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| muscular wall that separates the abdomen from the thorax cavity |
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| pertaining to the diaphragm |
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| membrane that surrounds each lung and the walls of the chest cavity. |
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| physcian who specializes in anatomy , physiology and pathology of the lungs. |
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| difficult breathing - on exertion is one of the earliest symptoms of pulmonary edema |
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| temporary absence of breathing |
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| breathing sitting up or stand up |
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| increased breathing deeper than normal |
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| sudden blocking of an artery by foreign material that has brought blockage by the circulating blood |
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| is effusion(escape) of fluid into the air spaces of the lungs |
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| abnormal accumulation of fluid in the tissue - insufficient cardiac activity |
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| is the inability to communicate thru speech, writing or signs |
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| speech impairment resulting form a brain lesion-lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in proper order |
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| bronchoscopy, laryngoscopy, |
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| endoscopic examinations - visualization of organs and cavities of the body |
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| adult respiratory distress syndrome |
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| Chronic obstructive lung disease |
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| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| sever acute respiratory syndrome-infectious respiratory disease spread by close contact |
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| sudden infant death syndrome |
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| embolus-a foreign object,quantity of air or gas, bit of tissue or tumor or piece of thrombus that circulates in the bloodstream until it becomes lodged in a vessel |
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| silica-form of pneumoconiosis resulting from inhalation of dust of stone or flint that contains flint |
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| to breathe (sometimes, spiral) |
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| tuberculosis - infectious disease caused by bacterium |
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| instrument used to measure |
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| alveolus (pl. alveoli)-small outpouvhing along the walls of the alveolar sacs thru which gas exchange between alveolar air and pulmonary capillary blood takes place |
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| epiglottis- thin leaf shaped cartilaginous structure that overhangs the larynx like a lid to prevent food from entering the larynx and the trachea while swallowing |
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| pleura-fluid that covers lungs and lines the chest cavity |
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| pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o |
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