The whole process of gas exchange between the atmospheric air and the blood, and between the cells of the body.
7. Carries oxygen from the respiratory organs to the rest of the body.
11. May be used when a specific, unavoidable allergen is identified and drugs are not tolerated or are ineffective in controlling symptoms.
12. known as "pink puffer".
14. Removal or stripping of thick, fibrous, membrane from visceral pleura.
15. Removal of entire lung.
17. needle puncture through the chest wall, used to remove fluid and occasionally air from the pleural space.
20. Collapse of an expanded lung.
22. Presence of air within the pleural cavity occurs spontaneously or as a result of trauma.
23. A disease state characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible.

1. Abnormally rapid breathing.
2. Voice organ.
3. Removal of a lobe of a lung.
5. Acute inflammation of lungs with exudate accumulation in alveoli and other respiratory passages that interferes with ventilation process.
6. Refers to the inflammation of both layers of pleurae.
8. Known as the windpipe.
9. The delivery of oxygen to the tissues to maintain cellular activity.
10. Accumulation of thick, purulent, fluid within the pleural space, often with fibrin development and a loculated area where infection is located.
13. Serves as passageway for air to pass to and from the lungs.
15. Tube-like structure which connects nasal and oral cavities to the larynx.
16. A hemorrhage from the nose; most specifically, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originate from the nasal cavity.
17. Inflammatory, communicable disease that commonly attacks the lungs, although may occur in other body parts.
18. Incision into thorax for surgery or bleeding tissues.
19. movement of air in and out of airways.
21. A complex inflammatory process that causes increase airway resistance and, over time, airway tissue damage.