Respiratory System

1. involves the extraction of pleural fluid for laboratory analysis or to remove excess pleural fluid or air from the pleural space
5. abnormal rapid breathing
11. spitting up of blood
13. abbreviation for pulmonary function test
14. abbreviated CPR
15. abnormally slow breathing
16. the obstruction of one or more arteries by a clot that dislodges from another location, and is carried through the venous system to the vessels of the lung
17. labored or difficult breathing

2. labored breathing that occurs when lying flat and improves when sitting up of standing
3. an infection of the upper airway, generally in children, which obstructs breathing and causes a characteristic barking cough
4. infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, characterized by inflammatory infiltrations of the lungs, causing necrosis
6. deficiency of oxygen
7. bluish discoloration of skin due to lack of oxygen
8. temporary cessation of breathing
9. abbreviation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
10. hemorrhage from the nose; nosebleed
12. exam of the interior of the bronchi using a lighted bronchoscope