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Chapter 12 Terms

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Total cards: 19•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Whenever a movie or a tv show has a patient in respiratory distress, they show someone performing a __________ using a pen and opening a hole in the trachea

Back (Answer)

Traceotomy

#2
Front (Question)

To surgically repair the nose

Back (Answer)

Rhinoplasty

#3
Front (Question)

This may cause breathing difficulties in newborns

Back (Answer)

RDS

#4
Front (Question)

Pertaining to the lungs

Back (Answer)

Pulmonary

#5
Front (Question)

LLL

Back (Answer)

Left Lower Lobe

#6
Front (Question)

Bluish

Back (Answer)

Cyan/o

#7
Front (Question)

URI

Back (Answer)

Upper Respiratory Infection

#8
Front (Question)

Many asthmatics and people suffering from URI’s may complain of ________

Back (Answer)

SOB

#9
Front (Question)

To cough up mucus or sputum

Back (Answer)

Expectoration

#10
Front (Question)

This abbreviation refers to the lowest portion of the right lung

Back (Answer)

RLL

#11
Front (Question)

PFT

Back (Answer)

Pulmonary Function Test

#12
Front (Question)

When air is in the pleural cavity and causes the lung to collapse

Back (Answer)

Pneumothorax

#13
Front (Question)

The patient needs to be in an upright position to have comfortable breathing.

Back (Answer)

Orthopnea

#14
Front (Question)

Expansion, widening, stretching

Back (Answer)

ectasis

#15
Front (Question)

Inflammation of the paranasal sinuses

Back (Answer)

Sinusitis

#16
Front (Question)

To remove a lobe of an organ

Back (Answer)

Lobectomy

#17
Front (Question)

Pertaining to the larynx

Back (Answer)

Laryngeal

#18
Front (Question)

Inflammation of the bronchiole

Back (Answer)

Bronchiolitis

#19
Front (Question)

Involuntary muscular contraction

Back (Answer)

spasm