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throat
passageway for both the respiratory and digestive tracts |
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| nostrils or external openings into the nasal cavities |
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| three bony projections that protrude into the nasal cavities from the walls of the internal portion of the nose |
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| hairlike porjections that move particles caught in the turbinates to the oropharynx |
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| air-filled cavities within bones that surround the nasal passages |
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| a tube that connects the nasopharynx with the middle ear and opens during swallowing to equalize pressure within the middle ear |
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adenoids (pharyngeal tonsils) |
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| trap organisms that enter the nose or mouth |
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| palatine tonsils (faucial tonsils) |
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| located on the side borders of the oropharynx. Guard the body against invading organisms. |
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contains the vocal cords
lies below the thyroid cartilage |
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| the opening between the true vocal cords |
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a leaf-shaped, elastic structure that is attached along one edge to the top of the larynx.
its hingelike action prevents food from entering the trachea by closing over the glottis during swallowing |
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| the junction where the trachea branches into the right and left mainstem bronchi |
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| branch from the respiratory bronchioles and resemble a bunch of grapes |
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| a term for the sttuctural unit consisting of a respiratoy bronchiole, and alveolar duct, and an alveolar sac |
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| a fatty protein that reduces surface tension in the alveoli |
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| continuous smooth membrane compoased of two surfaces that totally enclose the lungs |
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| number of packs smoked per day multiplied by number of years the patient has smoked |
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| Proximal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) |
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| intermittent dyspnea during sleep |
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| shortness of breath that occurs when lying down, but is relieved by sitting up |
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| air trapped in and under the skin, also known as subcutaneous emphysema |
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| vibration of the chest wall when the patient speaks |
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| fluid in the pleural space |
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| additional breath sounds superimposed on normal sounds, and they indicate pathologic changes in the lung. |
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| the insertion of a tube in the airways, usually as far as the secondary bronchi, for the purpose of viewing airway structures and obtaining tissue samples for biopsy or culture |
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| the conversion of normal hemoglobin to methemoglobin (an altered iron state that does not carry oxygen, resulting in tissue hypoxia) |
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| aspiration of pleural fluid or air from the pleural space |
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| shift of central thoracic structures toward one side |
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| partial or complete collapse of the lung |
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