| Term | Definition |
|---|
| THE EXCHANGE OF GASES BETWEEN THE LUNGS AND THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT. | EXTERNAL RESPIRATION |
| THE EXCHANGE OF GASES BETWEEN THE CELLS OF THE BODY | INTERNAL RESPIRATION |
| THE WINDPIPE | TRACHEA |
| SOUND PRODUCTION | PHONATION |
| THE TUBES THAT LEAD FROM THE TRACHEA INTO THE LUNGS | BRONCHI |
| AIR SACS IN THE LUNGS | ALVEOLI |
| SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS WHERE THE HEART LIES | MEDIASTINUM |
| PLEURAL MEMBRANE THAT COVERS THE LUNGS | VISCERAL PLEURA |
| PLEURAL MEMBRANE THAT LINES THE THORACIC CAVITY | PARIETAL PLEURA |
| PERTAINING TO THE NOSE | NASAL |
| SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE | RHINOPLASTY |
| INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUSES | SINUSITIS |
| INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIGLOTTIS | EPIGLOTTITIS |
| PROCESS OF EXAMINING THE LARYNX | LARYNGOSCOPY |
| DILATION OF THE BRONCHI | BRONCHIECTASIS |
| INSTRUMENT USED TO VIEW THE TRACHEA AND BRONCHIAL TUBES | BRONCHOSCOPE |
| PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS | PULMONARY |
| INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS | PNEUMONITIS |
| INFLAMMATION OF THE PLEURAL MEMBRANE | PLEURITIS |
| SPASM OF THE DIAPHRAGM | PHRENOSPASM |
| INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE VITAL AIR CAPACITY OF THE LUNG | SPIROMETER |
| SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A LOBE OF THE LUNG | LOBECTOMY |
| ABNORMAL CONDITION OF DUST IN THE LUNGS | PNEUMOCONIOSIS |
| LACK OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD | HYPOXEMIA |
| DIFFICULTY BREATHING IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION | ORTHOPNEA |
| DIFFICULT BREATHING | DYSPNEA |
| COLLAPSED LUNG | ATELECTASIS |
| EXCESSIVE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BODY | HYPERCAPNIA |
| LACK OF SMELL | ANOSMIA |
| LACK OF BREATHING | APNEA |
| SPITTING UP BLOOD | HEMOPTYSIS |
| SPASM OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES | BRONCHOSPASM |
| PAIN IN THE CHEST | THORACODYNIA |
| INSUFFICIENT OXYGEN | ASPHYXIA |
| THE ABILITY OF THE LUNG TO STRETCH | COMPLIANCE |
| HEAD COLD | CORYZA |
| NOSEBLEED | EPISTAXIS |
| INFLAMMATION OF THE PLEURAL MEMBRANE | PLEURISY |
| ABNORMAL THICK FLUID FORMED BY THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT | SPUTUM |
| PROCESS OF EXAMINING THE BRONCHIAL TREE | BRONCHOGRAPHY |
| SERIES OF TESTS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE VOLUME AND AIR FLOW RATE OF THE LUNGS | PULMONARY FUNCTION STUDIES |
| VISIBLE GROWTH ON A CULTURE PLATE | COLONY |
| NUTRIENT; FOOD; OR AGAR | MEDIA |
| TO PLACE A SPECIMEN IN A CULTURE MEDIUM, AND ALLOW IT TO GROW SO IT CAN BE IDENTIFIED | INOCULATE |
| NON-DISEASE PRODUCING MICROBES | NORMAL FLORA |
| STUDY OF MICROORGANISMS | MICROBIOLOGY |
| A TEST PERFORMED ON COLONIES OF BACTERIA TO DETERMINE WHICH ANTIBIOTIC THE BACTERIA IS SENSITIVE TO | SENSITIVITY TESTING |
| HOST THAT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO INVASION AND MULTIPLICATION OF MICROORGANISMS | SUSCEPTIBLE HOST |
| AN ANTIBACTERIAL DISK PLACED ON A THROAT CULTURE PLATE | “A” DISK |
| HOLES IN THE BONES OF THE SKILL; LIGHTEN THE WEIGHT OF THE SKULL AND ADD TONE TO THE VOICE | SINUSES |
| SINUS LOCATED IN THE FOREHEAD OF THE SKULL | FRONTAL SINUS |
| SINUS LOCATED BEHIND THE EYES | ETHMOIDAL SINUS |
| SINUS LOCATED TO THE SIDE OF THE ETHMOIDAL SINUS | SPHENOIDAL SINUS |
| SINUS LOCATED IN THE UPPER JAW BONE OF THE SKULL | MAXILLARY SINUS |
| MICROORGANISMS IN THE SHAPE OF ROUND CHAINS | STREPTOCOCCI |
| MICROORGANISMS IN THE SHAPE OF ROUND CLUSTERS | STAPHYLOCOCCI |
| TWO ROUND MICROORGANISMS | DIPLOCOCCI |
| ROD SHAPED MICROORGANISMS THAT LIVE MAINLY IN THE GI SYSTEM | BACILLI |
| TREE SHAPED MICROORGANISMS THAT LIVE MAINLY ON THE SKIN | FUNGI |
| SPIRAL SHAPED MICROORGANISMS | SPIRILLA |
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