Upper Respiratory Tract (All)

  1. para-
    near, beside, beyond
  2. -therapy
    treatment
  3. -stenosis
    narrowing, stricture
  4. -plegia
    paralysis
  5. nostrils, nares
    external openings of the nose
  6. nasogastric tube
    device insereted into the nose and stomach
  7. catheter
    hollow, flexible tube inserted into a vessel or body cavity to withdraw or instill fluids
  8. pharyngeal suction catheter
    rigid tube used to suction the pharynx when a physician performs a visual examination or therapeutic procedure
  9. paranasal
    near of beside the nose
  10. rhinoplasty
    surgical repair of the nose
  11. rhinotomy
    incision of the nose
  12. rhinorrhea
    discharge from the nose (runny nose)
  13. rhinorrhagia
    profuse bleeding from the nose (nose bleed)
  14. aerotherapy
    treatment of disease using air
Author
pugsrule915
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277922
Card Set
Upper Respiratory Tract (All)
Description
Upper Respiratory Tract
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